A medic sits inside Walk-In Sample Kiosk (WISK) to collect swab samples of people at Delhi hospital.
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WorldIndiaConfirmed276,583Deaths7,745Confirmed7,242,235Deaths411,269NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday restricted the exports of Swabs sterile synthetic fibre swabs (Nylon,Polyester, Rayon, or Dacron), probes and primers specific for Covid-19 testing, along with nine others.
It also retained the restrictions on the export of specific diagnostic kits, reagents, and instruments such as swabs sterile synthetic fibre, silicon columns and magnetic stand, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
On April 4, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) had put restrictions on exports of all diagnostic kits and reagents to deal with the coronavirus crisis as these products are crucial for testing of patients.
The other products which are still under restricted category include VTM kits, RNA extraction kits, RT-PCR kits and reagents, 15mn falcon tube, beads, probes (specific for Covid-19 testing), and reverse transcriptase enzymes
“All other diagnostic kits/reagents/instruments/apparatus… are freely exportable subject to submission of an undertaking by the exporter to the customs authorities at the time of export,” DGFT said in the amended notification.
It added that only specified diagnostic kits/reagents/ instruments/apparatus “are restricted for exports whether as an individual item or as a part of any diagnostic kits/reagent”.
Source: indiatimes.com
