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Home COVID-19 tests have been approved, here are the guidelines for them

ET Online|

20 May 2021, 12:33 PM IST

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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.

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