Mysore/Mysuru: With the number of COVID-19 positive cases rising exponentially by the day in the district, Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) teams have started visiting hotspot areas of the city carrying out tests on the people near their doorstep.
There are 8 RAT teams in the city and 10 in each taluk of the district. Rapid Testing is being conducted at all Primary Health Centres (PHC) of the district. As a first step, nasal swab will be collected and if the Lab report tests negative, then a RT-PCR test will be done with the collection of throat swab of COVID-19 suspect persons for confirmation.
