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India has been criticized for its poor record of the Tests people in the fight against the coronavirus. However, this will change, in large part thanks to the efforts of a virologist, which is supplied with a working test kit, only a few hours prior to the delivery of your baby.

On Thursday, The First made-in-India -coronavirus Test kits, The Market , the increase in the hope of an increase in the screening of patients with flu-confirm symptoms or rule out, the Covid-19 infection.

Mylab discovery, in the Western City of Pune, was The First Indian company to complete the registration and the sale of Test kits. It shipped The First batch of 150-diagnostic laboratories in Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Goa and Bengaluru (Bangalore) This Week .

"Our production unit. by the weekend, and The Next batch will be sent on Monday," Dr Gautam Wankhede, Mylab Director for medical Affairs, told The Bbc on Friday.

The molecular diagnostics company also makes Test kits for HIV and Hepatitis B and C, and other diseases, Says , it up to 100,000 Covid-19 Test kit in the week and can last up to 200,000 if needed.

Each of the Mylab kit 100 samples and cost of 1,200 rupees ($16; £13), you can test - this is about a quarter of the 4,500 rupees, the India Covid-19 Test kits to import them from abroad pays.

virologist kit delivered, then your baby

"Our kit allows The Diagnosis in two and a Half Hours , while the imported Test-taking kits, Six -seven hours," Says the virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale, Mylab, research and development chief.

Ms Bhosale, who headed The Team That designed the coronavirus Test kit called Detect Patho, said That it was done "in record Time " - Six Weeks instead of three or four months.

And the scientists struggled with their own deadline. Last week gave birth to a baby Girl - and only the work on the program in February began only a few days after leaving the hospital with a pregnancy complication.

"It was an emergency, so I took That as a challenge. I have to serve my nation," she Says , adding That her team of 10 were working "very hard" to lead The Project to success.

In The End , they put the kit available for evaluation by The National Institute of Virology (NIV) on 18 March, just A Day before the delivery of Her Daughter .

Minal Dakhave Bhosale, Says Mylab Test kit was developed, "in record Time ,'

the same evening, just an hour before they cut to a hospital before their Emperor, they put The Proposal from The Indian FDA and drug control authority CDSCO for commercial approval.

"We are Running Against Time ," Says Dr. Wankhede. "Our reputation in the game, we had to get everything he has to go on The First , and Minal has led our efforts from The Front . "

Before the kit is suitable for the evaluation had to check The Team , and check all parameters, to ensure its results were precise and accurate.

"If you conduct 10 tests on the same sample, all of 10 results should be the same," said Ms. Bhosale. "And we have achieved That . Our kit was perfect. "

The State -run Indian Council of Medical research (ICMR), under which the NIV operates, agreed. It said Mylab was the only Indian company That 100% results.

'Gaping holes in The Indian Health System '

India has been accused of not testing enough. It is one of the lowest rates in The World , with only 6. 8 tests per million.

Initially, India insisted on the examination of only those who had travelled to high-risk countries, or have had, come in contact with an infected person or health of workers, the treatment of coronavirus patients. He later said That someone hospitalized with severe shortness of breath should be tested.

But with The Circle of infection is broadening daily, the expected numbers to grow enormously.

India has very strict, The Number of people That could be tested for coronavirus

In the last few days, India has test-scaled in a controlled manner. First of all, only the Status of labs were allowed to test, coronavirus, but the permit has now been extended to a number of private laboratories.

And on Thursday, India also gave approvals to 15 private companies to commercially sell diagnostic kits are based on licenses obtained in the United States, the European Union and some other countries.

Dr. Wankhede with The Number of suppliers and laboratories, Says Every Day , the examination will exponentially increase.

Increased testing would be a big help, but experts say India has gaping holes in its health infrastructure, which must be filled urgently to tackle the growing threat of the coronavirus.

"South Korea - this is so Tiny - 650 labs testing for the coronavirus, how many do we have?", Sujatha Rao, former Federal Minister of health asks.

India has only say 118 national laboratories, and officials, 50 private laboratories are also been clamped.

For a population of 1. 3 billion, which is far from sufficient. to identify

"India , many more labs, then The Test -have kits to achieve it, and the technicians need to be trained. And the infrastructure is booted up, take your Time ," Ms Rao Says .

And once The Test results come in and if a large number of people who are tested positive and will require a hospital stay, India will find to cope with it is hard.

"you know the condition of the healthcare facilities in the country? They are all grouped together in urban areas, there is very little facility in the rural India . This is a big challenge," she Says .

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Source of news: bbc.com