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.