Corona tests can now be done at home, ICMR approves kit called 'Koviself' for rapid antigen test
The ICMR has approved a rapid antigen test kit for corona testing at home.
With this kit called Covyself, people will be able to check for infection by taking a sample through the nose.
The app has to be downloaded in the mobile
According to a statement issued by ICMR, home testing is for symptomatic patients only or those who have been in direct contact with a confirmed case in the lab.
The home testing kit will be done manually as stated by the company that made it. For that you have to download the app from Google Play Store and Apple Store. Positive and negative reports will be available through the mobile app.
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.
The test can be done in this way
◾People will have to take a nasal swab through this kit.
◾People doing home testing will have to take a photo of the strip.
◾This photo has to be taken from the phone on which the mobile app has been downloaded.
◾Mobile phone data will be stored directly on ICMR's testing portal.
◾Those who report positive with this test will be considered infected, they will not need any other test.
◾Those who are positive will have to follow the guidelines of the ICMR and the Ministry of Health regarding isolation.
◾Patients with symptoms that have a negative result will have to undergo an RT-PCR test.
◾All repeat antigen negative symptomatic people will be considered suspicious covid case.
◾Such people will have to stay in home isolation until the RT-PCR test report is received.
◾The patient's privacy will remain the same throughout this process.
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The name of the kit is Koviself
My Lab Discovery Solutions Limited, a Pune based company, has been authorized for home isolation testing kits. The testing kit is called COVISELF (Pathocatch).
