ICMR approves a kit for self corona test, to cost Rs 250 per kit

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New Delhi : Corona test can now be done at home as well with ICMR approved corona test kit. Using this kit, samples can be taken at home for a corona test. ICMR has also given a new advisory regarding the Corona test kit. According to this, you can now get the Covid result within 15 minutes by purchasing a kit priced Rs 250 at home. In this kit, positive results will be detected in 5 to 7 minutes and in case of negative results, it will take 15 minutes.

ICMR said that home testing is only for symptomatic patients. It is also for those who have come in direct contact with the confirmed case. For home testing, mobile apps have to be downloaded from Google Play Store and Apple Store. Positive and negative reports will be given on mobile app.

Those who do home testing will have to take a test strip picture and take a photo from the same phone on which the mobile app will be downloaded. The data of the mobile phone will be stored directly on the testing portal of ICMR. Those whose report comes positive through this test will not require any other test.

Those who are positive will have to follow the ICMR and Health Ministry guidelines regarding home isolation. Patients with symptoms who have negative results will have to undergo RT PCR. My Lab Discovery Solution Limited has been authorized for the Home Isolation Testing Kit. It is a Pune-based company. The name of this kit is Coviself (PathoCatch).

Here is all you need to know about the home-based rapid antigen testing kit for Covid-19 :

1) The home-based rapid antigen testing kit manufactured by Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd, Pune, has been validated and approved by the ICMR.

2) Only a nasal swab will be required for this rapid antigen testing.

3) The name of the kit is CoviSelfTM(PathoCatch) COVID-19 OTC Antigen LF device.

4) The kit comes with a pre-filled extraction tube, a sterile nasal swab, one test card, and a biohazard bag. The person undertaking the test will have to download the Mylab coviself app on their mobile phone.

5) The home testing mobile app is available in Google play store and Apple store and must be downloaded by all users.

6) The mobile app is a comprehensive guide of the testing procedure and will provide a positive or negative test result to the patient.

7) There will be two sections on the test card—the control section and the test section.

8) If the bar shows up only at the control section ‘C’, the result is negative, and if the bar appears on both the control section and test (T) section, the test is positive.

9) According to a report in Hindustan Times, the test kit will be available in the market in about a week’s time and will be priced at ₹250 per kit.

10) A positive test will take about 5 to 7 minutes, and a negative result will take 15 minutes max, Hindustan Times quoted Hasmukh Rawal, managing director, Mylab Discovery Solutions.

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