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Kerala starts antibody tests at airports
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 28 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja has said that the state has started antibody tests in airports for expats.
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India gifts COVID-19 PCR test kits to Nepal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 17 (ANI): India on Sunday gifted a consignment of Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and antibody test kits to Nepal which will enable their health professionals to conduct COVID-19 tests on at least 30,000 people in the country.
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Combating COVID-19: NIV-Pune develops India's first antibody testing kit -
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has successfully developed India's first indigenous antibody testing kit -- ELISA -- to combat COVID-19.
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ICMR to conduct study in about 75 districts to check for community transmi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is all set to start a study in about 75 districts of the country that have the maximum number of COVID-19 cases to check whether community transmission in India has started.
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Indigenous coronavirus testing kits will be available in May: Dr Harsh Var
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that the country will be able to produce indigenous coronavirus-testing kits by May.
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Not a single rupee lost on rapid antibody test procurement
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday said that not a single rupee was lost on rapid antibody test procurement.
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Congress targets Centre over antibody test kits being purchased at higher
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): A day after Delhi High Court asked to make COVID-19 test kits available at the lowest cost possible, Congress leader Ahmed Patel targetted the Central government over antibody test kits being purchased for Rs 600 per piece by the Indian Council of Medical R
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Faulty antibody testing kits will be returned to respective countries: Dr.
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said faulty antibody testing kits will be returned to the respective countries, whether it is China or any other nation.
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Waiting for good kits from ICMR: Kerala Health Minister
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 24 (ANI): Kerala health Minister KK Shailaja on Friday said that her government is waiting for good kits from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to conduct antibody tests.
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Coronavirus: 400 tonnes of medical supplies arrived from China
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): China supplied nearly 400 tonnes of coronavirus-related medical supplies including RT-PCR test kits, Rapid Antibody Tests, PPE kits and thermometers, said Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday adding that 20 more flights are expected to bring more suppli
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ICMR team visits NCI-Jhajjar to validate Chinese rapid antibody test kits
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): A team of scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday visited AIIMS's National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Jhajjar in Haryana to conduct the field validation of Chinese manufactured rapid antibody testing kits.
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ICMR fresh guidelines suggest rapid antibody test only for surveillance, l
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has directed all States/UTs to follow fresh protocol under which the rapid antibody test should be used only for the surveillance purpose, while reiterating the RT-PCR tests must be continued vigorously as the p
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