The Ministry of Health today (01) issued guidelines for the private sector medical institutes for carrying out Rapid Antigen Tests to diagnose Covid-19 positive cases. As per the guidelines, the private sector medical institutes will also be permitted to perform the Rapid Antigen Tests. WHO recently included Rapid Antigen Testing in its Emergency Use Listing (EUL), authorizing two manufacturers – SD Biosensor, Inc and Abbot Rapid Diagnostics Jena GmbH. The WHO also donated a consignment of 100,000 Rapid Antigen Test kits to Sri Lanka and the government initially rolled out the new test kits in government hospitals. However, private sector hospitals have also been authorized to carry out Rapid Antigen Tests, to help the country’s combat against Covid-19.

Source: The Nation December 01, 2020 16:18 UTC