Govt. orders 7 lakhs rapid antibody test kits for Coronavirus, to be delivered by April 8

Amid coronavirus war, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has ordered about 7 lakh rapid antibody test kits and will receive them by April 8.

The kits will help in conducting antibody tests for coronavirus at hotspots or areas where a large number of cases are being seen. ICMR will get the delivery in a phased manner. It is expected that they will get 5 lakh kits in the first phase. 

With the growing count of coronavirus cases, the kit will help in conducting more tests in areas where more coronavirus cases are coming.  Coronavirus cases have increased rapidly in India due to people involved in Nizamuddin’s Tablighi Jamaat program. In the last 12 hours, 490 new cases of coronavirus have been reported. This has brought the number of coronavirus-positive cases to over 4000 in India.

At the same time, the death toll has reached 109. However, 292 people have also recovered during this period.  It is worth noting that the coronavirus is currently being spread in most countries of the world. Therefore, there is a shortage of masks, gloves, sanitizers and other life-saving devices globally.

In such a situation, countries are thinking 100 times before helping each other as the impact of the coronavirus is happening globally and nothing can be said about when in which country the coronavirus bomb blasts.

However, India still has a large number of life saving devices. In the recent study of the New York Institute of Technology’s Department of Biomedical Sciences, it has been observed by them that in countries like India where BCG vaccination is provided for years the chances of deaths due to COVID-19 are fewer as this vaccine makes the immunity and respiratory system strong.