Anand alleged he was then slashed and stabbed with the machete on his shoulder and back.
The test used now, called PCR (or polymerace chain reaction), uses a nasal or throat swab sample and identifies the virus. These tests take at least five hours to give results. The rapid test, on the other hand, uses a blood sample and gives results based on detecting the presence of certain antibodies that react to the coronavirus protein.
'India is too large a place to have just 10 labs performing these Covid-19 tests.'
