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

Mylab's kit gets ICMR nod; labs say this won't impact demand for RT-PCR tests

In what can be a paradigm shift in the way Indians test themselves for Covid-19, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a self-use rapid antigen test (RAT) kit developed by Pune-based Mylab Discovery Solutions.
 
CoviSelf would be the country’s first self-use kit for testing at home that will give results in 15 minutes and would cost Rs 250.
 
The company aims to make 40-60 million kits per month and cover 95 per cent of India’s pincodes (through pharmacies) within the next few weeks.
 
The ICMR has issued an advisory on the use of these