KU lab turned into Covid-19 testing facility.

KARACHI -- A biosafety laboratory at Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD), Karachi University (KU), has been transformed into a large Covid-19 testing facility.

Part of the National Institute of Virology established last year with federal support, the facility is the largest biosafety level-III laboratory in the country.

'The lab is testing hundreds of samples being provided by the health department daily,' said Prof Iqbal Choudhary at a meeting held on Thursday on the campus. He oversees the affairs of the institute as the...