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Coronavirus: NIV Pune develops India’s 1st indigenous Covid-19 testing kit named Elisa

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: May 11, 2020 09:46 IST

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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan announced on Sunday that India has developed indigenous Covid-19 testing kit. Elisa, developed by Pune-based Institute of Virology, detects antibodies for Covid-19.
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“National Institute of Virology, Pune has successfully developed the 1st indigenous anti-SARS-CoV-2 human IgG ELISA test kit for antibody detection of #COVID19,” Harsh Vardhan tweeted on Sunday evening.
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“This robust test will play a critical role in surveillance of proportion of population exposed to #SARSCoV2 infection,” he said further in the tweet.
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India’s tally of Covid-19 positive cases crossed the 62,000-mark on Sunday after the country reported more than 3,200 new cases in the last 24 hours.
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According to Union health ministry, the country recorded 128 deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 2,109.
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The number of people who have recovered stood at 19,357.
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The highest number of cases continued to be reported from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and Tamil Nadu.
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The health ministry further said that as many as 6542 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the national capital.
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Seventy three people have died from the infection while 2020 have made a recovery, as per the health ministry’s data.
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The number of Covid-19 positive cases crossed the 20,000-mark in Maharashtra on Sunday, according to Union Health Ministry data.
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