RAT vang hian false positive nge tam false negative?

Tunah hian mi 374269 vel India ram­ah Covid postive awm ang kan ni ta a. Hei hi a dik angah kan ngai ang a, chuan hei hi kan analyse ang. A dik zawk kan tih chhuah kan tum dawn a ni.

India population hi 1 billion angah ngai ta ila. Covid vei mi 400000 (approx) an awm ang a lo ni dawn a ni. Covid vei lo chu 999.6 million.

RAT test hi 34% false negative rate a nei angah ngai ila. False positive rate hi 2% ah dah ve leh ila. False positive rate hi hei aia sang hi RTPCR-ah pawh a ni tlat. Mahse 2% hi online a claim ka hmuh hniam ber a nih vangin ka rawn tarlang a ni.

A positive tak takho kha RAT ta vek ila, 34% kha false negative an ni a. Chu chu 1.36 lakh false negative. 3.64 kha true positive an ni a.

Negative mi 999.4 million kha kan test ve ta a, 2% kha false positive an ni a, chu chu mi 1998 lakh a ni dawn a ni. Heng hi false positive chu an ni a, true negative chu 9794 lakh an ni.

False negative - 1.36 lakh
False positive - 1998 lakh

Hetiang ratio 1:2000 vel hian false positive leh false negative hi a lo awm ve zel dawn a ni.

False positive hi a tam lutuk a, RAT-ah hian... False negative vanduai ta pawh an awm zeuh zeuh dawn niin a lang. Kan mamawh chu:-

1. Capacity building- Symptomatic cases ho enkawlna tur ṭha. ICU, ventilators, staff etc.
2. District tinah RTPCR khawl bun ni se. Sample test nawn ni zel se.

- V Lalchhandama, Computational Chemist, IIT Kharagpur