Amidst the corona epidemic, the Indian Council of Medical (ICMR) issued an advisory for the COVID-19 home trial. Where a person can test himself without the presence of a doctor. It is a home rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit. This kit can usually be used for people with mild symptoms or those who come in contact with the infected.
The ICMR stated that it has approved a kit called CoviSelf for the purpose of home-based tests. Only the nasal swab will be required for this rapid antigen testing.
The covicell test can take nasal swab samples by a person 18 years of age and older. Along with this, adults will take the test for the elderly or people of 2 years of age or older. ICMR said in its advisory that it should not be used indiscriminately. Only those who have symptoms and who have come in contact with an infected patient or who have any symptoms of corona.
Only the company of Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd (Pune) of India has been approved for the Home Isolation Testing Kit, along with the name of this app is Mylab Covisself.
How will Kovid home test
ICMR explained how you can easily do corona test by staying at home.
- For home testing, mobile apps have to be downloaded from Google Play Store and Apple Store.
- The mobile app explained how to test. Along with this, positive and negative reports will be available through the mobile app.
- All people are advised that those who do home testing will have to take a picture of the test strip and take the picture from the same phone on which the mobile app will be downloaded.
- Mobile phone data will be stored directly on ICMR testing portal
- Patient confidentiality will be maintained
- Those whose positive report will come through this test will be considered positive and no test will be required.
- Those who will be positive will have to follow the ICMR and Health Ministry guidelines regarding home isolation.
- Patients with symptoms who have negative results will have to undergo RTPCR.
- All Rapid Antigen Negative Symptomatic people will be treated as Suspended Covid Case and must remain in Home Isolation until the RTPCR results are reached.
- Through this kit, people will have to take a Nasal swab. With this, the app explains how to destroy other things with Nasal after taking the test.
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