New Delhi: The Central Government is aiming to extend the per day variety of Covid-19 exams to 45 lakh by the tip of June, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava mentioned on Thursday, including the goal is to is to do 25 lakh exams by the tip of this month.
Dr Bhargava mentioned the self-test house kits will contribute to this course of, including one other three kits are more likely to get the nod quickly.
“For home testing for Covid-19, one company has already made the application and three are in the pipeline. Within a next week, we should have another three companies,” Dr Bhargava instructed a media briefing right here.
“Step 1 is that you buy the test kit from a chemist. Step 2 – download mobile app. Step 3 – conduct the test at home. Step 4 – click mobile image and upload, test result will be given. Within three to four days, this should be available in the market,” he added.
The ICMR Director General mentioned labs are working around the clock to satisfy the elevated testing demand although the workforce of testing laboratories has been hit by the an infection.
(*45*) concerning the steady enhance within the variety of exams, Dr Bhargava mentioned if the case positivity charges of April and May are in contrast then there was a pointy fall because the weekly positivity fee of Covid-19 was 15 % between May 13 and May 19.
He, nonetheless, added the testing quantity will go up except the positivity fee comes down to 5 %.
The ICMR Director General additional mentioned extra of Rapid Antigen Tests ought to be completed as a result of you will get the outcomes quickly after which isolate the affected person shortly.
Commenting on the docs already prescribing 2-DG, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), for Covid remedy, Dr Bhargava mentioned: “DRDO’s 2-DG drug is a repurposed medicine, not a new medicine. It was earlier used for cancer treatment. Its trial results have been given to the DCGI.”
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Earlier on Monday, the primary batch of anti-Covid drug 2-DG was launched by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.
Speaking on the launch, Dr Vardhan mentioned the drug would be the “first indigenous research-based outcome” to battle the virus and can “reduce recovery time and oxygen dependency” within the nation.
This got here because the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) had earlier this month permitted the oral drug for emergency use as an adjunct remedy in reasonable to extreme Covid-19 sufferers.
Meanwhile, Union Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal knowledgeable that eight states within the nation have a couple of lakh energetic circumstances, 9 states have between 50,000 to at least one lakh energetic circumstances and 19 states have lower than 50,000 energetic circumstances.
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