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- Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands
  Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship. The vessel is expected to...
  08 May, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
- More Chinese cities impose COVID curbs as Shanghai cases rise
  The Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, a central Chinese manufacturing area that includes Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, announced a 14-day lock...
  16 Apr, 2022, 01.34 PM IST
- Lateral flow tests can detect Covid from day 3 to day 8, for RT-PCR it's up to 20 days: ICMR DG
  "It takes time for the virus to grow in your system and that is known as the latent period. From day three it will be detectable in the Lat...
  12 Jan, 2022, 09.41 PM IST
- Rapid RT-PCR test mandatory for all international passengers landing in Mumbai
  The BMC official said passengers testing positive for coronavirus in the rapid test will then have to undergo routine RT-PCR test, while th...
  05 Jan, 2022, 10.02 AM IST
- ICMR advises against indiscriminate COVID-19 home testing using Rapid Antigen Test kit
  The 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
- COVID-19: Vardhan presses for mandatory retesting of all symptomatic RAT negative cases
  During a meeting, Vardhan interacted with Lt Governor Anil Baijal and Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Kumar Jain in presence of senior offi...
  05 Nov, 2020, 09.52 PM IST
- Delhi: 85% symptomatic negative cases of rapid-antigen tests underwent retest in October
  The increase in retesting numbers came after Special Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Udit Prakash Rai issued a directive to all distr...
  27 Oct, 2020, 07.50 PM IST
- PM Modi asks CMs of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi to ramp up RT-PCR testing
  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...
  24 Sep, 2020, 09.50 PM IST
- Rapid antigen tests are cheaper & give quick results but RT-PCR tests are more reliable, say scientists
  If someone has symptoms, he/she should be retested. The idea is that no positive Covid-19 cases are missed.
  17 Sep, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
- Rapid antigen tests can be no more than adjunct to RT-PCR in corona battle: Scientists
  The ministry noted that symptomatic cases tested negative by RATs are not followed up by RT-PCR testing in some large states. The idea is t...
  11 Sep, 2020, 05.35 PM IST
- Health Ministry asks states, UTs to mandatorily retest all symptomatic RAT negative cases
  The ministry has also urged them to urgently establish a monitoring mechanism via a designated officer or team in every district and at the...
  10 Sep, 2020, 01.53 PM IST
- ICMR issues advisory allowing 'testing on demand' for COVID-19
  The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory on COVID-19 testing strategy, allowing 'testing on demand' for individ...
  05 Sep, 2020, 11.08 AM IST
- Tamil Nadu government releases new norms for mandatory quarantine and testing of travellers
  Thermal screening is mandatory for people coming from other States and Union Territories by air, rail or road and for those coming from oth...
  04 Sep, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
- Karnataka sees a drop in RT-PCR tests as government pushes for cheaper antigen kits
  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...
  06 Aug, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
- Not toeing Central line, Bihar to discharge patients only after they test negative
  The Centre had earlier this month come out with a revised discharge policy, which laid down that Covid-19 patients in healthcare facilities...
  28 May, 2020, 11.55 PM IST
- Evidence doesn't indicate COVID-19 transmission risk from people discharged on revised criteria: Government
  The ministry on May 9 issued the new discharge policy according to which coronavirus infected patients developing severe illness or having ...
  11 May, 2020, 05.54 PM IST
- Coronavirus suspects will only be discharged after two negative tests in 24 hours: Govt
  The case shall still be monitored for 14 days after their last contact with a confirmed 2019-nCoV case. In case the laboratory results are ...
  16 Mar, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
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