Monna AP govt kits ni ekkuva ichi kontundi (245 --> 600) scam annaru... -- The reality..is

[Spartan]

 

Its the importer company that raised the price from 245-600, and rest of the distribution companies sold for that same hiked price..

now SC took action...Jaffas ki deniki em sambandham ledu...just fyi

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The government on Monday said the order to procure rapid antibody test kits from two Chinese companies has been cancelled after quality issues and stressed that it had not made any payment for the supplies.

The cancellation of the order comes just a day after a controversy erupted over the price of the kits as a Delhi High Court order revealed that India was paying double the rates.

Test kits made by two Chinese companies - Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics - have been found "under-performing" by the Indian Council of Medical Research, the government said.

“Because of the due process followed (not going for procurement with 100% advance amount), the government does not stand to lose a single rupee,” ICMR said in a statement.

The nodal medical agency has also directed all states to stop using the test kits because of the faulty results.

ICMR had planned to use the rapid antibody testing kits to supplement diagnostic RT-PCR testing, which is used to confirm cases of Covid-19. These are blood-based tests and identify if a person’s body has developed antibodies against a pathogen.

The government had on March 27 ordered five lakh rapid antibody test kits from Chinese firm Wondfo through the ICMR. The purchase order was signed between ICMR and Aark Pharmaceuticals. ICMR was also procuring the rapid kits on behalf of state governments.

The test kits were bought by the importer, Matrix, for Rs 245 apiece from China. Yet, the distributors, Real Metabolics and Aark Pharmaceuticals, had sold the same kits to the government for Rs 600 each, which means a 60 per cent mark-up.

The inflationary rate at which the kits were being bought was revealed after a legal dispute that landed in the high court, which ordered a price cap of Rs 400 for the kits henceforth.

The government, however, said the procurement is being undertaken when globally there is huge demand for these test kits and various countries are applying their full might, monetary and diplomatic, to acquire them.

The decision to procure the test kits through Wondfo’s exclusive distributor for India was made, the government said, as it quoted an all-inclusive price without any clause for advance, whereas direct procurement from China would have meant 100 per cent advance without quality guarantees, no commitment on timelines and payment in US dollars.

“It needs to be also remembered that this was the first ever effort by any Indian agency to procure such kits and the rate quoted by the bidders was the only reference point,” the statement added.

[Meowmeow]

Rapid testing kits are not useful at this stage, it tests for antibodies, not for the virus. 

9 hours ago, Meowmeow said:

Virus ni body lo oste, ne body virus ni fight cheyataniki antibodies produce chestundi. Kani ne body avi produce cheyadaniki 14 days padutundi, sometimes longer. Rapid testing lo antibodies unnayo levo test chestunnaru. So neeku one week back coronavirus ochina, rapid testing lo negative ostundi. Ade RT-PCR lo virus undo ledo test chestaru. So neeku ninna coronavirus ochina RT-PCR cheste positive ostundi. That's why Telangana lo chese RT-PCR is better than rapid testing in Andhra Pradesh.

 

[kidney]

[kidney]

[Spartan]

1 minute ago, Meowmeow said:

Rapid testing kits are not useful at this test, it tests for antibodies, not of the virus. 

 

good info

[Anta Assamey]

1 minute ago, Spartan said:

good info

The two things when they say IgG and IgM they mean antibodies in the rapid test kit

[Spartan]

Just now, Anta Assamey said:

The two things when they say IgG and IgM they mean antibodies in the rapid test kit

mari idi general ga science people ki telvada doctors etc..

why are they allowing it..when it is waste of time and money to do it.

[Meowmeow]

Just now, Spartan said:

mari idi general ga science people ki telvada doctors etc..

why are they allowing it..when it is waste of time and money to do it.

RT-PCR is the only test approved by ICMR for the detection of virus. AP lo manufacture chestu, kits chestu testing numbers pencharuga, those tests are not approved by ICMR. TG lo RT-PCR is centralized and run through CCMB. 

[Spartan]

1 minute ago, Meowmeow said:

RT-PCR is the only test approved by ICMR for the detection of virus. AP lo manufacture chestu, kits chestu testing numbers pencharuga, those tests are not approved by ICMR. TG lo RT-PCR is centralized and run through CCMB. 

aite both cms doing good job aa..?

[Meowmeow]

1 minute ago, Spartan said:

aite both cms doing good job aa..?

Not in terms of enforcing lockdown or taking corona seriously, I mean one is clearly better than the other. 

[JaiTDP]

3 minutes ago, Meowmeow said:

Not in terms of enforcing lockdown or taking corona seriously, I mean one is clearly better than the other. 

peru kuda seppeyi inka 

[AndhraneedSCS]

25 minutes ago, kidney said:

Mari manaki kuda 337 ki vastadi ani Jagananna cheppadu ga.. 

 

Adi abaddama ayithe?

 

 

[kidney]

22 minutes ago, AndhraneedSCS said:

Mari manaki kuda 337 ki vastadi ani Jagananna cheppadu ga.. 

 

Adi abaddama ayithe?

 

 

if incase this company sells kits for lesser price to any state in india... Same price should be considered to AP ani clause pettukunnaru.

oka vela 337 ki Ind lo vere state ki ammithe - adhe rate kinda AP govt kuda pay chesthadhi ani aa clause artham

 

[DaatarBabu]

It's all @comesandgoes@niranthrapakriya 

[r2d2]

46 minutes ago, Spartan said:

aite both cms doing good job aa..?

Good or Bad..Pedda CM ni Chinna CM follow avutaaru..😀