| First batch of 9,600 rapid test kits arrive in Kashmir valley | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 19: Kashmir has received the first batch of 9,600 rapid test kits as the valley is trying to ramp up testing in its fight to contain the spread of COVID-19, officials said on Sunday. The rapid test kits help examine whether a person has developed antibodies in their bloodstream to fight the novel coronavirus, which indicates whether a person has been exposed to or has COVID-19. The results of these tests take around 30 minutes. Doctors and healthcare workers can then determine the number of people who could be infected in a population sample. The kits would be used in the 83 red zones in the valley on a priority basis to help the administration expand the testing in these designated areas, the officials said. Health officials said the rapid testing kits would help in expanding the testing in the areas designated as red zones. These kits would first be used to test people in each red zone and would also be used to test the frontline health workers, the officials said.
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