The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday asked states not to use the newly-distributed rapid testing kits to detect coronavirus for the next two days after huge variations in the accuracy of results were noticed across regions. States advised not to use rapid testing kits for two days. A lot of variations, kits will be tested and validated by on-ground teams and we will give advisory in the next 2 days, Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at ICMR Raman R Gangakhedkar said.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday asked states not to use the newly-distributed rapid testing kits to detect coronavirus for the next two days after huge variations in the accuracy of results were noticed across regions. States advised not to use rapid testing kits for two days. A lot of variations, kits will be tested and validated by on-ground teams and we will give advisory in the next 2 days, Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at ICMR Raman R Gangakhedkar said.