NEW DELHI/ERNAKULAM: In a setback, the first samples of state-owned HLL Lifecare Ltd’s indigenous rapid antibody test kits that was sent to Kerala has failed quality tests, three people in the know told Mint. "Out of 100-odd samples, a first batch has failed the quality test.
It had accuracy problems. We have sent the samples for the second round of testing, based upon HLL request," said one of the sources, a public official in Kerala who is privy to the talks, requesting not to be named.
The second testing, on a fresh batch of samples, will be done in the Alappuzha field station of National Institute of Virology, the official cited above said.