As COVID-19 cases escalate globally, more stress is being laid on diagnostics to alert healthcare services about suspected cases. Recently, a Pune based company has launched its COVID-19 diagnosis kit . This development is being acclaimed nationwide. The testing kit named PathoDetect COVID-19 Qualitative PCR kit has recently received approval from the Indian FDA and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). This made in India kit has been manufactured according to WHO guidelines , and enables screening the infection within 2.5 hours, high precision and sensitivity .

This helps to detect infection at an early stage. The US FDA has also given fast-track approval to another diagnostic kit developed by a US-based company. This kit can diagnose the infection within 3 hours . The test results are accurate to the standards prescribed by the WHO diagnosis standards and the kit can…