THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Rapid tests will be launched in Kerala to identify the virus victims in the wake of coronavirus spread. The first test will be held at IMG, which is being monitored by about 100 people, and Pothencode in Trivandrum.
A man from Pothencode died yesterday while undergoing treatment for coronavirus. It is not yet clear where he got the virus from. He also attended several public ceremonies. It is in this context that the Pothencode test takes place.
The inspection team will travel to Pothencode today. The health department is trying to track down the deceased and find those in the Pothencode Juma Masjid. Those who are related to the deceased will also undergo a Rapid Test.
Kadakampally Surendran, Minister of State for Human Resources Development, said that the results of the Rapid Test will be examined at the Public Lab and at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College.
Rapid testing is a simple screening method used to detect the spread of various types of virus through preliminary screening. The results can be very fast without the help of other tools. Using quality assurance kits can speed up the testing of many people and make the disease more readily apparent. At the same time, the cost is very low.
Shashi Tharoor MP had taken the initiative to deliver 1000 Rapid test kits to Thiruvananthapuram the previous day. Within two and a half hours, kits arrived in Kerala to detect the virus. Two thousand kits will arrive in the coming days. Shashi Tharoor’s 3000 Rapid Test Kits are being brought from Tharoor’s MP Fund at a cost of Rs 57 lakh. ICMR The kits were prepared by My Lab, a company based in Pune.
