ICMR Updates Testing Guidelines

The Indian Council of Medical Research has updated testing guidelines for COVID-19.

The revisions include the testing of frontline workers involved in containment and mitigation of COVID-19 and exhibiting respiratory infetion symptoms along with fever and cough. 

Asymptomatic individuals who have been in direct contact and are at a high-risk to be tested once between day 5 and day 10 of coming in contact. 

All hospitalised patients who develop symptoms along with all the returnees and migrants who have developed symptoms. 

Furthermore, no emergency procedures should be delayed due to tests not being conducted.