Bangladesh approves locally developed low cost Corona testing Kit
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24th Mar, 2020
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- Government of Bangladesh granted approval for the production of the locally developed low cost Corona testing kit.
- The kit requires some chemical reagents which need to be imported. The approval to import raw materials was given by the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA).
- The kit has been developed by Gono shasthaya Kendra, a Bangladesh based public health organisation that runs hospitals and medical research work in the country especially for the rural areas.
- After producing the kit, Gono shasthaya Kendra will have to send the kit to DGDA for final approval of WHO.
- The full scale production of the kit may begin within the next two weeks reports the official news agency BSS.
- Gono shasthaya Kendra claims that the kit will be able to detect Corona virus positive cases quickly within 15 minutes using the 'Rapid Blot-Dot' technique which looks for anti- bodies created in the body in response to Corona virus infection.
- According to the Gano shasthaya Kendra, the kit will cost approximately 250-300 Taka.
- The standard method of diagnosis of Corona virus is by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) which uses sequencing from a nasopharyngeal swab or sputum sample
