Maharashtra Urges Those Testing Covid Positive With Home Kits To Report Results

Maharashtra said that among all the tests being sent for genome sequencing, 70% were found to be the Delta variant of coronavirus.

Maharashtra government today appealed to people and asked them to report to the concerned authorities if they test positive for Covid in a home test kit or rapid antigen test.

"It seems that there are large numbers of Covid Positive cases which have been tested on these kits but have not been reported to the concerned authorities and such persons appears to be in Home isolation," said Pradeep Vyas, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Maharashtra in a letter to all state authorities.

Dr Vyas said that among all the tests being sent for genome sequencing, 70% were found to be the Delta variant of coronavirus.

He said that rapid antigen tests do not distinguish between the Delta and Omicron variant.