₹250 without a prescription from local pharmacies and online channel partners, the Pune-based company said in a statement.The ICMR recently gave a green signal to a home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit for COVID-19.
The ICMR has made it clear that only symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of people who tested positive in the laboratory should use the home test kit."Home testing by RAT is advised only in symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of laboratory-confirmed positive cases.
Indiscriminate testing is not advised," the county's apex health research body said.(With inputs from Reuters)Never miss a story!