Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries
A set of agreements to make available, for low and middle-income countries, affordable, high-quality COVID-19 antigen rapid tests were announced by the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. These agreements can be found using the link.
India's new paper Covid-19 test could be a ‘game changer’
A team of scientists in India has developed an inexpensive paper-based test for coronavirus that could give fast results similar to a pregnancy test.
Guidance on Rapid Antigen Test Kits for COVID-19
Guidance given by the Indian Council of Medical Research on how to use a variety of Rapid Antigen testing kits.
Antigen detection test for COVID-19
Those who test negative for COVID-19 by rapid antigen test should be definitely tested sequentially by RT-PCR to rule out infection, whereas a positive test should be considered as a true positive and does not need reconfirmation by RT-PCR test, said ICMR in an advisory on Sunday.