COVIRAP

Why is it in News?
  • ICMR gave nod to new diagnostic test ‘COVIRAP’ for Covid-19.
Details:
  • It is developed by IIT Kharagpur.
  • Test is based on RNA samples from nasal swabs.
  • It can deliver the result within an hour.
  • It employs isothermal nucleic acid amplification method which did away need of thermocycler.
Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 22nd Oct 2020
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