Get Covid-19 Report At Home With CoviSelf Kit, Here's How To Use The Kit

Good news for all! Now you can test the covid symptoms at home accurately with India’s first self-test covid kit. On Wednesday, the ICMR has approved the indigenous-made Covi-Self test kit for public use. It is manufactured by MyLab Discovery Solutions Ltd. and will soon be available in the market at an affordable price of Rs 250.

Read further to know more about the CoviSelf kit.

What Is A CoviSelf Kit?

Furthermore, the Pune-based manufacturer has developed an app that will give results accordingly. The app is directly linked to the ICMR covid portal to send the test sample reports of users. It is available on both Apple and Google Play stores.

The kit comes with a manual, users are advised to read it carefully before using the kit. Here is what the manual says:

How to identify the results on Covi-Self?

On the other hand, users with mild covid-19 symptoms need not go for RT-PCR frequently. They can test themselves at home and prevent the spread of infection.

Even though the results are negative in symptomatic individuals, home isolation is still necessary as per guidelines of ICMR. However, the home testing kit does not completely eliminate the need for RT-PCR tests.

The home kit will take around 2 weeks to be made available for general use. People can buy the kit either online or directly from pharmacies without any prescription.