Hyderabad, April 30 -- Rakesh Mishra, Director of Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), on Friday said that they have come up with a new way of collecting COVID-19 samples using a dry swab technique/method for testing.

Speaking to ANI, Mishra said that the new method is cheap, safe, fast and more accurate compared to methods already in use. He further stated that using the dry swab method, a 300 per cent increase in the number of tests conducted on a daily basis can be expected.

"With the current method of collecting samples using the nasopharyngeal swab, after collection of the sample from it is put in a tube/container containing a pink colour liquid called 'Viral Transport Medium (VTM)' and then sent to the labs for furthe...