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ICMR approves CSIR's COVID-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR testsThe Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a simple and fast method for COVID-19 testing which can not only increase the n...
COVID-19: RT-PCR test conducted at IIT Delhi at just Rs 1200The laboratory is conducting the tests through RT-PCR kit COROSURE developed with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The COROSURE t...
Oxford scientists develop 5-minute Covid-19 testThe device is able to detect the coronavirus and distinguish it from other viruses with high accuracy, the researchers said in a pre-print ...
China approves human testing for coronavirus vaccine grown in insect cellsChina is in a global race to develop cost-effective vaccines to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Using insect cells to grow proteins for the cor...
IIT Delhi's low-cost COVID-19 test kit to be launched commercially on WednesdayWhile the institute had kept a price rider of Rs 500 per kit, the company Newtech Medical Devices, which is launching the kit named 'corosu...
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal mandates 5-day institutional quarantine for COVID patients, AAP calls decision 'arbitrary'"Five-day institutional quarantine of each case under home-quarantine is to be made mandatory and, thereafter, (they) will be sent for home...
Former Pakistan PM Yusuf Raza Gilani tests positive for COVID-19, over 6,000 new cases reportedPakistan's COVID-19 cases reached 132,405 after a record 6,472 new infections were detected, while 88 more people have succumbed to the cor...
COVID-19 pool testing should be encouraged in UP: Yogi AdityanathPooling of samples involves testing them in batches and when pooled sample tests positive, then individual samples are assessed. Pool testi...
Rajasthan ceases use of rapid testing kits as most results invalidHealth Minister Raghu Sharma said the kits were giving mere five per cent correct or valid results and a report has been forwarded to the I...
Don't have 'wherewithal' to do COVID-19 tests free of cost, expect govt to come up with modalities for sustainable testing: Pvt labsIn a big relief to the poor, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that private labs should conduct coronavirus tests free of cost, obser...
Supreme Court order for free coronavirus testing may hinder fight, say business leaders, health expertsThe concern is that private medical firms, like many businesses in India are struggling financially, and could go under if they tested for ...
Low-cost indigenous swab for coronavirus testing developedAs per the guidelines of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, polymer swab is used for collection of a sample from the upper resp...
Bracketing the outbreak under a particular stage is not the need of the hour: Health Ministry officialsIn order to contain the rapid spread of novel coronavirus, the centre and the states have decided to announce a lockdown in 75 districts ac...
Coronavirus test should not cost more than Rs 4,500: Government to private labsAppropriate biosafety and biosecurity precautions need to be taken during the testing and while collecting the respiratory samples.
ICMR may cap price of each coronavirus test at Rs 4,500-Rs 5,000 for private labs: OfficialThe Union health ministry had on Tuesday issued guidelines for private sector laboratories intending to initiate coronavirus testing while ...
Diagnostics firms shine as coronavirus grips nationEdelweiss Securities said it prefers diagnostics firms over hospitals in a Covid-19 environment.
Roche Diagnostics India first private firm to get COVID-19 test approvalSwiss firm Roche Diagnostics India received the license for conducting coronavirus tests after approval from drug regulator DCGI, making it...