Now people can do Corona examination themselves at home, ICMR approval of home testing kit
The Indian Council for Medical Research has emphasized the importance of rapid antigen testing for Covid-19, saying that people with symptoms of coronary heart disease and those who come in contact with patients who tested positive for Covid-19 should be tested for Covid-19 at home.
According to a new ICMR consultation, people who test positive for a rapid antigen are considered Covid-19 positive and do not need to be tested again.
The ICMR says, "People who have corona symptoms should use the Rapid Antigen Kit at home. Don't test without thinking."
"But people who have corona symptoms and are negative for a rapid antigen test should have an RT-PCR test immediately. This is because we have seen that patients with a low load of the virus cannot be confirmed with a rapid antigen test for Covid-19. However, patients with corona symptoms should follow the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and be treated as a suspicious patient.
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The ICMR says that the Rapid Antigen Test Kit has all the details regarding its use, it should be read and followed.
ICMR says it also has a mobile app that provides home testing information on the Google Play Store and Apple Store. It can be used by home inspectors.
According to the ICMR, all home inspectors can register themselves by uploading a picture of the test to the app through a mobile phone.
ICMRA said the data will be on a secure server linked to ICMR's Covid-19 testing portal. All data is collected here and the privacy of patients will be maintained.
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Corona can now be tested at home. ICMR has approved one kit. This kit will be able to take samples for corona test from the nose at home. ICMR has also issued advisory on Corona test kits.
Home testing is for symptomatic patients only, ICMR said. This is not for those who have been in direct contact with the confirmed case in the lab. Home testing requires downloading a mobile app from Google Play Store and Apple Store.
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Positive or negative report will be received through mobile app. Those who will do the testing will have to take a test strip photo and take a picture from the phone on which the mobile app will be downloaded. Mobile phone data will be stored directly on ICMR's testing portal. But the patient's privacy will remain the same. Anyone who reports positively through this test will be considered positive. No other test will be required.
Hasmukh Rawal, MD, Mileb Discovery Solutions, said the test kit would be available in a week. It has taken us 5 months to prepare this product. It is priced at Rs 250 per kit. This also includes taxes.
The mobile app has to be downloaded from the Apple Store
The advisory states that home testing is for symptomatic patients only. Also those who have been in direct contact with the conform case in the lab. The home testing will be done in the manual manner prescribed by the company. For home testing, you have to download the mobile app from Google Play Store and Apple Store. Positive and negative reports will be available through the mobile app.
Who can check
Following the approval, the ICMR has issued an advisory on the investigation, saying that those who are experiencing symptoms and are currently exposed to the infection should be tested. The ICMR also said that an inquiry cannot be advised without a reason.
The report can be obtained from this system
Those who will do home testing will have to take a test strip photo and take a picture from the phone which is an app download in mobile. Data on mobile phones will be stored directly on ICMR's testing portal. The patient's privacy will remain the same. Those whose report is positive through this test will be considered positive. They do not need any other test.
This is also the rule
Those who are positive will have to follow the guidelines of ICMR and the Ministry of Health regarding home isolation. Patients with symptoms will have to undergo RTPCR if the result is negative. All rapid antigen negative symptomatic people will be considered a suspected covid case and will remain in home isolation until the RTPCR results.
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