corona test swab price brought down to one-tenth
Published On: Monday, May 18, 2020 | By: Team KnowMyStock
As COVID-19 pandemic spread quickly, India faced twin challenges - short supply of testing swabs and those imported from China at a steep price of Rs 17 per stick were proving to be inferior. A solution was fixed in 10-days combining the expertise of Johnson & Johnson of manufacturing a similar product in earbuds, and Reliance Industries providing custom-made polyester staple fiber that resulted in the cost of swabs coming down to just Rs 1.7 per unit. While the earbuds typically use cotton and the stick is too small to take throat and nasal swabs, an extender was used to increase the length of the stem and the PSF from Reliance provided lab-approved material for testing.
Sandeep Makkar, Managing Director, Johnson and Johnson Medical India told that the entire plan was stitched in a matter of 7 to 10 days, soon after the Ministry of Textile contacted the company for a solution to the shortage of testing swabs.
Vasai-based Adi Enterprise, which does third-party manufacturing of earbuds for J&J, has started manufacturing the test swabs which are approved by the National Institute of Virology, Pune.
It is importing new machinery which will eliminate the need for manual putting of extenders and further bring down the cost to just Re 1 per swab.
Tags: COVID-19 testing swabs
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