Contacts of confirmed cases don’t need to get tested unless identified as high-risk: ICMR

Contacts of confirmed COVID-19 patients do not need to be tested unless identified as high-risk based on age or co-morbidities, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Monday. Individual

Contacts of confirmed COVID-19 patients do not need to be tested unless identified as high-risk based on age or co-morbidities, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Monday.

Individuals with symptoms such as cough, fever, sore throat or loss of taste or smell too need to be tested.

In a fresh set of guidelines, the ICMR said testing of samples is needed for at-risk contacts of patients who are above 60 years of age and individuals with co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, chronic lung or kidney disease, malignancy and obesity.