World's most affordable Covid kit launched in India

In its latest innovation to support the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has created the “world’s most affordable” Covid-19 diagnostic kit. The institute has given licence to 10 companies to manufacture the diagnostic kits using the technology developed by its researchers.The diagnostic kit is available at a base price of Rs 399.

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The test kit, known as Corosure, was developed by PhD scholars, post-doctoral fellows, and professors of IIT Delhi’s Kusuma School of Biological Sciences.

NewTech Medical Devices, a Delhi-based manufacturing company, obtained the license to manufacture it commercially from IIT-Delhi, and has also received approval from both Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Drug Controller General of India (DGCI).

The Corosure kit can deliver results within 3 hours.

Hopefully, Corosure can provide benchmarks in terms of highly cost-effective and accurate kits, and stimulate the development of the same throughout the world.