A laboratory technician places a tag on a box containing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing kit at a sample collection centre in Ahmedabad on March 26, 2020.

A laboratory technician places a tag on a box containing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing kit at a sample collection centre in Ahmedabad on March 26, 2020.
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5.5 lakh Rapid Antibody Testing Kits and 1 lakh RNA Extraction Kits are among the consignment.

A large consignment of testing kits for the novel coronavirus pandemic is scheduled to reach India from China on Thursday, sources have confirmed. The kits are expected to boost India’s testing capacity in a major way as the country aims to ramp up its testing capacity.

According to available information, 5.5 lakh Rapid Antibody Testing Kits sourced fr