Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 11 (ANI): Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases in Chandigarh, the Punjab Governor and Union Territory (UT) Administrator, VP Singh Badnore directed its officials to procure 10,000 additional antigen kits to enhance the COVID-19 testing in the UT.
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has urged all States and Union Territories (UTs) to mandatorily retest all symptomatic negative cases of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) through gold-standard RT-PCR tests to diagnose COVID-19.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 9 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir administration is screening all the government employees for COVID-19 through Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) method under one roof at the Directorate office in Lal Mandi of Srinagar.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 5 (ANI): Antigen testing will be increased in containment areas in the city area of Pune to combat COVID-19 spread, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 4 (ANI): An aggressive Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) drive for COVID-19 testing is underway in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu division and 34,000 tests have already been conducted in the last 10 days.
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Friday said that Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) for COVID-19 is now available at Veer Savarkar International Airport, Portblair, Andaman and Nicobar.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): In view of the increasing corona infection cases in the city, the Kanpur District Magistrate held a meeting with all the top officials of the city and directed them to take measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Jharkhand government will start a Special Rapid Antigen Testing Drive (SRATD) in all districts of the state to identify coronavirus patients, according to the state Directorate of Information and Public Relations.
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.
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.
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.