ICMR releases advisory on COVID tests

The Indian Council of Medical Research issued an advisory on 10th January titled, "Purposive Testing Strategy for COVID-19 in India", where it laid down guidelines on who may or may not get tested for Covid-19 amidst the rising cases in India presently.

Under community settings, symptomatic individuals; at-risk contacts, i.e elderly and individuals with co-morbidity such as diabetes, hypertension, chronic lung or kidney disease, malignancy, obesity etc, of laboratory confirmed cases; individuals undertaking international travel, and international travelers arriving at Indian airports/seaports/ports of entries are required to get tested for Covid-19.

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ICMR issues new guidelines for COVID-19 tests