KMU Peshawar increases testing capacity from 50 to 700 tests per day in a month

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The reference laboratory in Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar has increased its testing capacity from 50 to 700 tests per day within a month, a press release has said.

The press release added that the testing capacity can also be increased to 1,000 tests per day. So far, the lab has conducted 6,544 tests, out of which 1,102 were positive while 5,064 turned out negative.

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