This is the time for India to increase the ratio of #Pool tests.
The number of #COVID19 cases in #India has seen a constant rise over the past two weeks. This has been concerning considering that most cities are gradually coming out...
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Testing coverage:
India’s testing numbers currently come up to 1.2 lakh samples a day. This includes both the public and private labs. The Government has designated...#COVID19India
With the rate of rise in cases seeing a steady increase across states, especially in the top four states, the testing numbers too need to rise accordingly to handle the backlog. There were reports of backlog...#COVID19India
The lockdown relaxations have already seen the discovery of new cases and spreads. Ever since the domestic flights resumed, India has already seen two cases of co-passengers testing positive after a flight. One was an Indigo flight from Chennai to Coimbatore
Pool testing is a simple technique of collecting multiple swab samples of patients and testing them as one single specimen using the RT-PCR (Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) mechanism. #COVID19India #PoolTesting
The Lancet released an article on effective employment of Pool testing practices wherein up to 30 samples could be pooled together and tested.
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The ICMR acknowledges the substantial cost savings this method offers and has released an advisory for the usage of pool testing. The advisory states the following:
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*India currently has a positivity rate of around 4.70%.
Pool testing can be of great help in addressing clusters in offices and factories like the examples we referred
Pool testing will also be highly useful to designate green zones. #COVID19India #PoolTesting
Pool testing as a technique was first used during the Second World War to detect cases of Syphilis in the US Army. It was designed by a Professor named Robert Dorfman teaching at Harvard University. #COVID19India #PoolTesting
Pool testing has been used across the world for COVID-19. South Korea, one of the pioneers in bending the curve, used pool testing to test 10 samples at a time. This greatly increased their testing %
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