News Edition 24 Desk: Now you will not need to go to the health centers for random examination of corona nor need to call anyone home for sample collection. You will be able to check the corona easily. Koviself, the first testing kit for in-house Kovid testing, will be available in the market by the end of next week.
It is the first home testing kit approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research for use in the country. The producers have targeted to reach 90 percent of the PIN codes in India, while also being purchased online. Jain said, ‘By the end of next week it will be available with 7 lakh drug shops and our online pharmacy partners.
ICMR DG Dr Balaram Bhargava has said that 1 company has already applied for home testing, while 3 other companies are in the pipeline. Within a week there will be 3 more companies, which will provide home testing kits.
The cost of the Koviself kit will be Rs 250, which includes tax. There will be a manual with the kit that will tell how you can check the corona yourself without the help of a health worker. Since this is a rapid antigen test, only the nasal swab will be required. The test will take only 2 minutes and within 15 minutes you will know the result. The positive report will come much earlier than that. If the report comes after 20 minutes it will be considered invalid.
Self-testing kits for Corona are new to India, but many other countries have already started using home testing kits. The second wave of Corona saw a record number of cases in India in March-April, also on testing facilities. There is a lot of pressure and people have to wait a long time for the result.