ICMR approves Meril’s self-use Rapid Antigen test kit for COVID-19
The Hindu
The test kit is priced at ₹250 and will be made available as a single-pack, with additional purchase options including a pack of 3, 5 and 25 tests.
Meril Diagnostics from Gujarat has announced that its self-use Rapid Antigen Test kit for , CoviFind, has received approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). “This indigenously researched and developed test kit can detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus reliably in infectious individuals and can therefore be used for testing symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of confirmed coronavirus cases as specified by the recent ICMR guidelines,” the company said in a statement. “The CoviFind test for at-home self-testing is highly effective in individuals with mid to high viral load, especially in detecting infection in the case of individuals more likely to transmit the disease to others,” the statement added.
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