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Gujarat: Four UK returnees detected with new coronavirus strainFour persons who recently returned to Gujarat from the United Kingdom (UK) have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus, a top st...
Govt spots nine districts with low testing and high positivity rateThese are in addition to the hot list of 25 districts which are a cause for worry to the government due to their high test positivity rate,...
ICMR revises COVID-19 testing strategy, returnees with ILI symptoms will be tested within 7 daysBesides, asymptomatic direct and high-risk contacts of a confirmed case are to be tested once between day five and day 10 of coming in cont...
Government 'diluting' COVID-19 testing guidelines: CongressAccording to Union health ministry's revised discharge guidelines for people infected with coronavirus, very mild, mild and pre-symptomatic...
Five Air India pilots, two AIESL staff test positive for coronavirus"Five Air India pilots have tested positive for coronavirus. These pilots were tested one after one. We suspect it could be a case of fault...
China says Indian criticism of coronavirus test kits is "irresponsible"The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the top agency dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, said on Monday it planned to return th...
India’s spending on Covid-19 tests crosses Rs 100 croreThe figure includes the estimated expenditure of the state governments and takes into account only reverse transcription polymerase chain r...
Mass testing key to fight corona, India no where in game: Rahul GandhiStating that the country has quite low level of testing for coronavirus infection, Rahul Gandhi said with only 149 tests per million popula...
The 'phone booths' that are making Covid tests in India easier, quicker and saferIt is low-cost; each costs Rs 15,000-20,000. It is also portable — it can be mounted on a car and transported.
Covid-19 battle: World Bank offers $1bn for proposed India projectThe idea of the project will be to respond and mitigate the Covid-19 threat and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness ...
How can you find out if you have Coronavirus? You will have to take one of these 5 testsHere we try to collate the relevant info on how it is being tested and found out if one has caught coronavirus that has already killed in t...
Coronavirus: All symptomatic cases could soon be tested, tooAn empowered group that had been set up to look at the testing protocol met on Tuesday and deliberated upon the need to extend testing to a...
Covid-19 battle: Govt suggests ‘off label’ use of combo drugsThe revised clinical management guideline for Covid-19 management says that no specific antivirals have been proven to be effective as per ...
India to buy PPEs, but no testing kits, from ChinaThe production of N-95 masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) had taken a massive hit as vital components are imported from China an...
E-diagnostic firm KlinicApp starts home tests for coronavirus in MumbaiA person is considered to be at risk of having COVID-19 if they have travelled to an area with ongoing community transmission in the last 1...
ICMR may cap price of each coronavirus test at Rs 4,500-Rs 5,000 for private labs: OfficialThe Union health ministry had on Tuesday issued guidelines for private sector laboratories intending to initiate coronavirus testing while ...
ICMR changes strategy for coronavirus testing in IndiaICMR has said foreign returnees must stay in quarantine for 14 days and tested only if they become symptomatic.
Roche Diagnostics India first private firm to get COVID-19 test approvalSwiss firm Roche Diagnostics India received the license for conducting coronavirus tests after approval from drug regulator DCGI, making it...
Accredited private labs to be allowed to test for Covid-19Asked whether others who are symptomatic but do not fit the current criteria could be tested too, Bhargava said, “All those who require tes...
Coronavirus suspects will only be discharged after two negative tests in 24 hours: GovtThe case shall still be monitored for 14 days after their last contact with a confirmed 2019-nCoV case. In case the laboratory results are ...