₹500 'COVIRAP' diagnostic test developed by IIT Kharagpur gets ICMR certification

'COVIRAP', the diagnostic machine developed by IIT Kharagpur researchers, has been successfully validated for its efficacy in COVID-19 detection by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Institute said on Wednesday. Per test will cost around ₹500 which can further be reduced through government intervention, while the device cost is less than ₹10,000, IIT Kharagpur said.