DRDO develops indigenous Covid-19 antibody detection kit DIPCOVAN

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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a COVID-19 antibody detection kit called DIPCOVAN.
The testing kit offers results in just 75 minute without any cross reactivity with other diseases and will cost just Rs 75 per test.
It can detect spike as well as nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus with 97% high sensitivity and 99% specificity.
The kit has been developed by the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) laboratory of DRDO, in association with Delhi-based Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt Ltd.
DIPCOVAN will help a person detect if they have previously been exposed to Covid-19 virus and whether they have antibodies for it.