Home testing kit for Covid-19 gets ICMR nod. Watch how to test yourself
3 years, 7 months ago

Home testing kit for Covid-19 gets ICMR nod. Watch how to test yourself

India Today  

ICMR has approved a home-based testing kit for Covid-19. It is a home rapid antigen testing kit, which is advisable only for symptomatic individuals and people who have come in contact with lab-tested Covid positive people. WATCH HOW TO TEST USING THE SELF-TESTING KIT So far, only one company --- Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd --- has been approved in India. NOT AVAILABLE YET This testing kit will not be available in the market immediately and will take some time to be widely available.

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Masks, social distancing back on as schools fear Covid-19 disruption
1 year ago

Masks, social distancing back on as schools fear Covid-19 disruption

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Safety precautions to combat the spread of Coronavirus are being reinforced at many educational institutions following reports of a spike in cases in Kerala and Karnataka, while five new infections in Hyderabad took the count of active cases to 14. Authorities are issuing advisories urging students and staff to practice social distancing, ensure mask discipline, avoid group gatherings, undergo …

ICMR identifies biomarkers to diagnose severity, predict recovery of Covid-19
1 year, 11 months ago

ICMR identifies biomarkers to diagnose severity, predict recovery of Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The National Institute For Research In Reproductive and Child Health of the Indian Council of Medical Research, and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, have identified biomarkers that could help diagnose the severity of Covid-19 through a blood test. In 2021, two separate studies were taken up by the institute on a small cohort of Covid positive blood samples, the results of …

Send details of buyers of self-test kits, BMC tells chemists
2 years, 6 months ago

Send details of buyers of self-test kits, BMC tells chemists

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai As Covid cases are on a rise in the city, chemists are selling more and more self-test kits. Prasad Danave, joint secretary, Maharashtra State Chemists & Druggists Association said that unlike the third wave, people are buying home testing kits more from online sites than from chemists/pharmacists “Considering the sudden rise of Covid cases, we have directed manufacturers, chemists/pharmacists …

FAQs about antigen self-testing for COVID-19
2 years, 9 months ago

FAQs about antigen self-testing for COVID-19

China Daily  

China has approved COVID-19 antigen testing as a supplementary means to improve early detection, and 10 domestically made antigen kits have been allowed for home use. There are three groups of people who can use the antigen test kits: - Those who visit grassroots medical institutions within 5 days of having respiratory symptoms or fever, - Those who are under …

FAQs about antigen self-testing for COVD-19
2 years, 9 months ago

FAQs about antigen self-testing for COVD-19

China Daily  

China has approved COVID-19 antigen testing as a supplementary means to improve early detection, and 10 domestically made antigen kits have been allowed for home use. FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist demonstrates a test at a COVID-19 rapid testing center at a metro station in Moscow, Russia, Nov 9, 2021. Who can use COVID-19 antigen self-testing? The COVID-19 antigen self-testing …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

FAQs about antigen self-testing for COVD-19
2 years, 9 months ago

FAQs about antigen self-testing for COVD-19

China Daily  

China has approved COVID-19 antigen testing as a supplementary means to improve early detection, and 10 domestically made antigen kits have been allowed for home use. There are three groups of people who can use the antigen test kits: - Those who visit grassroots medical institutions within 5 days of having respiratory symptoms or fever, - Those who are under …

48K Covid-19 kits given away during fever survey
2 years, 11 months ago

48K Covid-19 kits given away during fever survey

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: On the first day of the door-to-door fever survey, 48,000 home isolation kits were distributed among patients who showed Covid-19 symptoms. Health minister T. Harish Rao on Saturday participated in the fever survey by personally visiting houses in Ambedkar Nagar area in Siddipet. He said the government had acquired two crore Covid-19 testing kits and prepared one crore home …

New testing kit able to detect 15 strains of novel coronavirus
2 years, 11 months ago

New testing kit able to detect 15 strains of novel coronavirus

China Daily  

Guo Yong, professor at Tsinghua's School of Medicine, talks about the new COVID-19 testing kit on camera. China approved a new COVID-19 testing kit on Saturday that can accurately diagnose 15 common strains of the novel coronavirus, including the Delta and Omicron variants, according to kit developer Tsinghua University. The kit, which was approved by the National Medical Products Administration, …

An epidemiologically sound testing strategy
2 years, 11 months ago

An epidemiologically sound testing strategy

The Hindu  

On January 10, 2022, the Indian Council of Medical Research released an Advisory on Purposive Testing Strategy for COVID-19 in India. The latest COVID-19 testing strategy replaces the previous advisory, released on September 4, 2020 and inter alia, had the provision of COVID-19 testing on demand for ‘all individuals who wish to get themselves tested’. India, following this approach, ramped …

Self-test kits could lead to unreported cases, warn officials
2 years, 11 months ago

Self-test kits could lead to unreported cases, warn officials

Hindustan Times  

A surge in the demand for Covid-19 self-testing kits has raised concerns about underreporting of cases even as health officials termed these kits “a boon” as they have taken a significant load off the traditional Covid-19 testing infrastructure amid the fifth wave of the pandemic in the city. Chemist associations in the city said the demand for self-test kits has …

List of at home Covid-19 self-testing kits: How to use and all you need to know about
2 years, 11 months ago

List of at home Covid-19 self-testing kits: How to use and all you need to know about

India Today  

The demand for at-home self-testing kits has gone up amid the rising cases of the new variant. List of at home Covid-19 self-testing kits approved by ICMR Mylab CoviSelf: This kit is available online and the starting price is Rs 250. List of at home COVID-19 self-testing Kits: Steps for how to use Find a clean sanitised surface to place …

Officials are warning the public about fake Covid-19 testing kits. Here’s how to spot them
3 years ago

Officials are warning the public about fake Covid-19 testing kits. Here’s how to spot them

CNN  

CNN — Covid-19 cases continue to rise dramatically, leading to brutally long lines at testing sites and empty shelves at stores where at-home rapid test kits were once in stock. “It’s not a surprise that, according to the US Food and Drug Administration, fake and unauthorized at-home testing kits are popping up online as opportunistic scammers take advantage of the …

ICMR approves India-made kit to detect Omicron
3 years ago

ICMR approves India-made kit to detect Omicron

The Hindu  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has approved a testing kit for detecting the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Responsibility for batch-to-batch consistency lies with the manufacturer.” The kit currently in use to detect Omicron in India has been developed by the U.S.-based scientific instrumentation company Thermo Fisher. India’s COVID-19 tally continued its rise on Tuesday with the country …

7 Rapid At-Home Covid-19 Tests—and Where to Find Them
3 years ago

7 Rapid At-Home Covid-19 Tests—and Where to Find Them

Wired  

If you test negative: Experiencing Covid-19 symptoms but got a negative test result? Rapid At-Home Covid-19 Tests We Like Abbott BinaxNow Antigen Rapid Self-Test Kit Photograph: Abbott Abbot’s BinaxNow kit provides results within 15 minutes of swabbing your nose and inserting the sample into the included test card. Intrivo Diagnostics On/Go Antigen Test Photograph: Intrivo Diagnostics On/Go’s at-home kit comes …

ICMR approves indigenously developed kit to detect current COVID-19 variants
3 years ago

ICMR approves indigenously developed kit to detect current COVID-19 variants

The Hindu  

The CoviDelta diagnostics kit developed indigenously by Pune-based GenePath Diagnostics has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research, company sources said on Friday. The kit detects all current variants of COVID-19 and flags presumptive Delta and Omicron variants in a single test, said Dr. Nickhil Jakatdar, CEO, GenePath Diagnostics. “This kit is capable of detecting all important COVID-19 …

Can at-home COVID-19 tests make holiday gatherings safer?
3 years, 1 month ago

Can at-home COVID-19 tests make holiday gatherings safer?

Associated Press  

Can at-home COVID-19 tests make holiday gatherings safer? Yes, combined with vaccination, home test kits for COVID-19 can add a layer of safety and reassurance by providing on-the-spot results during this second year of pandemic holidays. “We will be using rapid tests to doublecheck everybody before we gather together,” says Dr. Emily Volk, president of the College of American Pathologists, …

As Delta variant surges, so does demand for at-home covid-19 tests
3 years, 4 months ago

As Delta variant surges, so does demand for at-home covid-19 tests

Live Mint  

Demand for at-home Covid-19 tests has risen sharply in recent weeks as the Delta variant surges across the U.S., causing test makers to scramble to keep pace. Much of the Covid-19 diagnostic testing in the U.S. has involved not antigen tests but molecular tests, which detect the virus’s genetic material and typically are processed by laboratories—a more time-consuming process. Demand …

What Kind Of COVID-19 Test Should You Take? Here's A Guide.
3 years, 4 months ago

What Kind Of COVID-19 Test Should You Take? Here's A Guide.

Huff Post  

Geber86 via Getty Images There are several different COVID-19 testing options available at this point in the pandemic. Here’s a breakdown of the leading COVID-19 testing options: Laboratory molecular or PCR tests How they work: Molecular COVID-19 tests are one of the two diagnostic tests than can tell if you have an active COVID-19 infection. They’ll often market “rapid PCR …

India achieves milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests: ICMR
3 years, 6 months ago

India achieves milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests: ICMR

The Hindu  

India has achieved the milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests, with the average of more than 18 lakh tests per day in the month of June, the ICMR said on Saturday, June 26, 2021. ICMR has been enhancing COVID-19 testing capability across the country by expanding and diversifying testing capacity by leveraging technology and facilitating innovation in affordable diagnostic …

Flipkart starts selling CoviSelf Covid 19 self-test kit, it gives result in 15 minutes
3 years, 6 months ago

Flipkart starts selling CoviSelf Covid 19 self-test kit, it gives result in 15 minutes

India Today  

The second wave of Covid 19 saw many people struggling to get tested for Covid 19, There were times and situations that even when affected people managed to get tested, their results would come days after their symptoms had worsened. Now, Flipkart, the ecommerce website is selling Coviself -- a self-testing kit for Covid 19 antigen that gives results in …

Now, Test Yourself for Covid in 15 Minutes at Home: 'CoviSelf' to be Available at Pharmacies, Online
3 years, 7 months ago

Now, Test Yourself for Covid in 15 Minutes at Home: 'CoviSelf' to be Available at Pharmacies, Online

News 18  

A Pune-based diagnostics firm has commenced the shipping of Covid-19 self-test kits, called ‘CoviSelf’. The ICMR had in May granted approval to the firm for its new self-use rapid home-test kit for Covid-19 with results available in just 15 minutes. Named ‘CoviSelf’, the country’s first Covid-19 home-test kit, priced at Rs 250, has been developed by Mylab Discovery Solutions. Mylab …

Mylab Discovery Solutions develops one crore DIY COVID-19 testing kits, roll out likely on 1 June
3 years, 7 months ago

Mylab Discovery Solutions develops one crore DIY COVID-19 testing kits, roll out likely on 1 June

Firstpost  

The home test kit christened ‘COVISELF’, which produces a result in 15 minutes for symptomatic patients, was cleared by the ICMR on Wednesday Mumbai: Mylab Discovery Solutions, which has developed a do-it-yourself COVID-19 testing kit for symptomatic patients, is building a stock of one crore units of the recently-approved home test kits before a national rollout on 1 June, a …

DRDO develops Covid-19 antibody detection kit 'DIPCOVAN'
3 years, 7 months ago

DRDO develops Covid-19 antibody detection kit 'DIPCOVAN'

India TV News  

The Defence Research and Development Organisation has unveiled its yet another achievement which will aide country's ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. DRDO's Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences has developed an antibody detection-based kit 'DIPCOVAN', the DIPAS-VDx COVID 19 IgG Antibody Microwell ELISA for sero-surveillance. The kit has been developed in association with Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, a …

Covid-19 self-testing kit to be in market next week: Here is how to use it
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 self-testing kit to be in market next week: Here is how to use it

Hindustan Times  

A home-based coronavirus testing kit by Pune-based company Mylab Discovery Solutions was launched in India a day after the Indian Council of Medical Research gave its nod for its use. ICMR DG explains how to take test Mylab is currently manufacturing seven million test kits per week, it said in a statement. - A positive test will take 5 to …

More Self-Test Kits To Get Nod As Centre Aims To Up Testing Capacity To 45 Lakh By June
3 years, 7 months ago

More Self-Test Kits To Get Nod As Centre Aims To Up Testing Capacity To 45 Lakh By June

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Central Government is aiming to increase the per day number of Covid-19 tests to 45 lakh by the end of June, Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Thursday, adding the target is to is to do 25 lakh tests by the end of this month. Dr Bhargava said the self-test home …

COVID-19 home test kit approved; symptomatic people testing negative should go for RT-PCR, says ICMR
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 home test kit approved; symptomatic people testing negative should go for RT-PCR, says ICMR

Firstpost  

The ICMR said the RAT kits should be used only on symptomatic individuals and on immediate contacts of laboratory-confirmed positive cases New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research on Wednesday approved a home-based rapid antigen testing kit for COVID-19, which it advised should be used only on symptomatic individuals and on immediate contacts of laboratory-confirmed positive cases. The country’s …

CoviSelf: How to use self-testing Covid kit, step-by-step guide
3 years, 7 months ago

CoviSelf: How to use self-testing Covid kit, step-by-step guide

India TV News  

The Indian Council of Medical Research, the country's apex health research body, has approved a home-based rapid antigen testing kit -- CoviSelf, for Covid-19. The kit will carry a pre-filled extraction tube, a sterile nasal swab, one test card, and a biohazard bag. The app is a comprehensive guide of the testing procedure and will provide a positive or negative …

As Home Covid-19 Testing Kit Gets Approval, Here's All You Need to Know About the Process & Precautions
3 years, 7 months ago

As Home Covid-19 Testing Kit Gets Approval, Here's All You Need to Know About the Process & Precautions

News 18  

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Thursday said home usage of Rapid Antigen Tests is advisable only on symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of coronavirus-positive patients confirmed by laboratories. Home testing by RAT is advised only in symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of laboratory-confirmed positive cases. The kit comes in a pouch containing a nasal swab and a pre-filled …

Covid-19 Home Testing using Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs): All you need to know
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 Home Testing using Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs): All you need to know

India Today  

With the rapid increase of Covid-19 testing across the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research has come up with an advisory for Covid-19 home testing using Rapid Antigen Tests. All test positive individuals are advised to follow home isolation and care as per the ICMR & Ministry of Health & Family Welfare protocol which can be accessed at: https://www.icmr.gov.in/chomecare.html. …

India approves home test for Covid-19, to cost ₹250 per kit
3 years, 7 months ago

India approves home test for Covid-19, to cost ₹250 per kit

Hindustan Times  

India approved on Wednesday the first home test for Covid-19, allowing people to buy a kit that costs ₹250 and gives results within 15 minutes. The kit, manufactured by Pune-based Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd, is a rapid antigen test that should be used only by those who have Covid-19 symptoms or had close contact with an infected person, the Indian …

ICMR approves Covid home testing kit using rapid antigen testing; advises against indiscriminate use
3 years, 7 months ago

ICMR approves Covid home testing kit using rapid antigen testing; advises against indiscriminate use

India TV News  

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Wednesday released an advisory for COVID-19 home testing using Rapid Antigen Tests. According to the medical body, home testing by RAT should be conducted only in symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of laboratory confirmed positive cases. It is developed by Pune-based Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd. ICMR ADVISORY Home testing by RAT is advised …

You can self-test Covid at home by taking nasal swab, ICMR issues advisory
3 years, 7 months ago

You can self-test Covid at home by taking nasal swab, ICMR issues advisory

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Wednesday issued an advisory for Covid-19 home testing where an individual will be able to test himself or herself without the presence of any medical professional. Giving details of how to conduct this test, the ICMR said that it has approved one kit called CoviSelf for the purpose of home testing. For home …

New RT-PCR kit 97.3% sensitive in detecting Covid mutants: All you need to know
3 years, 7 months ago

New RT-PCR kit 97.3% sensitive in detecting Covid mutants: All you need to know

Hindustan Times  

Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said the new RT-PCR kit developed by Sree Chitra Turunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology under the department of sciences and technology is 97.3 per cent sensitive. Union minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday tweeted about the new RT-PCR kit. ICMR okays new RT-PCR kit with ‘high accuracy’ Here is all you …

ICMR: Home Testing Using RAT Only on Symptomatic Individuals and Immediate Contacts of Positive Cases
3 years, 7 months ago

ICMR: Home Testing Using RAT Only on Symptomatic Individuals and Immediate Contacts of Positive Cases

News 18  

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Thursday said home usage of Rapid Antigen Tests is advisable only on symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of coronavirus-positive patients confirmed by laboratories. Issuing a new advisory for home testing, the ICMR said indiscriminate testing is not advisable and should be conducted according to the procedure described by the manufacturer in the user …

ICMR okays new RT-PCR kit with ‘high accuracy’
3 years, 7 months ago

ICMR okays new RT-PCR kit with ‘high accuracy’

Hindustan Times  

Using a gene that is least likely to mutate, the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Kerala have developed a new RT-PCR kit that they say has a higher accuracy in detecting Covid-19. RT-PCR tests amplify the genetic material of the virus found on swab samples, extract it and check for specific fragments to give a …

From Testing Kits to Anti-COVID Gears: What Education Institutes Contributed to Fight Against Coronavirus
3 years, 7 months ago

From Testing Kits to Anti-COVID Gears: What Education Institutes Contributed to Fight Against Coronavirus

News 18  

As India is battling COVID-19, the universities and higher education institutes across the country have joined the fight against the pandemic. Let’s look at what Education Institutes have Contributed to India’s Fight Against COVID-19 IIM Lucknow’s Information Portal: Amrita Singh, a software engineer and a student of IIM Lucknow has developed a web portal offering a list of initiatives to …

India's COVID-19 crisis: ICMR revises RT-PCR testing guidelines to reduce pressure on diagnostic labs
3 years, 8 months ago

India's COVID-19 crisis: ICMR revises RT-PCR testing guidelines to reduce pressure on diagnostic labs

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The need for RT-PCR test in healthy individuals undertaking inter-state domestic travel may be completely removed to reduce the load on laboratories, recommended an ICMR advisory for COVID-19 testing during the second wave of the pandemic. The advisory stated that RT-PCR test must not be repeated in any individual who has tested positive once either by RAT or …

ICMR Issues New Guidelines For RT-PCR Testing Amid Second Coronavirus Wave
3 years, 8 months ago

ICMR Issues New Guidelines For RT-PCR Testing Amid Second Coronavirus Wave

ABP News  

The second wave of Coronavirus is turning out to be deadly with India witnessing an unprecedented upsurge of COVID-19 cases and deaths every day. As per the ICMR Advisory, if a person has once tested Coronavirus positive during the Rapid Antigen Test or RT-PCR test, then there is no need for that individual to undergo RT-PCR test again. READ | …

Covid-19: Hyderabad-based CCMB Develops Dry Swab RT-PCR Kit, Method Can Ramp up Testing
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Hyderabad-based CCMB Develops Dry Swab RT-PCR Kit, Method Can Ramp up Testing

News 18  

A dry swab-based direct RT-PCR method of COVID-19 testing, developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, and approved by ICMR can now be adopted in testing labs of the country. The method is easier to carry out than the current procedures, and can ramp up testing by two three fold using the current infrastructure in the testing labs. …

Covid-19 treatment at home: How to claim insurance, documents required and more
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 treatment at home: How to claim insurance, documents required and more

India Today  

People who have tested positive during the second wave are finding it extremely difficult to find beds in hospitals for treatment. While many hospitals and healthcare providers are extending home care treatment facilities, many people are worried whether their health insurance policy will cover such costs. INSURANCE FOR COViD TREATMENT AT HOME Not all health insurance plans may include home …

ICMR approves 'simple and fast' Covid-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR tests
4 years, 1 month ago

ICMR approves 'simple and fast' Covid-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR tests

India Today  

The Indian Council for Medical Research has approved a simple and fast method for Covid-19 testing, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research said on Saturday. The method -- Dry Swab-Direct RT-PCR -- developed by CSIR's Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, is a variation of the existing gold standard RT-PCR method and can easily scale up the …

Call for more COVID-19 testing as PNG waits for rapid test kits
4 years, 1 month ago

Call for more COVID-19 testing as PNG waits for rapid test kits

ABC  

The head of Papua New Guinea's COVID-19 response has re-issued a call for people to come forward for testing, saying the country's testing rates are critically low. PNG currently has had 599 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the first emerged earlier this year, but Commissioner David Manning said that he expects there are "more cases than we currently know". His comments …

COVID-19 testing kit COVIRAP by IIT-Kharagpur gets ICMR approval, to cost ₹500
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 testing kit COVIRAP by IIT-Kharagpur gets ICMR approval, to cost ₹500

Live Mint  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has recently approved COVIRAP, a low-cost locally made device for detecting coronavirus. "This innovation has made high-quality and accurate COVID testing affordable for the common people with a testing cost of around ₹500 which can further be reduced through government intervention," Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said. "This machine can be developed at a …

Serosurveys point to inadequacies in India’s COVID-19 testing strategy
4 years, 2 months ago

Serosurveys point to inadequacies in India’s COVID-19 testing strategy

Firstpost  

Over the past few months, a series of serosurveys for detecting the spread of COVID-19 have been carried out in India. The findings from these surveys points to a huge disparity in the expected number of COVID-19 cases, based on the seroprevalence, and the official number of cases reported from RT-PCR/rapid testing across the country. Testing capacity needs to be …

Pvt Firm Supplies 12.5 Lakh 'Sub-standard' RT-PCR Test Kits to Maharashtra, Minister Promises Action
4 years, 2 months ago

Pvt Firm Supplies 12.5 Lakh 'Sub-standard' RT-PCR Test Kits to Maharashtra, Minister Promises Action

News 18  

Maharashtra received 12.50 lakh sub-standard RT-PCR Covid-19 testing kits from GCC Biotech Ltd, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Tuesday, while adding that legal action would be initiated against the private company. Addressing reporters in Jalna, Tope said that the National Institute of Virology, a unit of the Indian Council of Medical Research, had discovered that the quality of …

ICMR Allows 'Testing On Demand' as India Adds 10 Lakh Coronavirus Cases in 13 Days
4 years, 4 months ago

ICMR Allows 'Testing On Demand' as India Adds 10 Lakh Coronavirus Cases in 13 Days

News 18  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued an advisory on COVID-19 testing strategy, allowing ‘testing on demand’ for individuals but left it to states to modify the approach as per their discretion. Under the category of ‘routine surveillance in containment zones and screening at points of entry’, the advisory recommended testing of all asymptomatic high-risk individuals in containment zones. …

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