₹4,500, as majority of testing material and kits are now being manufactured in the country.The ICMR said it is now actively providing testing kits and reagents through 16 distribution depots created at its institutes.
In the initial days of the covid-19 outbreak, India faced shortage of testing kits and reagents as the country was heavily dependant on imported products for molecular detection of viruses.“In this intervening period, all out efforts have been made to facilitate local companies by handholding and promoting them to locally manufacturer swabs, viral transport media and RNA extraction kits.