Tata Group launches 90-minute test kits to detect COVID-19

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

New Delhi, Nov 09, 2020:   Tata Medical and Diagnostics, the healthcare unit of Tata Group, launched its COVID-19 test kit on Monday which will be made available at laboratories and hospitals from December, its CEO Girish Krishnamurthy told Reuters on Monday.

 

The government-approved test, which can provide the final result within 90 minutes, will be manufactured at Tata’s plant in Chennai India which has the capacity to produce 1 million test kits a month, Mr Krishnamurthy said in an interview.

The launch comes as India’s COVID-19 cases rise by 45,903 to 8.55 million with deaths rising by 490 to 126,611, government data showed on Monday.