Covid-19 testing kits produced by Gonoshasthaya Kendra Rajib Dhar/Dhaka TribuneHowever, they are not going to make any report on GK’s Covid-19 testing antigen kitBangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is soon going to present the performance trial results of the coronavirus antibody testing kit developed by Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK). However, he said they are not going to make any report on GK’s Covid-19 testing antigen kit as the organization withdrew it on June 2. Asked whether they will conduct the performance trial of antigen kit if the organization resubmits samples with modification, the VC said they are unlikely to do that. On March 17, GK announced that they developed a testing kit that can examine samples to detect Covid-19 within 15 minutes, but the kit was still not approved by the authorities concerned. The DGDA informed GK that the performance study of the kits could be done either at BSMMU or IEDCR.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 14, 2020 12:11 UTC