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ICMR gives nod to two RAT home-testing kits
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ICMR gives nod to two RAT home-testing kits. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, June 3 : The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved two home-based Rapid Antigen Test kits, to be used only in symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of laboratory confirmed positive cases.
Accordingly, the ICMR has approved CoviSelf, manufactured by Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd, Pune, and the PanBio COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test Device, devloped by Chicago-based Abbott Rapid Diagnostics. The latter s provisional approval has been accorded till July 5, 2021. Indiscriminate testing is not advised. Home testing should be conducted as per the procedure described by the manufacturer in the user manual. Home testing by RAT is advised only in symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of laboratory confirmed positive cases, the ICMR said.
Ministry to blame for hike
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh - Ministry of Health
THE EDITOR: In the May 1 Newsday, TT was listed at number one in an updated covid19 lockdown rollback checklist compiled by Oxford University researchers.
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh, asked for his thoughts on TT s position at the time, said the population should not react with a false sense of security.
He added, however, that the Oxford report is a very good report and paints us in an excellent light. This is testimony to what we have been saying all along.
Deyalsingh said that our response to covid, led by the Prime Minister, was a robust one.What this speaks to is that the world is recognising that the decision not to flip a switch and open back the economy is the right way.