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COVID-19 and Tuberculosis to be detected by the same device

The BMC is to set up devices in its civic-run hospitals which can detect COVID-19 and tuberculosis at the same time.

COVID-19 and Tuberculosis to be detected by the same device
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According to sources, devices will be installed in some of the hospitals under Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) which can detect COVID-19 and tuberculosis at the same time.

Moreover, the system will be set up by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics and Tata Trusts. The device which will be able to conduct tests for the coronavirus and tuberculosis is a device developed by Molbio Diagnostics, Goa.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious infection that usually attacks your lungs. It can also spread to other parts of your body, like your brain and spine.

According to the guidelines shared by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, patients diagnosed with COVID-19 are being tested for tuberculosis and patients diagnosed with tuberculosis are being tested for the coronavirus. Meanwhile, using this device, a report can be received in less than 60 minutes after the test. Moreover, this process uses the 'Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) test. Patients found to be unaffected in rapid antigen tests will be tested in TRONT.

On the other hand, as the number of coronavirus cases witnesses a rise in Maharashtra again, and the state continues to be the most-affected with COVID-19 infection, as per reports, a few doctors across the state have used a portable medical device, TrueNat, to screen coronavirus cases in 26,000 patients, and results showed that 20 per cent of the tests were positive. The device was earlier designed to screen tuberculosis.

Currently, a limited number of TrueNat tests are being conducted in comparison to other tests, however, officials plan to increase the same, owing to the results.

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