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Not enough COVID-19 testing kits, protection equipment for medical workers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Taking a veiled jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi call to light candles to fight the darkness spread by the pandemic, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said that there are not enough COVID-19 testing kits for people and personal protective e
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Final COVID-19 samples of 263 evacuees from Rome taken, results awaited: I
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 5 (ANI): The final samples of 263 evacuees from Rome that were placed in quarantine at Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) facility at Chhawla were done after 14 days of quarantine on Friday, reports are still awaited.
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Left parties call for stepping up testing for coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Left parties on Friday said that India's testing rate for coronavirus is among the lowest in the world and called for large-scale testing for the global pandemic to contain its spread.
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Centre should inform about steps taken to increase coronavirus testing: Co
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Congress said on Friday that less than 50,000 people have been tested for coronavirus in the country and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should tell about the steps being taken to increase testing.
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Edgbaston stadium to become COVID-19 testing centre
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 3 (ANI): Edgbaston cricket stadium will be used as a coronavirus testing centre by the National Health Service (NHS) in a bid to help in the battle against COVID-19.
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CWC calls for urgently scaling up coronavirus testing, says Centre has fol
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Thursday asked the Centre to urgently scale up testing for coronavirus, saying it has followed "a flawed strategy" and that lockdown is futile unless there is extensive testing.
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Combating COVID-19: Punjab doubles testing capacity
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Amid the growing threat of COVID-19, Punjab government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has pressed hard to combat this global pandemic and increased the testing capacity in double-fold at the Government Medical College (GMC) in Patiala
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Spain sends back China's coronavirus testing kits after they fail to work
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Mar 27 (ANI): Spanish health authorities have warned that the rapid coronavirus tests that the country purchased from China are faulty. They are not consistently detecting positive cases, thereby showing an accuracy level below 30 per cent, making them unusable.
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India gets first indigenous COVID19 testing kit
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): As part of efforts to tackle the spread of coronavirus, a Pune-based company has developed the country's first indigenous COVID19 testing kit. It has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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PIL in SC seeks directions to exponentially increase coronavirus testing c
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday seeking immediate direction to exponentially increase the number of COVID-19 testing centres in the country keeping in view the health hazards of coronavirus.
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COVID-19: Sanjay Singh moves special mention over need for more testing la
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh has moved a 'special mention' on the issue of coronavirus, calling for an increase in testing labs across the country, in the Rajya Sabha for Wednesday.
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ICMR in talks with private labs for COVID-19 testing
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): The Indian Council for Medical Research is contemplating to involve accredited private laboratories for engagement as coronavirus testing facilities in order to strengthen the diagnosis process for the disease.
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