New RT-PCR kit to Help India Fight COVID-19 Better: Centre
The kit will help in detecting SARS-CoV-2 mutations and it targets two SARS-CoV-2 genes - RdRp and ORFb-nsp14
| 19 May 2021 10:34 AM GMT
New Delhi: The Centre has said that the new multiplex RT-PCR kit would further strengthen the COVID testing process and help India in its fight against COVID-19 amid the second wave of coronavirus in India.
The kit will help in detecting SARS-CoV-2 mutations and is developed by Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an Institute of National Importance (INI) under the Department of Science and Technology (Government of India).