This can greatly reduce the cost of testing, the researchers said. The technology can not only detect COVID-19 but can also be applied to o...

"The decision on flight restrictions are in place until May 14," Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi told the Kathmandu Post. "However, char...

The state government will invoke the Epidemic Diseases Act to cap prices of the injectable drug, as it did last year to limit the prices of...

The pre-departure test service is currently available to Singapore Airlines and SilkAir passengers departing from Singapore, Jakarta and Me...

A negative COVID-19 polymerase test within 72 hours of entry is required for people from all countries and another test will be taken by th...

The people, who came in the past 15 days from the countries where a new COVID-19 strain has been found, should be quarantined and their con...

With a coronavirus vaccine now around the proverbial corner, Indrajit Hazra notices a change in the nature of waiting - from a weariness fo...

According to the new directive, if a patient gives sample at the laboratory or the sample is collected by a hospital and sent to the lab th...

Around 10 million antigen test kits are expected to be ready by July 15. This move will mark a significant shift in India’s testing strateg...

Youth-led protests on the streets of Kathmandu are picking up pace. The protestors called into question the government’s response to Covid-...

This outbreak is a lesson that technology being besotted with only one application of computational science is dangerous. Over the past dec...

Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K, who is in-charge of all matters related to COVID-19, said said 200-300 real time reverse transcripti...

South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again. Jeong Eun-kyeong, d...

PCR or Polymerase Chain Reaction test is the final to confirm presence of SARS CoV-2 virus in someone's body. Number of prepared PCR set up...

Although The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given nod to three private laboratories in Karnataka to do Covid-19 testing, sho...

Primers are short pieces of the DNA of a virus that is used for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests that help in reducing the time to dia...

Confirmation takes 12-24 hours as the test includes polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and a more sensitive form called reverse-transcription ...