Covid-19: Feluda test roll-out in a few weeks, says Harsh Vardhan

Emergency use of Covid-19 vaccines only after trial data

The Feluda paper strip test for Covid-19 diagnosis will be made available in the next few weeks, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday.
 

The test, developed by Tata group and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) using the gene editing technology, has been approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for a commercial launch.

Private lab tests and trials on more than 2,000 patients at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology have shown higher accuracy in Feluda test, compared to the RT-PCR one, the health ministry statement said.
 

The minister, while addressing a weekly