There's something VERY FISHY going on with Covid-19 testing kits in India. Prima facie, it reeks of corruption & favoritism in a pandemic.



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On 20th March, 18 firms got permission from govt. to get their testing kits validated by National Institute of Virology.



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Meanwhile, a day earlier on 19th, Gujarat-based firm CoSara had already received an approval to start manufacturing Covid-19 test kits. This firm is a collaboration between a US-based company & an Ahmedabad-based firm.



CoSara's kits already have US FDA approval.



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Some of the other 18 firms who were waiting to get their Covid-19 test kits validated said that these would be sold at a price of 400-500 per kit (far cheaper than imported ones).



CoSara, on the other hand, refused to publicly divulge the cost of their Covid-19 kits.



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