Self-use Covid-19 testing kits to be available at stores for Rs 250

Pune’s Mylab Discovery Solutions’ CoviSelf, which gives results in 15 minutes, gets ICMR nod, reports Sohini Das In what can be a paradigm shift in the way Indians test themselves for......

COVID-19 second wave: Delays in RT-PCR tests

While there is a shortage of testing kits, manpower and capacities, India does not have other scalable testing options, report Vinay Umarji and Sohini Das. IMAGE: A medical worker collects the......

In battle against COVID-19, India faces new challenges

The pandemic is set to become even more challenging, with migrant workers returning home, relaxations in lockdown rules, and the approaching monsoon. However, states are looking at community......

Meet the woman behind India's 1st COVID-19 testing kit

Minal Dakhave Bhosale raced against time and delivered the kit, which will deliver the result in 2.5 hours, just a day before giving birth to a baby girl. Virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale led from......

India Inc lines up as demand for rapid testing for coronavirus grows

The test used now, called PCR (or polymerace chain reaction), uses a nasal or throat swab sample and identifies the virus. These tests take at least five hours to give results.  The rapid......