This smartphone app may detect Covid-19 using people’s voices, say researchersThe method can be used in low-income countries where PCR tests are expensive.
05 Sep, 2022, 07.15 PM IST
Travelling to Hong Kong? Here are new Covid-19 quarantine rulesHong Kong decided to ease covid-related quarantine restrictions for international travelers. Starting on Friday, the seven days hotel quara...
08 Aug, 2022, 03.48 PM IST
Canada says no test results needed for vaccinated travelersHealth Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said tests will no longer be needed beginning April 1. Currently, fully vaccinated travelers entering Cana...
18 Mar, 2022, 08.30 AM IST
View: How the Bengaluru coalition plans to beat CovidThe coalition will focus on strong messaging within communities to remove concerns around vaccination by increasing awareness through campa...
04 Jun, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
Mylab to make one crore COVID home test kits before national rollout on June 1The home test kit christened 'COVISELF', which produces a result in 15 minutes for symptomatic patients, was cleared by the Indian Council ...
21 May, 2021, 01.20 PM IST
Govt says it aims to ramp up daily testing capacity for COVID to 45 lakh by June-end"We are doing 16-20 lakh tests this week and we have a capacity of about 20 lakh tests by end of the month and upto the end of next month w...
20 May, 2021, 07.39 PM IST
ICMR approves home-testing kit for Covid-19Under the recommended procedure, the user needs to download a mobile app which is available for both Android and iOS operating systems, and...
20 May, 2021, 07.04 AM IST
ICMR advises against indiscriminate COVID-19 home testing using Rapid Antigen Test kitThe ICMR said the home testing mobile app is available in Google play store and Apple store and must be downloaded by all users. The mobile...
19 May, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
Bihar to start door-to-door surveys in rural areasBihar has seen a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases over the past one week. On Monday evening, the state had reported 5,920 new cases over the...
19 May, 2021, 07.47 AM IST
Genpact suggests routine testing of staff to help open up the economyThis method helps in detecting asymptomatic carriers and, over time, the infection rate of people working in office is much lower, Genpact ...
11 Apr, 2021, 07.29 PM IST
Mumbai's COVID-19 test positivity rate falls to 5% for the first time since March05 Dec, 2020, 05.02 PM IST
Delhi tops country's Covid-19 tally, experts call for lockdownWhile the govt blames festivals and people’s laxity in adhering to social distancing and other Covid-appropriate behaviour for the surge, d...
12 Nov, 2020, 10.39 AM IST
Planning a holiday? Here are the coronavirus related rules of different states for touristsIf you test Covid-positive, quarantine will follow as per the state protocol. Bookings at hotels are being permitted with strict safety gui...
29 Sep, 2020, 09.48 AM IST
Assam relaxes quarantine rules for air travellers coming from other statesThe state government has developed a mobile app through which air passengers can fill up forms and show it at airports to avoid delay in co...
26 Sep, 2020, 08.08 AM IST
Private hospitals agree to handover 50% of ICU beds to Telangana governmentThis agreement was arrived at a meeting the Telangana health minister Etela Rajender held with the representatives of the private hospitals...
13 Aug, 2020, 11.10 PM IST
India's recovered COVID-19 cases more than active cases per million: GovtIndia has 315.8 recovered cases per million, while the active cases per million in the country is at a "low level" of 186.3."This shows tha...
08 Jul, 2020, 08.08 AM IST
Workplaces won’t be sealed if Covid case is found: OfficialsThe ministry and ICMR are now considering containment and steps such as pool testing.
28 Apr, 2020, 01.21 PM IST