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COVID-19: Omicron found in 94 per cent of positive samples in Kerala, says
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 28 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said that most of the positive COVID-19 samples, sent for the genome sequencing, are being tested positive for the Omicron variant of the virus while there are fewer Delta variant samples.
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Delhi reports 24,383 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): Due to a decline in the number of samples tested, Delhi witnessed a decline in its daily COVID-19 cases, reporting 24,383 COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, said the state government on Friday.
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18 fliers from at-risk countries tested positive for COVID-19, samples sen
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Health Minister Manuskh Mandaviya said on Friday that RT-PCR tests have been done of 16,000 passengers from 'at risk' countries and 18 samples have been sent for genome sequencing to determine if they have Omicron variant of the virus or not.
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Over 12 lakh COVID-19 tests conducted in India in past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Over 12 lakh COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours with which the total tests conducted crossed 59.57 crore, informed Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday.
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India conducts over 11 lakh COVID-19 tests in last 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): In an effort to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, over 11 lakh samples were tested in the last 24 hours with which the total tests conducted so far crossed 58.88 crores, informed Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday.
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India reports 35,662 new COVID cases in last 24 hrs, over 55.07 Cr samples
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): India reported 35,662 fresh COVID-19 cases and 281 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Saturday.
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Knowhow of economical, environment-friendly saline gargle RT-PCR technique
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has transferred the know-how of indigenously developed saline gargle RT-PCR technique, used for testing COVID-19 sa
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Delhi: Fire at 9th floor of AIIMS brought under control, no casualty repor
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): The fire that broke out here at the ninth floor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital has been brought under control and no casualties have been reported yet, said the Fire Department on Thursday.
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Delhi zoo sends samples of some animals for COVID-19 testing at IVRI Barei
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Samples of some of the animals including a lion had been sent to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Bareilly for testing of COVID-19 infection, said National Zoological Park authorities.
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CCMB comes up with new COVID-19 testing method using dry swab
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 30 (ANI): Rakesh Mishra, Director of Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), on Friday said that they have come up with a new way of collecting COVID-19 samples using a dry swab technique/method for testing.
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COVID-19: 70 pc samples mostly from Chandigarh sent to NCDC for testing in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 16 (ANI): Amid the surge of coronavirus cases across the country, 70 per cent of Covid-19 samples sent to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, in March had the UK variant of
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HC asks Delhi govt to reply to plea against illegal collection of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Delhi government to file a reply on a plea seeking initiation of contempt action against authorities for not adhering to the earlier direction to take action against unauthorised online health service aggregators f
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