Health Ministry issues guidelines for RT-PCR pool sampling for migrants
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15th May, 2020
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- Health and Family Welfare Ministry has taken a decision to use one time RT-PCR based pooled sampling for surveillance purposes of migrant workers and international passengers who are in institutional quarantine facilities.
- The pooled sampling will also be conducted for surveillance purpose in green zones districts which have not reported any corona case in last 21 days.
- The guidelines state that a cohort of 25 people will be identified and throat or nasal swab will be collected as per Indian Council for Medical Research’s protocol.
- The pooled samples from 25 specimens shall be tested in the laboratory by RT-PCR method and the report will be conveyed to the quarantine facility within 24 hours.
- If any of the pooled samples tests positive, individual samples would be tested from the samples preserved in the laboratory.
