Chennai: The Tamilnadu government has claimed that plasma treatment has been provided successfully to 57 Covid-19 patients in the State.
Speaking to reporters, Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar said, “Plasma treatment has been provided successfully to 57 patients, and we have sufficient stock of the life-saving drug Remdesivir and nasal cannula equipment.”
Stating that Tamilnadu is the only State to have the lowest turn around time of testing and ICMR has appreciated the State government for this, he said test results are declared from 24 to 48 hours.
According to the Minister, infrastructure for Covid treatment has been created in every taluk and non-taluk hospitals across the State.
He also said the government has set up one lab in every district and Tamilnadu is the only State to do maximum number of RT-PCR confirmatory tests.