Home COVID-19 tests have been approved, here are the guidelines for them
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Home testing kits
Pune-based Mylab Discovery has created a COVID-19 test called CoviSelf, which was approved by Indian authorities yesterday. The Indian Council of Medical Research has set guidelines in place for its use.
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Only for symptomatic patients
The ICMR has stressed the importance of testing only patients who show symptoms of COVID-19, while advising against indiscriminate testing.
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Use the app
Mylab’s testing kit is paired to a mobile application, available on app stores across platforms, which details the process to test and provides all the information necessary.
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Data
ICMR has also asked patients to ensure they take a photo of the test strip on the app to ensure the data is recorded and sent to the central server that the ICMR test portal operates.
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Reducing strain
The introduction of the home test kits is expected to reduce the load on India’s COVID-19 testing centres, which have been overwhelmed by the second wave of the virus. Over the last 24 hours, 20,08,296 samples have been tested.