COVID-19: Delhi govt begins using rapid antibody test kits in hotspots

Soon after procuring rapid antibody test kits, the Delhi government on Sunday began testing people for coronavirus in various containment zones spread across the city, officials said.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said the AAP government has acquired 42,000 such kits.

The rapid antibody tests were initiated in Delhi on Sunday for all the containment zones across the national capital, the officials said.

The number of containment zones in Delhi on Saturday had increased to 76, with eight new zones being added in various areas in one day.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the national capital on Saturday climbed to 1893, with 186 fresh cases and one death being reported in a day, according to the Delhi government authorities.

Two kinds of diagnostic tests are being currently prescribed for use in India -- the RT-PCR test and rapid antibody test -- as per global health norms.

A reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test is a laboratory ...