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Increase testing to 1.25 lakh per day, UP CM officials tells officials
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday asked officials to increase testing in the state and take the count of count of RT-PCR and antigen tests for COVID-19 to 1.25 lakh every day.
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Arunachal Deputy CM tests negative for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein tested negative for COVID-19 in the second Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) conducted on Tuesday.
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Jharkhand launches rapid antigen testing drive in four districts
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Jharkhand Health Department has launched a rapid antigen testing drive for two days in four districts which have high caseload.
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Punjab CM directs 100 pc testing in micro containment, containment zones
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Hundred per cent testing in micro containment zones and containment zones must be done using Rapid Antigen Testing, said Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday.
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Odisha: Nine Urban Health Centres begin COVID-19 testing, seven more to st
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): In order to encourage people to step forward in large numbers for COVID-19 testing, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in association with the Health and Family Welfare Department has started rapid antigen testing of local citizens at nine
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Andhra's COVID-19 mortality rate low with aggressive testing: Jagan Reddy
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday said that the state could keep the COVID-19 mortality rate low with aggressive testing and contact tracing.
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RT-PCR a 'golden method' for COVID-19 testing, prevention strategy needs m
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday opposed the dominance of antigen tests in the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted, stating that state should use its full capacity for RT-PCR testing to detect coronavirus positive cases. Read More
COVID-19: J-K introduces rapid antigen tests for screening of travellers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir administration has introduced rapid antigen tests for detecting COVID-19 infection for people entering the Union Territory at Lakhanpur in Kathua.
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Rapid Antigen tests comprise about 25-30 per cent of total COVID-19 tests:
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Out of total COVID-19 tests being conducted every day across the country, about 25-30 per cent tests comprise of rapid antigen tests, informed the union health ministry on Tuesday. So far, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has reported over two
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Focus more on RT-PCR tests than Antigen tests: Fadnavis to Maha CM
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 29 (ANI): Leader of Opposition (LoP) Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and suggested him that to focus more on RT-PCR tests than antigen tests for COVID-19 as the accuracy of these antigen tests is
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HC unhappy with decline in RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court expressed unhappiness with the decline in the number of RT-PCR tests for Covid-19 infection in the national capital and the non-availability of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) advisory, which empowers government and private
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COVID-19 testing capacity should be continuously increased in UP: Yogi Adi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): Instructions were given to officers to continuously increase COVID-19 testing capacity in the state at the Team-11 meeting called by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday.
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