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 spike in demand,” the FTC said in a press release this week. The FTC also advised searching on the Internet for the seller of the at-home testing kits along with words like “scam,” “complaint,” or “review” to catch the scammers. “Using these fake products isn’t just a waste of money, it increases your risk of unknowingly spreading Covid-19 or not getting the appropriate treatment,” the FTC said. The importance of getting tested While the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to drive up Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations in the US, health experts say it’s critical Americans continue safe practices to prevent infections.

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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 …

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 …

US FDA warns against use of certain unapproved Covid tests
2 years, 10 months ago

US FDA warns against use of certain unapproved Covid tests

Live Mint  

The US Food and Drug Administration has warned people against the use of unauthorised versions of certain Covid-19 rapid antigen tests currently being marketed in the United States. The US drug agency said that fraudulent Covid-19 products can come in many varieties, including dietary supplements and other foods, as well as products claiming to be tests, drugs, medical devices, or …

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 …

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 …

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. …

COVID-19 testing: Plea in Madras HC seeks direction to Centre, state govts to use only those kits cleared by virology institute or EEU
4 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 testing: Plea in Madras HC seeks direction to Centre, state govts to use only those kits cleared by virology institute or EEU

Firstpost  

A lawyer has approached the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Union and state governments to use only rapid test kits for COVID-19 that have been tested to be satisfactory either by National Institute of Virology or by European Economic Union Chennai: A lawyer has approached the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Union and state …

No COVID-19 testing at home yet but quicker options coming
4 years, 9 months ago

No COVID-19 testing at home yet but quicker options coming

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Home testing for the new coronavirus may sound like a good idea, but U.S. regulators say it’s still too risky. “Essentially all of the reactions are squeezed into a little cartridge, so it’s a very nice, self-contained system.” said Dr. Bobbi Pritt, lab director at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota The cartridges from Abbott and other companies …

Coronavirus at-home rapid test kits are being sold on Chinese social media app WeChat
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus at-home rapid test kits are being sold on Chinese social media app WeChat

ABC  

Coronavirus rapid self-testing kits are being advertised on a Chinese social media platform in Australia — promising results in as little as 15 minutes — as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. In China, at-home coronavirus test kits went viral on WeChat earlier in March, with China's National Medical Products Administration quickly debunked the rumours of self-testing and claimed …

Australia's COVID-19 fight hampered by rationing test kits, immunologist warns
4 years, 9 months ago

Australia's COVID-19 fight hampered by rationing test kits, immunologist warns

ABC  

Some doctors are warning a promised influx of almost 100,000 COVID-19 test kits in the coming week, won't be enough as stocks are already being rationed and the infection rate is yet to peak. Key points: Immunologist John Dwyer says Australia needs to dramatically increase testing He says 100,000 more test kits would not go far enough Queensland will increase …

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