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Enough testing kits here, consignment from China on way: ICMR

  •   Mon, Apr 13 2020 06:53:08 PM

New Delhi, Apr 13 (IANS): The Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday said that there was no need to worry about testing capacity of the country and the country can test for next six weeks with the stock available in the country.

Addressing a press conference, ICMR's Chief Scientist Dr.Raman Gangakhedkar said: "There is no need to worry about the pace with which we are conducting tests. We have a stock with which we can conduct tests for the next 6 weeks easily."

He also said that 206,212 tests have been done so far, while the first consignment of coronavirus testing kits will arrive in India from China on April 15.

About Covid-19 infection among the health workers, he said it is not easy to find out the reason for infection among them as there was no solid data to prove the reason for it.

Joint Secretary, Health, Lav Agarwal, who was also present at the press briefing, said: "Most health professionals are getting infection due to their travel or contact history. There is only a miniscule population of healthcare service providers who have got infection while providing service to COVID patients.There are at least 39 domestic manufacturers who are providing PPE material... I would urge all healthcare workers to follow the protocol of using the PPEs."

 
  

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  • Rita, Germany

    Tue, Apr 14 2020

    Within no time China announced it is free from virus and started to produce all necessary medical aids for Corona to make money or their exportwhich was withheld due to Corona.But it didnt announce the virus spread in land for long time .Doctor who later died too was threatend first as virus was found.So whole world got its virus through their export article?China is aiming to be the first in the world and try to export articles everywhere.And rest of the world is trying to help it by buying which is produced very cheaper than in own land.Now everyone has realized how dependent are we on china even for a simple face mask ,as it was not able to export and lack of masks and medical equipement were.

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  • El En Tea, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 13 2020

    Its eye brow suspecting are we in close deal with China

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  • Valerian Dsouza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Mon, Apr 13 2020

    How sad and looks dangerous; we were compelled to import testing Kits also from China, from where reportedly Covid_19 Virus originated and spread here and to the entire world!
    Never before such Virus entered and spread so rapidly to the universe, crippling everyone like this!
    It's so dangerous to be a global citizen; people are realizing how safe it was to be an indigenous citizen!
    All benefits of being global citizen started eroding.

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  • kindheartbeats, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 13 2020

    Make in India, we have technology, expertise....

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  • Donald Roche, Mangalore.

    Mon, Apr 13 2020

    Hope covid 19is not hiding inside the kit. Any how we have to see (test) whether it is substandard or spurious after getting the first consignment. ICMR will do the needful.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, Apr 13 2020

    How do we know if these kits are not infected with Corona Virus ...

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  • smr, Karkala

    Mon, Apr 13 2020

    A number of European governments have rejected Chinese-made equipment designed to combat the coronavirus outbreak despite their medical supply shortage.

    The Netherlands joins Spain, Turkey, Georgia, and the Czech Republic in their concerns over masks and test kits. The claims come as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surge in the United States and Europe, highlighting the dependence many countries have on Chinese imports.

    Last week, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa said the country had bought $467 million in medical supplies from China, including 950 ventilators, 5.5 million testing kits, 11 million gloves, and more than half a billion protective face masks.

    Soon after receiving the supplies, the government announced plans to return 9,000 "quick result" test kits to China, because they were deemed substandard, specifically the sensibility of the test was around 30 percent when it should be higher than 80%.

    Why not our own manufacturing industries work in three shifts with minimum staff and ask the nationwide volunteers to develop PPE using hand and 3D printing ?

    Is Indian quality checks are better than the countries rejected the faulty consignment?

    Jai Hind

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  • G Veer S, Nagpur

    Mon, Apr 13 2020

    During olden days the superpower nations used to provoke the weaker countries to go on war so that superpower countries can make money by selling arms. Now China is doing the same to all the countries of the world selling masks, PPE, test equipments, ventilators etc etc. BTW, how safe, trustful and disease free these kits coming from a disease prone country?????....

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