Cipla inks pact with Genes2Me to launch COVID-19 RT PCR test kitWith the launch of the "RT-Direct multiplex COVID-19 RT PCR" test kit, the Mumbai-based drug firm is expanding its diagnostics offerings, i...
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Rapid RT-PCR test must at Mumbai airport only for passengers coming from at-risk, high-risk countries and UAE: civic bodyA day earlier confusion was created due to misinterpretation of revised guidelines by a civic official who had said that the Brihanmumbai M...
Rapid RT-PCR test mandatory for all international passengers landing in MumbaiThe BMC official said passengers testing positive for coronavirus in the rapid test will then have to undergo routine RT-PCR test, while th...
Omicron sibling can't be detected by imported RT-PCR kits: ExpertsThe elusive sibling (sub-lineage) of the Omicron variant, BA.2, cannot be picked up by the imported RT-PCR kit having an S gene drop, resea...
Arriving at these six airports from 'at-risk' countries? You'll have to pre-book RT-PCR test. Here's the procedureThe Civil Aviation ministry, last week, said that the Air Suvidha portal will be modified to mandatorily pre-book RT-PCR test if they are c...
RT-PCR false-negatives continue to haunt Bengaluru hospitalsDoctors says false-negative reports can be misleading as patients tend to ignore symptoms given the heavy reliance on RT-PCR testing alone ...
Tamil Nadu govt slashes RT-PCR test rates in private labs from Rs 1,200 to Rs 900Tamil Nadu has conducted over 2.50 crore RT-PCR samples since the onset of pandemic last year. On Thursday, the testing of samples reached ...
Some Indians, including well-off ones, are forging negative RT-PCR reportsForgery of an RT-PCR test is punishable under IPC and under disaster management acts. Lawyers say IPC sections can include 419 (punishment ...
UP to scale up RT-PCR tests as new Covid cases threaten to overwhelm stateThe CM has directed that the state increase the number of RT-PCR tests to 150,000, UP’s additional chief secretary of information, Navneet ...
Now, shortage of RT-PCR kits adds to Maharashtra’s Covid-19 woesThe lack of RT-PCR tests is mainly being blamed on the state government’s notification earlier this month making it mandatory for all home ...
RT-PCR negative, but you may still be infected by coronavirusDoctors across the state are coming across an increasing number of cases where patients test negative in RT-PCR but their high-resolution C...
Karnataka makes negative RT-PCR report mandatory for passengers arriving from Maharashtra"All those arriving from Maharashtra and checking into hotels, resorts, hostels, homestays, dormitories, etc. shall compulsorily produce a ...
Karnataka new Covid-19 guidelines: RT-PCR test mandatory for passengers arriving from South Africa, BrazilThe RT-PCR test should be done by passengers on arrival at Bengaluru Airport, irrespective of whether they had a negative certifcate for th...
Odisha: COVID-19 RT-PCR test price reduced to Rs 400 at private labsAccording to the notification issued by the health and family welfare department, anyone undergoing RT-PCR test at private laboratories, wi...
PM Modi asks CMs of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi to ramp up RT-PCR testingMaharashtra does about 50,000 RT-PCR tests daily out of the nearly 90,000 tests done in the state, the rest being rapid antigen tests. It i...
Karnataka sees a drop in RT-PCR tests as government pushes for cheaper antigen kitsThe more expensive RT-PCR test is considered the gold standard in detecting Covid-19 infections. Of the 42,458 tests done on August 3, 29,4...