Covid-19: 3,300 antigen kits arrive in Karnataka's Dharwad

DHARWAD: With the number of asymptomatic persons testing Covid-19 positive on rise, the health department here has decided to step up testing of the general public in the district and has received 3,300 antigen kits.
Deputy commissioner Nitesh Patil has told officials to test those visiting hospitals for minor ailments. Persons who are getting admitted with complaints of cold, cough and fever should undergo antigen test and all patients getting admitted to KIMS, Civil Hospital and SDM hospital should be screened, Patil has said.
Those testing positive in antigen kits will not be exposed to any other test. But, if the reports are negative and the person has symptoms of Covid-19, throat swab and nose swab test would be conducted.
Symptomatic and asymptomatic positive patients should be treated in different units at covid care centres, he added.