Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 3 (ANI): Punjab government has given the go-ahead to launch a pilot project for COVID-19 rapid antigen testing from the coming week.
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday announced that rapid antigen testing kits have now reached Leh after setting up a lab for RT-PCR testing.
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday said that during the meeting with Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi over COVID-19 situation on Thursday, Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised on increasing testing using Rapid Antigen Test Kits
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Congress MP B Manickam Tagore has written to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan regarding the need to expand Rapid Antigen Test to southern districts of Tamil Nadu.
Chandigarh [India], June 28 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical and Research (ICMR) has initiated a programme of clinical trials for rapid antigen detection assays for COVID-19 patients and PGIMER, Chandigarh has been selected as one of seven premier tertiary care hospitals across the count
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday said that it has invited all the manufacturers who have developed rapid antigen-based detection assays for coronavirus, for validation.
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Delhi government on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it is making all out efforts to conduct high number of COVID -19 tests and from June 18 and June 23, around 1,09,196 samples have already been collected, including 68,041 rapid antigen tests.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 23 (ANI): Rapid Antigen Testing kits have arrived in Uttar Pradesh and will be used from June 24 for COVID-19 tests with special focus on six districts, said Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish K Awasthi on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Delhi government why it was not allowing private labs and hospitals dealing COVID-19 patients to conduct rapid antigen tests and noted that it has not been able to meet its own targets of conducting the same in the na
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that testing has been increased by three times in the city and now 18,000 tests are being done per day in the national capital.
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday informed that 12,680 tests were conducted in Delhi using 'Rapid Antigen Testing' Kit, out of which 951 people were found positive for COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Centre has decided to conduct six lakh rapid antigen COVID-19 testing at 169 new facilities in Delhi, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Thursday.