MUMBAI: The National Institute of Virology in Pune has sent one of its scientists to Iran to help Indian citizens stranded there with the testing and diagnosis of Covid-19 as the testing facilities are not adequate there. “There are about 1,200 Indians from Kargil in Iran,” an Indian Council of Medical Research official said.

This is the first time since the outbreak happened that an Indian health professional has flown to a foreign country to stay there and help with the testing and diagnosis of citizens stranded there.

