Mumbai: Worried about Covid Cases Not Reported, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday issued a circular to monitor sales and use of covid testing kits at home and ensure that people who use it report civilians.
BMC said that it is expected that all covid positive people tested through a fast antigen test (mouse) or home testing kits must be reported to the Indian Medical Research Board by related laboratories or individuals through cellular applications.
BMC has requested all manufacturers / distributors of home testing kits to provide information about the number of kits sold to chemists / pharmacies or medical stores and dispensaries based in Mumbai to the Food and Medicine Administration Commissioner (FDA) as well as epidemiology of BMC cells via email.
“Chemistry owners will issue bills to buyers for home testing kits and maintain customer records to whom home testing kit has been sold.
The information must be distributed by chemists and medical shop owners every day at 6pm via email to the FDA commissioner and epidemiological cells BMC, “said BMC Circular.
BMC has directed the FDA commissioner to monitor the distribution and sales of home testing kits for all chemists and medical stores and citizens.
BMC has asked the FDA Commissioner to educate chemists, owners of pharmaceutical stores and pharmacies to notify people who buy kits to report testing reports on the application.
“Data related to home testing kits to be received from manufacturers, distributors and chemists will be monitored by BMC epidemiological cells and forwarded to environmental level medical officers for further action.
The Environment Team will ensure that the person will upload the results on the website / The ICMR application and monitor the health of the patient or the person concerned, “said circular.
The use of the Mandiri Test Kit has quickly seen a massive leap since the Omicron surge begins.
As a waiting time for the RT-PCR test soaring with swelling in the sample load, many of which switch to the managed test kit that can provide results in 15-20 minutes.
But given the reporting voluntarily voluntarily, most positive cases were not reported.
BMC was informed of nearly 98,000 tests from August to December.
Meanwhile, lakh kits have been sold in the city in the last 20 days.
BMC officials said that after the instructions, chemical shops in Mumbai must provide data on home kit buyers.
BMC will provide data to 24 rooms, which will call the individuals.