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Los Angeles becomes first US city to offer free COVID-19 testing for all
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], April 30 (ANI): Los Angeles will begin offering coronavirus testing for free to all citizens regardless of whether they have symptoms, Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Wednesday, adding that LA is the first major US city to take such an initiative.
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UP CM orders extensive testing for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered that testings be done for COVID-19 at an extensive level, said Awanish K Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, on Wednesday.
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Indigenous coronavirus testing kits will be available in May: Dr Harsh Var
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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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Udit Raj's tweet on price of coronavirus test kits is fake news: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday rejected a tweet by Congress leader Udit Raj that coronavirus test kits are being sold at Rs 4,500 and shared the duly prescribed prices for the kits.
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Saudi inks USD 265 mn deal with China to combat COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 27 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has signed a strategic deal worth USD 265 million with China to significantly expand the Kingdom's coronavirus testing capacity amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Gulf nation.
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FIR against JD(S) MLC, son for protesting against COVID testing of journal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mandya (Karnataka) [India], April 25 (ANI): An FIR was registered against JD(S) MLC KT Srikante Gowda, his son, and three others for protesting against coronavirus testing of journalists in Karnataka's Mandya city on Saturday.
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Instead of depending on Chinese testing kits, ICMR should approve indigeno
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 24 (ANI): Local Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said that instead of depending upon faulty coronavirus testing kits imported from China, using the indigenously developed testing methodologies made by two institutes in Kerala will be more judici
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Tigress dies at Delhi Zoo, sample sent for corona testing at Bareilly
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): The blood sample of a 14-year-old tigress, which died at the Delhi Zoo on Wednesday from kidney failure, has been sent for coronavirus testing at Bareilly by authorities.
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US House approves interim $484 bn COVID-19 relief bill
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 24 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Thursday (local time) passed a coronavirus pandemic relief bill of USD 484 billion that provides funding for small businesses, hospitals and coronavirus testing.
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South Korean company to supply 5 lakh coronavirus testing kits to India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday informed that the country will be procuring five lakh coronavirus testing kits from South Korea.
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Rajasthan govt to test journalists for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 22 (ANI): Rajasthan Health Department has decided that the media persons will undergo Coronavirus testing after some of the media persons tested positive in other states of the country.
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UP's Jajmau declared 'red zone' after 6 students test positive for COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 20 (ANI): Jajmau has been declared as 'red zone' after six students tested positive for coronavirus here on Sunday, police said.
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