India and Israel have jointly developed an ultra rapid testing kit for COVID-19.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''The testing kit which has proven it's efficacy in lab results will now be subjected to broader trials.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India, Professor K VijayRaghavan informed that Indian DRDO scientists along with Defence Research Wing of Israel have been conjointly working on the COVID testing kit.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Speaking exclusively to AIR News, Professor VijayRaghavan&nbsp;said the rapid testing kit can generate preliminary COVID results within 30 seconds.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''He said, the kit has been developed by integration of many novel technologies which includes artificial intelligence based online voice test, breathalyser test, isothermal testing and testing using polyamino acids.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''India and Israel are also the members of the world consortium of scientists working on COVID Vaccine.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Since the outbreak of&nbsp;Covid19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu have had three telephonic conversations, in which they discussed mutual cooperation in dealing with the Pandemic.<br />
News On AIR | July 24, 2020 12:35 PM
India, Israel jointly develop ultra rapid testing kit for COVID-19; results within 30 sec