27-10-2020 | 13:17 PM
COVIRAP
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a low cost COVID-19 test ‘COVIRAP’, which is developed by IIT Kharagpur.
The kit provides close test results similar to RT-PCR and gives the results in less than an hour.
This testing kit consists of three mixtures to confirm the presence of virus in the body. This test is up to 93% sensitive and up to 98% specific.
The kit costs around Rs. 5000. The cost per test using the kit is around 500 to 600 rupees.
