Can Self-Administered Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) Help Rural India? An Evaluation of the CoviSelf Kit as a Response to the 2019–2022 COVID-19 Pandemic

Can Self-Administered Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) Help Rural India? An Evaluation of the CoviSelf Kit as a Response to the 2019–2022 COVID-19 Pandemic

This paper evaluates India’s first officially approved self-administered rapid antigen test kit against COVID-19, a device called CoviSelf. The context is rural India. Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are currently popular in situations where vaccination rates are low, where sections of the community rema...

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Main Authors: Marika Vicziany, Jaideep Hardikar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
COVID-19
Indian pandemic
rapid antigen tests (RATs)
CoviSelf
CoWIN
digital divide
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/3/644

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