ICMR New Guidelines Over Covid 19 Testing.

Amid rapid surge in coronavirus cases, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has come up with a revised and fresh advisory on testing for Covid.

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"Contacts of persons infected with COVID-19, unless if they are at high-risk, are not required to be tested for the contagious disease"

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Individuals undertaking inter-state domestic travel are also not required to be tested, the top medical body said.

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The ICMR has also exempted asymptomatic individuals in community settings, along with patients who stand discharged as per home isolation guidelines, from the COVID-19 tests.

"Patients being discharged from a COVID-19 facility as per revised discharge policy" are also need not to be tested.

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For hospitals ICMR categorically noted that "no emergency procedure (including surgeries and deliveries) should be delayed for lack of a test."

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"Patients should not be referred to other facilities for lack of a testing facility." ICMR said in new guidelines on 10 January 2022.

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