In fresh advisory for testing COVID samples, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday said that the contacts of Covid patients do not need testing unless identified as high risk based on age or comorbidities.
Guidelines for persons in contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases, ICMR says THIS - ICMR advisory said contacts of confirmed Covid cases don t need to get tested unless identified as ‘high-risk’.
In a fresh set of guidelines on testing of COVID-19 samples, the top government body said contacts of COVID patients do not need to be tested unless identified as high-risk based on age or co-morbidities.