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The new kit is based on multiplex Taqman chemistry, amplifying all three genes in a single reaction.
The amplification time for the assay is 45 minutes, apart from the time required for the RNA isolation from nasopharyngeal swab samples.
New Delhi: Amid the second wave of coronavirus in India, the Centre has come up with a new RT-PCR kit to strengthen the country s fight against COVID-19.
The new multiplex RT-PCR kit will help in detecting SARS-CoV-2 mutations and is developed by Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an Institute of National Importance (INI) under the Department of Science and Technology (Government of India).
New RT-PCR kit to Help India Fight COVID-19 Better: Centre
The kit will help in detecting SARS-CoV-2 mutations and it targets two SARS-CoV-2 genes - RdRp and ORFb-nsp14
| 19 May 2021 10:34 AM GMT
New Delhi: The Centre has said that the new multiplex RT-PCR kit would further strengthen the COVID testing process and help India in its fight against COVID-19 amid the second wave of coronavirus in India.
The kit will help in detecting SARS-CoV-2 mutations and is developed by Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an Institute of National Importance (INI) under the Department of Science and Technology (Government of India).
SNC initiative to address oxygen shortage
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Diving School under SNC designs Oxygen Recycling System
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Diving School under SNC designs Oxygen Recycling System
The Diving School of the Southern Naval Command (SNC) conceptualised and designed an Oxygen Recycling System (ORS) to address the issue of Oxygen (O2) shortage.
The basic concept has been derived from diving sets used by naval divers.
ORS is designed to extend the life of the existing medical O2 cylinders two to four times exploiting the fact that only a small percentage of O2 inhaled by a patient is actually absorbed by the lungs, the rest being exhaled into the atmosphere along with carbon-dioxide (CO2) produced by the body. This exhaled O2 can be re-used, provided the exhaled CO2 is removed. To achieve this, the ORS has a second pipe to the patient’s existing O2 mask, which sucks out the air exhaled by a patient using a low-pressure motor. Both the mask inlet pipe (for O2) and the ma
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Notwithstanding the preparations for the swearing-in ceremony of the government on May 20, the state is likely to extend the lockdown beyond May 16 as the number of Covid patients seeking treatment is steadily increasing.Though CM Pinarayi Vijayan said a decision on extension would be taken after assessing the situation by the weekend, it is learnt that the administrative machinery is gearing up for continued restrictions.
On Wednesday, five days after the lockdown was enforced, the state reported its highest daily Covid case count (43,529) and deaths (95). The average test positivity rate in seven days has reached 27.88 per cent. Indications are that more than one person out of four tested have turned positive. Experts are in favour of continuing the lockdown as they believe the situation on the ground has not improved much to have a rethink.