New Delhi: Healthcare Major Abbott on Monday said that it has launched the Covid-19 home test kit in India to detect the SARS-COV-2 virus in adults and children with or without symptoms at the price of Rs 325 for one pack of test kits.
The company will send millions of Panbio Covid-19 quick antigen tests, available to utilize themselves, to ease the burden on the health care system in Indian urban and rural areas, said Abbott in a statement.
Aligned to the current ICMR advisor about self-use, this test will be available to increase the testing of symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals and contacts from the confirmed corronavirus case, he added.
“The testing of scaling to testing is easy, accurate, and fast can accelerate state preparedness and Curb Community Contagion,” said former Director General of ICMR Kumar Ganguly.
Mandiri testing at home empowers individuals with the ability to carry out the first protection line against disease transmission, he added.
In India, Abbott will offer its own tests for home use, assist professional testing at maintenance and laboratory points, and workplace testing to help allow normal taste in returning to workplaces, corporate words.
“Fast antigen testing is very important in the war against Covid-19 and Abbott provides a variety of diagnostic choices at the critical point in a pandemic,” said Vice President Division from a quick diagnostic business in the Asia Pacific, said Sanjeev Johar.
Mandiri testing is a proven tool that provides additional defense layers along with public health protocols and vaccine launches, he added.
“At the end of July, we plan to provide 7 million test kits in our first phase and have the capacity to bring millions of more test kits to support the country’s needs.
With a broad global supply network and manufacturing capabilities, Abbott will also be able to improve manufacturing as needed to Meet Indian testing needs, “Abbott said.
The Single Test Kit Package Abbott Panbio Covid-19 Self-Test Antigen Appreciated Rs 325; Package 4 at Rs 1,250, Pak 10 with Rs 2,800 and Wrap 20 at the Rs 5,400, it added “the test kit will be available Pan-India, reaching the country’s urban and rural areas through online and offline distribution channels.
Our goal is to maximize availability and us Aim to reach more than 80 percent of Indian populations, “Abbott said.