
India and Israel are all set to join hands and develop a new generation set of COVID tests. These tests would aim to bring the entire testing process down to just a few seconds, be widely available and help to open economies. Using machine learning and artificial intelligence, the breakthrough technologies in India, and if successful, be manufactured in India. The technologies would be marketed jointly by Israel and India across the world.
A special flight will be dispatched from Israel in the coming weeks, which will include Israeli military R&D scientists and tech specialists. They will work with a corresponding Indian team of specialists under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s principal scientific advisor Dr K Vijayaragahavan for two weeks at AIIMS.
The breakthrough technologies that would be tested in India include a breathalyser test, a voice test and an isothermal test, said the briefing journalist from Israel, Dani Gold, the head of Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDRD), Israeli Ministry of Defense. There has been comprehensive research cooperation between DDRD and India’s PSA, Gold added.
“A special flight from Tel Aviv to New Delhi is set to carry a high ranking MOD R&D team which has been working with India’s chief scientist and DRDO to develop rapid testing for COVID-19 in under 30 seconds. Merging Israeli technology with Indian development and production capabilities aims to allow a swift resumption of normal life alongside the Coronavirus”, a readout from the Israel Embassy said.