Test positive report will come, they will be considered infected, they do not need any other test
New Delhi. Amidst the corona period, there is news that people will now be able to check the corona only by staying in their homes. ICMR has also approved the kit for this. With this kit, you will be able to examine the corona by taking a sample from your nose while sitting at home. Home testing facility will be available only to patients with symptoms of corona. You will not need any further investigation when a positive report arrives. But those whose reports will be negative will also have to get RTPCR test done later.
According to the statement issued by ICMR, home testing is only for symptomatic patients or people who have come in direct contact with the confirmed case in the lab. Recommended manual tests for home testing will have to be done. For home testing, one has to download the app in mobile from Google Play Store and Apple Store. Positive or negative report will be available only through the mobile app. Home testers have to draw a test strip picture. That is, after taking a sample of the swab in the nose from the test strip, a picture has to be taken. This picture has to be taken from the same phone on which the mobile app is downloaded. The data of the mobile app will be stored directly on the testing portal of ICMR. Those who report positive through this test will be considered infected and will not need any other test. Such patients will have to abide by the guidelines of the ICMR and the Ministry of Health. The name of this test kit is Coviself TM. It is made by Mylab Discovery Solution Limited, a Pune-based company.
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