NEW DELHI: After several delays, India will finally receive the first consignment of rapid testing kits for Covid-19 by this week with one consignment of 3,00,000 kits being cleared by customs in Guangzhou on Wednesday and headed to Delhi on Thursday, said official sources. Over the next couple of weeks, India is expected to receive about 2-3 million kits from China.
India has diversified its sources of testing kits, tapping Germany, Korea, France and Israel though health ministry sources pointed out that several of these suppliers also trace their supplies to Chinese firms. After Chinese kits were rejected for being substandard, the Chinese government prepared a list of companies whose products are quality tested and would be eligible
