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
Mumbai airport cuts Rapid PCR test price to Rs 3,900Stating that since 2 per cent of the total flight passengers are required to undergo RT-PCR test post-arrival testing at random at CSMIA on...
04 Dec, 2021, 05.46 PM 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
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 ...
20 May, 2021, 11.35 PM 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
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 ...
12 Apr, 2021, 09.48 PM 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
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...
04 Nov, 2020, 07.13 AM 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
Rapid antigen tests can be no more than adjunct to RT-PCR in corona battle: ScientistsThe ministry noted that symptomatic cases tested negative by RATs are not followed up by RT-PCR testing in some large states. The idea is t...
11 Sep, 2020, 05.35 PM 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