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West Bengal reduces RT-PCR test rate to Rs 500"The revised rate will be applicable also to all private laboratories. The cost of reagents has dropped drastically, hence we slashed the c...28 Jan, 2022, 01.04 PM IST- Stocking up on home-testing kits? Doctors believe the pricier RT-PCR test is a better optionThere has been a surge in demand for self-testing kits as Covid-19 cases rise across the nation.15 Jan, 2022, 10.12 AM IST
- Lateral flow tests can detect Covid from day 3 to day 8, for RT-PCR it's up to 20 days: ICMR DG"It takes time for the virus to grow in your system and that is known as the latent period. From day three it will be detectable in the Lat...12 Jan, 2022, 09.41 PM IST
- 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...05 Jan, 2022, 05.48 PM IST
- 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...05 Jan, 2022, 10.02 AM IST
- 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...20 Dec, 2021, 10.11 AM IST
- Supreme Court to take up fresh plea seeking to fix maximum rate for RT-PCR test to Rs 300A three-judge bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat will take up the plea which also seeks early r...29 Jun, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
- 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 ...10 May, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
- Do away with RT-PCR test requirement for domestic travel: ICMRThe ICMR also said that RT-PCR test must not be repeated in any individual who has tested positive once either by RAT or RT-PCR, and added ...05 May, 2021, 11.08 AM IST
- 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 ...10 Apr, 2021, 06.49 AM IST
- Mumbai airport cuts RT-PCR test rate by 30 per cent to Rs 600Mumbai airport is offering the regular RT-PCR test at a reduced cost of Rs 600 as against Rs 850 earlier from April 1 to the passengers opt...02 Apr, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
- 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...16 Feb, 2021, 08.52 PM IST
- Private labs up in arms against states’ decision to cap rates of RT-PCR testsAccording to an order issued by Delhi’s health department, RT-PCR tests at all private laboratories and hospitals will cost ₹800 and home c...04 Dec, 2020, 09.17 AM IST
- 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...02 Dec, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
- 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...24 Sep, 2020, 09.50 PM IST
- Rapid antigen tests are cheaper & give quick results but RT-PCR tests are more reliable, say scientistsIf someone has symptoms, he/she should be retested. The idea is that no positive Covid-19 cases are missed.17 Sep, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
- 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...06 Aug, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
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