Mandatory Hong Kong Covid testing 'not a priority': city leaderTwo weeks ago Carrie Lam had said all residents would need to undergo three rounds of compulsory testing -- setting off alarm in the densel...
09 Mar, 2022, 10.09 AM IST
Take note, parents: Get at-home Covid testing kits for children as schools plan to reopenHere's how to prepare your child for the rapid antigen COVID test.
29 Jan, 2022, 04.55 PM IST
UK to scrap COVID tests for fully vaccinated travellersSpeaking to reporters during a visit to a hospital in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Johnson said the daily Omicron variant data is gettin...
25 Jan, 2022, 09.50 AM IST
How to order free at-home Covid test in the US, who can get it: Here are the detailsHere is everything about how to place an order for a free test kit, how many test kits you can get, when they will arrive, and more.
20 Jan, 2022, 02.18 PM IST
Covid tests being conducted in Delhi 3 times the number recommended by ICMR: Satyendar JainAccording to the Centre's new guidelines, asymptomatic patients do not need to undergo a test. Also, contacts of laboratory-confirmed COVID...
16 Jan, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
UK authorities ease COVID testing requirements in EnglandThe new rules don't apply to the other parts of the U.K. - Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales - which formulate their own health regulati...
06 Jan, 2022, 07.16 AM IST
Tata Medical develops fast-testing solution for COVID-19Last year in November, the company had launched its COVID testing kit, 'TataMD CHECK', developed in partnership with CSIR-IGIB (Council of ...
22 Dec, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Some rapid antigen Covid tests may not detect Omicron: Anthony FauciAccording to Fauci, the PCR tests, often considered the 'gold standard' for Covid testing, are accurate for detecting Omicron, the Daily Ma...
17 Dec, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
Export curbs on Covid diagnostic kits revokedAt a meeting last week, one of the empowered groups on Covid-19 management recommended that export restrictions be lifted from Covid-19 dia...
09 Oct, 2021, 07.19 AM IST
One in every two families paid over Rs 750 for COVID antibody test in India: SurveyAccording to the survey, 29 per cent of the respondents said they paid Rs 1,000 or more during their COVID antibody test. Further, 21 per c...
03 Sep, 2021, 10.55 PM IST
IISc incubated startup ShanMukha to increase mobile Covid testing labsThe Bengaluru based startup has so far deployed 12 labs in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and has tested 150,000 peo...
08 Jul, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
Fake Covid tests for Kumbh: Max Corporate moves HC against FIRIn the petition to the court, the company said it was merely a service provider with no actual role in generating fake Covid test reports a...
18 Jun, 2021, 08.43 PM IST
Labs in Delhi halt services over delay in giving out test results amid COVID-19 spikeDespite having sufficient infrastructure and equipped with machines and testing kits, many labs are closing themselves for three to four da...
21 Apr, 2021, 08.55 AM IST
UP, Karnataka, Bihar top the list in fortnightly Covid testsA TOI sample study shows Kerala, which had added more than 70,600 cases in just 14 days, has conducted a total 7.42 lakh tests during the s...
28 Jan, 2021, 10.32 AM IST
Apollo Hospitals rises 4% on Covid test collaboration with Tata Medical and DiagnosticsFollowing the development, the stock rose 4.37 per cent to hit a high of Rs 2,399 on BSE.
20 Nov, 2020, 11.27 AM IST
COVID-19 test mandatory for people coming to Lucknow from other states on DiwaliThirteen teams of the Health Department have been deployed at all bus stands, railway stations and the airport for screening those coming t...
13 Nov, 2020, 02.21 PM IST
With 828 tests/day per million population, India exceeds WHO advisory on COVID-19 testing by almost six timesAs per a graph shared by the Union Health Ministry, India is performing 828 tests per day per million population, as per the latest data.De...
05 Oct, 2020, 10.59 AM IST