Practo has recently announced that Tests for COVID-19 can be booked online on its platform. The company also said in its statement that they have partnered with Thyrocare to conduct detection tests, Thyrocare has been authorized by the government of India and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Right now this facility can be availed by people of Mumbai and soon will be expanded to the rest of the country. For this a valid doctor’s prescription requesting of test and a photo id should be submitted at the time of testing – information shared by the company.
The test is available at Rs. 4500 for Indian citizens and can be booked via https://www.practo.com/covid-test and https://covid.thyrocare.com/. Practo also said that Certified phlebotomists from I2H will come to collect the swabs and then these collected swabs will be transported via viral transport medium (VTM) in a cold chain to Thyrocare testing labs.
The reports will be available within 24-48 hours to the patient via the Practo app or its website – the company said.
