India develops first indigenous IgG ELISA test kit for antibody detection of COVID-19
Developed in a month's time, the testing kit would help to study the presence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in the Indian population.
Developed in a month's time, the testing kit would help to study the presence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in the Indian population.
NBMCH authorities said throat swab samples of suspected conronavirus patients will now be tested at the VRDL.
In the wake of 39 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India so far, the Union Health Ministry has made 52 laboratories functional for testing samples while 57 labs have been designated for helping in sample collection to enhance the capacity for diagnosis and detection of the virus.
Health officials said Ekta Kumari, who was doing research at a China University, fell sick soon after she reached her home in Chapra town last week.
Meanwhile, two persons are learnt to have been put under observation at the Trivandrum Medical College and their samples have been sent for examination.
The condition of the 23-year-old youth who continues to be treated at a ward at Kalamassery hospital near Kochi is said to be stable.
A youth who was being treated near Kochi was confirmed to have contracted the virus after a positive report by the National Institute of Virology, Pune.
In May last year, the Nipah (NiV) virus attack had claimed 17 lives in Kerala with the majority cases being reported from Kozhikode and Malappuram districts.
