{"id":103483,"date":"2020-10-28T08:10:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T08:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=103483"},"modified":"2020-10-28T13:54:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:54:45","slug":"covid19-testing-technology-covirap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/covid19-testing-technology-covirap\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID19 Testing Technology COVIRAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: COVIRAP is a low-cost Covid-19 testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur. It has recently got the certification of which organization?<br><\/strong>(a)ICMR<br>(b)NDRI<br>(c)CSIR<br>(d)None of the above<br><strong>Answer (a)<br>Related facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>COVIRAP is a low-cost Covid-19 testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur.<\/li><li>It has recently(October 2020) got the certification of ICMR.<\/li><li>ICMR stands for &#8211; Indian Council of Medical Research<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVIRAP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is an ultra-low-cost portable device.<\/li><li>This new testing method implements a highly reliable &amp; accurate molecular diagnostic procedure, conducted in an ultra-low-cost portable device unit &amp; costs only around Rs. 500 per test.<\/li><li>Covirap can be developed at a cost of less than Rs. 10,000\/- with minimal infrastructural requirement making the technology affordable to common people.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Testing cost<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The cost of COVID \u2013 19 testing is around \u20b9 500\/- which can further be reduced through government intervention.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8212; Pankaj Pandey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                                                                                               <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                                                            <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iitkgp.ac.in\/news;jsessionid=1E434AB9C2F1E922368F7CAB4AC897E7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.iitkgp.ac.in\/news;jsessionid=1E434AB9C2F1E922368F7CAB4AC897E7<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: COVIRAP is a low-cost Covid-19 testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur. It has recently got the certification of which organization?(a)ICMR(b)NDRI(c)CSIR(d)None of the aboveAnswer (a)Related facts COVIRAP is a low-cost Covid-19 testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur. It has recently(October 2020) got the certification of ICMR. ICMR stands for &#8211; Indian Council of Medical Research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":103484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1123],"tags":[3067],"class_list":["post-103483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snes","tag-scientific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103485,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103483\/revisions\/103485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}