Junior Science Refresher

Junior Science Refresher

Junior Science Refresher this is science magazine in india Published this article page no 60  PROJECT CARD  Recently Niti Aayog and the Department of Biotechnology have launched the Consortium for Affordable & Rapid Diagnostics (CARD).  It aims to ramp up production of COVID19 testing kits in India to expand diagnosis as well as boost exports o The plan involves bringing scientists and laboratories in touch with private firms to produce millions of testing kits including around 10 million rapid antibody tests that offer quick results.  Under the project all the obstacles to scale up production of testing kits will be addressed regulatory processes will be streamlined and fasttracked to ensure kits are ready for the market. o Procurement procedures will be simplified.  Project is launched as India is facing quality issues with Chinesemade antibody testing kits used for disease surveillance and to find out how many people have developed immunity to a disease. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE STRINGENCY INDEX  It is created by Oxford University showing how strict a countrys measures were in imposing lockdown and at what stage of the spread it enforced these.  It is composite measure based on nine response indicators including school closures workplace closures and travel bans rescaled to a value from 0 to 100 (100 =strictest response).  According to it India had one of the strongest lockdown measures in the world. India called its strict lockdown at a much earlier point on its case and death curves junior science refresher magazine buy.

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