A day earlier confusion was created due to misinterpretation of revised guidelines by a civic official who had said that the Brihanmumbai M...

The BMC official said passengers testing positive for coronavirus in the rapid test will then have to undergo routine RT-PCR test, while th...

The elusive sibling (sub-lineage) of the Omicron variant, BA.2, cannot be picked up by the imported RT-PCR kit having an S gene drop, resea...

Two tests -- RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests -- are used to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID.

All asymptomatic passengers who have been vaccinated with both doses of COVID-19 vaccine and more than 15-days have passed since the admini...

Doctors says false-negative reports can be misleading as patients tend to ignore symptoms given the heavy reliance on RT-PCR testing alone ...

Tamil Nadu has conducted over 2.50 crore RT-PCR samples since the onset of pandemic last year. On Thursday, the testing of samples reached ...

The 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 ...

The CM has directed that the state increase the number of RT-PCR tests to 150,000, UP’s additional chief secretary of information, Navneet ...

The lack of RT-PCR tests is mainly being blamed on the state government’s notification earlier this month making it mandatory for all home ...

Doctors across the state are coming across an increasing number of cases where patients test negative in RT-PCR but their high-resolution C...

Mumbai 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...

The RT-PCR test should be done by passengers on arrival at Bengaluru Airport, irrespective of whether they had a negative certifcate for th...

According to the notification issued by the health and family welfare department, anyone undergoing RT-PCR test at private laboratories, wi...

"From today, the government-authorised private laboratories will charge Rs 800 for an RT-PCR test, a reduction of Rs 700 from the current r...

Maharashtra 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...

The 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...