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By Express News ServiceHYDERABAD: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has declared that apart from the National Institute of Virology, Pune, one of Hyderabad’s Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) facilities will be turned into a testing centre for Coronavirus. Hyderabad is one among the four cities, apart from Alleppey, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, where testing for Coronavirus will be done in their respective ICMR institutes. Dr K Shankar, superintendent, Government Fever Hospital said, "Most probably, the testing procedure will be started in the ICMR lab at Gandhi Hospital within ten days. There are three existing ICMR facilities in Osmania General Hospital, Gandhi Hospital and one hospital in Warangal." The public should not panic as the State health department is well- equipped to tackle any possibility of an outbreak.”.