Haryana govt gets 25,000 rapid test kits from South Korean company

Haryana government on Monday said it has received first lot of 25,000 rapid test kits from SD Biosensor, a South Korean bio-diagstic company.

"For fast detection of COVID-19 positive cases, SD Biosensor, a South Korea-based company which also has a presence in Industrial Model Township at Manesar, Gurugram, has developed a rapid test kit priced at Rs 380 per kit, which is Rs 400 cheaper than rapid test kit imported from China.

"This kit will benefit Haryana as well as or states," a Haryana government statement issued on Monday evening said.

It said approval for production of rapid test kits (RTKs) in state has been fast-tracked and granted to company in a short period of 15 days.

statement said that usually approval takes more than five months as it needs validation from institutions like National Institute of Virology, Pune following which it is sent to Indian Council of Medical Research and n to Drug Controller General for an approval for production.

"Today company has handed over first lot of 25,000 kits to Haryana Government,” it said.

"SD Biosensor aims to produce around 10 million rapid test kits in a month and is w ramping up ir production to manufacture approximately 1 to 1.5 million rapid test kits in next few days, to cater to huge demand for rapid testing kits due to intensity of situation," it said.

Earlier, Health Minister Anil Vij had said 19,663 teams have been constituted to visit every household in state to conduct door-to-door screening of people.

"If anyone shows COVID-19 symptoms like fever, cough, cold, n ir samples will be taken," he said.

availability of RTKs is likely to help efforts of state government to screen large segment of population. PTI SUN VSD CK