Like books and minds, a public health response in the midst of the steadily worsening novel coronavirus pandemic works best when it is open. 

It’s been almost a week since the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex biomedical body on Covid-19 management, approved test kits from private manufacturers to supply real-time PCR testing PCR testing PCR Test Polymerase Chain Reaction tests analyse sequences of genetic material—DNA or RNA. This test is used for detecting several types of diseases.

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Seema Singh

Seema has over two decades of experience in journalism. Before starting The Ken, Seema wrote “Myth Breaker: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and the Story of Indian Biotech”, published by HarperCollins in May 2016. Prior to that, she was a senior editor and bureau chief for Bangalore with Forbes India, and before that she wrote for Mint. Seema has written for numerous international publications like IEEE-Spectrum, New Scientist, Cell and Newsweek. Seema is a Knight Science Journalism Fellow from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a MacArthur Foundation Research Grantee.

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