division bench of justice M Sathyanarayanan and justice P Rajamanickam suo motu impleaded ICMR as a respondent in the petition and sought its response. The case was adjourned to August 7 for further hearing.
CITYMadras HC notice to ICMR on rapid test kits
TNN | Updated: Jul 18, 2020, 10:37 IST
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Madras high courtMADURAI: The Madras high court has sought a response from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on a plea moved by Thiruparankundram DMK MLA Dr P Saravanan seeking to purchase and utilize rapid test kits authorized by the Central Drugs Control Standard Organization and ICMR, for testing.
In his petition, Saravanan stated that RT-PCR test is adopted to detect Covid-19 positive cases. In order to effectively carry out Covid-19 testing, the government could use rapid antibody tests to identify the level of antibodies in an individual.
The use of rapid test kits would reduce the money spent by the government in testing, as people with less immunity alone can be subjected to RT-PCR test.
When the petition was taken up for hearing on Thursday, a division bench of justice M Sathyanarayanan and justice P Rajamanickam suo motu impleaded ICMR as a respondent in the petition and sought its response. The case was adjourned to August 7 for further hearing.
