New Delhi: A high-level team of Israeli researchers, developing a rapid test kit to test the coronavirus along with India, arrived here on Monday. This team will conduct the final phase of research to determine the effectiveness of advanced technology developed for the rapid detection of coronavirus infection. Israeli Defense and Foreign Ministries said in a statement that under this unique collaboration between Israel and India, the Israeli delegation would collect thousands of samples in 10 days and analyze the samples using a computer system based on artificial intelligence. The statement said that the delegation would conduct the final phase of research in India. Dozens of advanced ventilators from the special aircraft also arrived here on Monday morning. The campaign has been named “Operation Breaking Space”.
In an article published in “The Times of Israel,” Deputy Director-General for Asia and the Pacific in the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Gilead Cohen said that Israel made special efforts to approve the export and shipping of these ventilators. At the same time, both countries are trying to stop the spread of the virus. Israeli Ambassador to India Ron Malka said that if the test kit is developed, it will report in a few seconds and it can play a very important role in the fight against Kovid-19. The Israeli embassy said last week that the Israeli Defense Ministry’s research and development team to develop the Kovid-19 rapid test kit, India’s Chief Scientist K.K. Vijay is working closely with Raghavan and the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
Its test results can come in less than 30 seconds. The ‘Directorate of Defense Research and Development’ (DDR&D) team in Israel’s Ministry of Defense, along with their Indian counterparts, will conduct “final phase trials” to explore the effectiveness of several rapid diagnostic solutions. Malka said Israel’s team arrived in a special aircraft this morning
