Stopped rapid testing as accuracy turned out to be 5.4% against proposed 90%: Rajasthan Health Minister

Apr 21, 2020

Jaipur (Rajasthan), Apr 21 (ANI): Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma informed that the state has stopped coronavirus rapid testing after its accuracy turned out to 5.4% against proposed 90%. “We had received rapid testing kits from ICMR and it was used in Rajasthan. We formed a committee of the Head of our Microbiology Department and Head of our Medicine Dept to see if these tests are effective. Its accuracy was supposed to be 90% but it turned out to be 5.4%,” said Sharma on rapid testing in Rajasthan.