Hi Welcome You can highlight texts in any article and it becomes audio news that you can hear
  • Fri. Nov 22nd, 2024

ICMR asks states not to use rapid test kits for 2 days

Byindianadmin

Apr 21, 2020 #rapid, #states
ICMR asks states not to use rapid test kits for 2 days

NEW DELHI: Amid complaints about faulty rapid test kits, the Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday advised states not to use them for the next two days, saying it will issue an advisory after their teams carry out field validation of these equipment.

At the daily government briefing on the coronavirus situation in the country, ICMR’s Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar was asked about the faulty rapid testing kits.

“We have received complaint from a state yesterday and so far discussed with three states. Too much variations have been reported in results of rapid test kits and RT-PCR kits. We advise states not to use them for the next two days

Read More

Click to listen highlighted text!