Delhi pushes antibody tests for unlock 2.0After Maharashtra, the Delhi government has asked all private diagnostic centres and laboratories associated with private hospitals to star...
02 Jul, 2020, 07.02 AM IST
India Inc sounds out labs for antibody testsAutomobile, telecom, manufacturing and entertainment companies and salons are among those seeking the tests.
26 Jun, 2020, 09.59 AM IST
- Maharashtra asks firms to start antibody tests on their staff, Delhi still to decide
The Maharashtra government and the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) have asked hospitals, private establishments and corporat...
25 Jun, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
Antibody tests to be conducted in Kerala from June 8The state had reported 111 postive cases on Friday, the highest single day spike, prompting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to declare the ...
06 Jun, 2020, 01.27 PM IST
New antibody kits may have a China link, tooAfter initial hiccups over validating the efficacy of Covid-19 antibody testing kits made in China, the Indian Council of Medical Research ...
28 May, 2020, 08.40 AM IST
Rapid antibody tests only for surveillance purpose: HCA division bench of Justices Ravi Deshpande and Amit Borkar asked the state government to take an appropriate decision on a plea filed by a...
26 May, 2020, 03.53 PM IST
Britain agrees to acquire antibody tests, boosting Coronavirus responseWidespread availability of antibody tests may help Britain lift its lockdown restrictions, because they show who has already had the virus ...
21 May, 2020, 11.34 PM IST
Everyone's talking about Covid-19 antibody tests. What do they tell us?Studies are still underway to determine what antibody level would be needed for immunity.
20 May, 2020, 06.17 PM IST
What can a COVID-19 antibody test tell us?Studies are still underway to determine what antibody level would be needed for immunity. It's also not yet known how long any immunity mig...
20 May, 2020, 07.42 AM IST
Project CARD to push local production of testing kitsNiti Aayog and the Department of Biotechnology have launched the Consortium for Affordable & Rapid Diagnostics (CARD) to scale up India’s c...
07 May, 2020, 07.36 AM IST
Abbott's COVID-19 laboratory-based antibody tests to be available in India by May-endAntibody testing is an important step to tell if someone has been previously infected. It will provide more understanding of the virus incl...
04 May, 2020, 03.21 PM IST
COVID-19 rapid antibody test kit use put on hold, ICMR to check accuracy: Official sourceUnion Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the results of the test kits vary from place to place and "it can't be relied upon".
25 Apr, 2020, 06.04 PM IST
Covid-19 crisis: States go slow on antibody testsThe ICMR said rapid antibody tests cannot replace frontline tests. Such tests are only supplementary tools to assess the prevalence of the ...
20 Apr, 2020, 07.41 AM IST
Three lakh more Rapid Antibody Test kits sent to India from China: EnvoyAbout three lakh Rapid Antibody Test kits were airlifted to Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu from the Chinese city of Guangzhou, Indian Ambassador ...
18 Apr, 2020, 08.46 PM IST
Covid-19 fight: After rush for antibody kits come concernsWith reports that the rapid antibody tests may miss infections and can falsely produce negative results in infected patients, ICMR is study...
18 Apr, 2020, 06.54 AM IST
30 per cent of India's total cases are linked to Nizamuddin cluster: Lav AgarwalAntibody positives to be confirmed by RT-PCR (reverse transcription-PCR) using throat/nasal swab, and antibody negatives to be quarantined ...
04 Apr, 2020, 04.53 PM IST
ICMR approves antibody tests in hotspotsICMR said in an interim advisory that antibody tests can be carried out in hotspots – zones suspected to have widespread prevalence of the ...
03 Apr, 2020, 08.51 AM IST