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Delhi government sets up COVID-19 testing camps at Okhla Mandi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Delhi government has set up COVID-19 testing camps at Okhla Mandi. Both antigen and RT-PCR tests are being conducted every day.
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IATA welcomes measures by Spain, France to open air travel
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 12 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed relaxation of COVID-19 border measures for vaccinated passengers and the broader use of affordable antigen testing adopted by Spain and France this week.
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Uttarakhand govt to probe Mahakumbh COVID-19 testing data
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 11 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government has ordered an inquiry against all the private labs doing rapid antigen tests after discrepancies were found in COVID-19 testing data during Mahakumbh earlier this year.
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DBT-NII receives Trademark for India's first indigenous tumour antigen SPA
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): India's first indigenous tumour antigen, SPAG9 discovered by Dr Anil Suri, head of Cancer Research Program at Delhi based National Institute of Immunology (NII), an Autonomous Institute of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), in 1998 has received the trademark
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Pune lab launches India's first-ever self-testing kit for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Pune's Mylab Discovery Solutions on Thursday launched India's first-ever self-testing kit for COVID-19, which has received the approval of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Rapid Antigen tests advised only for symptomatic people, immediate contact
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday said that only symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of COVID-19 positive patients are advised for home testing by Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT).
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13 states have over 1 lakh active cases, 17 states reports less than 50,00
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Ministry of health on Tuesday informed that over 1 lakh active Covid-19 cases are in 13 states and less than 50,000 Covid-19 active cases are in 17 states across the country.
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Migrant workers returning Jharkhand to undergo COVID test on arrival
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 5 (ANI): In view of the surging COVID cases, the Jharkhand government on Wednesday released new guidelines for coronavirus management and stated that all migrant workers returning to the state will have to undergo Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) on arrival.
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Rapid antigen, RT-PCR tests giving mixed results, KCR is 'hale and healthy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 30 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao who tested positive for COVID-19 last week, is "hale and healthy", said the Chief Ministers' Office (CMO) on Thursday.
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Amid COVID-19 surge, Nainital HC directs Uttarakhand govt to increase test
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 29 (ANI): Amid the massive surge in COVID-19 cases, Nainital High Court on Thursday ordered the Uttarakhand government to conduct 30,000-50,000 RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests in Dehradun, Haldwani, and Haridwar.
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Nanobody neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 and variant
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], April 24 (ANI): A cocktail of high-affinity nanobodies, which are small antigen recognition domains, from alpacas were able to neutralize both wild-type severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the N501Y D614G variant, said researchers in a new study
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Labs in Delhi halt services over delay in giving out test results amid COV
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): A rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and exceeding requests for either RT-PCR or antigen tests has abruptly forced a majority of private laboratories to stop collecting swab samples even from testing centres for at least two days.
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