"2 Minutes For Test, 15 For Result": Pune Firm On CoviSelf Home Test Kit

'CoviSelf', India's first self-use rapid antigen test (RAT) kit, will take two minutes to conduct test and the results will be available in 15 minutes, the Pune-based firm which produced the kit has said. "It takes 2 minutes to conduct test and 15 minutes to get result. It will be available by end of next week in more than 7 lakh pharmacies & our online pharmacy partners across India. Our target is to reach 90% pin code in India," Sujeet Jain, Director of Mylab Discovery Solutions- the firm that produced the kit- was quoted as saying to news agency ANI. "This test is for self-use. If you test positive via this there's no need for RT-PCR test as per ICMR. Any adult can use this kit by reading our manual," he said. The Rapid Antigen Kit was given approval by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-- the nodal body in the fight against the virus -- on Wednesday.