India News | Contacts of Confirmed Cases Don't Need to Get Tested Unless Identified as High Risk: Govt Advisory
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Contacts of confirmed Covid cases do not need to get tested unless identified as "high risk" based on age or comorbidities, according to a new government advisory.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) Contacts of confirmed Covid cases do not need to get tested unless identified as "high risk" based on age or comorbidities, according to a new government advisory.
The ICMR Advisory on Purposive Testing Strategy for COVID-19 said individuals undertaking inter-state domestic travels also do not need to get tested.
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It said testing can be undertaken either through RT-PCR, TrueNat, CBNAAT, CRISPR, RT-LAMP, Rapid Molecular Testing Systems or through Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).
A positive point-of-care test [home or self-test/RAT] and molecular test is to be considered confirmatory, without any repeat testing, the advisory said.
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Symptomatic individuals, testing negative on home/self-test or RAT should undertake RT-PCR test, it stated.
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