GURUGRAM: Nearly 10 days after it stopped rapid antibody tests, Haryana on Thursday restarted the exercise. This time, however, the state said it will use South Korean kits instead of Chinese ones that were later found faulty.
SD Bio Sensor, a Korean firm based in Manesar, has provided 20,000 ICMR-approved rapid testing kits to the state, said Rajiv Arora, Haryana additional chief secretary, health. Although the tests are being conducted in all 22 districts of Haryana, the focus will be on hotspots, he added.
Haryana had initiated rapid testing on April 20, but discontinued after ICMR advised the use of Chinese kits, saying some states had pointed out inaccuracies in the results. The rapid antibody tests, whose results take about 30 minutes to come, will be done in hotspots for surveillance and epidemiological studies, Arora said.
“They are a supplementary tool to assess the prevalence of the disease within a specific area. Data about these tests is still emerging and understanding of their utilities for diagnosis is evolving. We have retuned the Chinese kits after the ICMR advisory,” he said. While Gurugram, Faridabad, Palwal and Mewat have received 1,500 kits each, Ambala, Rohtak and Sonepat have 1,000.
SD Bio Sensor, a Korean firm based in Manesar, has provided 20,000 ICMR-approved rapid testing kits to the state, said Rajiv Arora, Haryana additional chief secretary, health. Although the tests are being conducted in all 22 districts of Haryana, the focus will be on hotspots, he added.
Haryana had initiated rapid testing on April 20, but discontinued after ICMR advised the use of Chinese kits, saying some states had pointed out inaccuracies in the results. The rapid antibody tests, whose results take about 30 minutes to come, will be done in hotspots for surveillance and epidemiological studies, Arora said.
“They are a supplementary tool to assess the prevalence of the disease within a specific area. Data about these tests is still emerging and understanding of their utilities for diagnosis is evolving. We have retuned the Chinese kits after the ICMR advisory,” he said. While Gurugram, Faridabad, Palwal and Mewat have received 1,500 kits each, Ambala, Rohtak and Sonepat have 1,000.
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