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India performs 1 crore COVID-19 tests in last 9 days, consistent dip in po
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Thursday informed that the country has conducted about one crore tests to diagnose coronavirus in the last nine days. The government mentioned that on average, nearly 11 lakh COVID-19 tests were being performed every day for t
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COVID-19 testing strategy changed in Delhi, says Satyendar Jain
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that the government has changed testing strategy for COVID-19, now the family members and close contacts of COVID-19 positive patients are also being tested, hence, the national capital is witnessing a
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Kochi based medical devices maker launches new Covid-19 testing kit
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 28 (ANI): Agappe Diagnostics Ltd, a Kochi-based medical devices manufacturer, is launching a new Covid-19 test kit based on RT-LAMP (Reverse Transcription Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification) technology.
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Randeep Hooda undergoes COVID-19 test ahead of 'Unfair and Lovely' shoot
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 28 (ANI): Actor Randeep Hooda underwent COVID-19 test before beginning shooting for his upcoming project 'Unfair and Lovely' post lockdown.
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Several States, UTs exhibiting higher COVID-19 positivity rate than nation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): There is a need for 'aggressive and widespread testing' as 14 states and Union Territories (UTs) are exhibiting positivity rate higher than the national average for COVID-19, said the Union Health Ministry on Friday.
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India has conducted 10 crore COVID-19 tests: ICMR
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New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): India has achieved the milestone of conducting 10 crore COVID-19 tests, ICMR said on Thursday noting that the figure was achieved after over 10 lakh samples were tested on average per day for the past 17 days.
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IIT Kharagpur's low cost COVID-19 testing method gets ICMR nod
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], October 22 (ANI): A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur has developed a low-cost portable unit for rapid diagnostics of coronavirus, which produces results in under an hour.
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Delhi HC asks ICMR, CSIR to reply on pendency of approval to FELUDA test f
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): The Delhi High Court asked Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to file affidavits regarding pendency of approvals to 'FELUDA', a test used for detecting COVID-19 infection.
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Delhi HC asks ICMR, CSIR to file affidavits on pendency of approval to COV
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New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked ICMR and CSIR to file affidavits regarding pendency of approvals to FELUDA, a test used for detecting COVID-19 infection.
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The Rockefeller Foundation awards new grants to scale up COVID-19 testing
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], October 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): To support the expansion of COVID-19 testing and contact tracing across India, The Rockefeller Foundation announced two new grants to The Center for Cellular and Molecular Platforms and PATH.
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With very high COVID-19 testing, India's positivity rate fallen below 8 pc
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New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): As India has scaled up its COVID-19 testing capacity from one in January to over 9.32 crore at present, the positivity rate has fallen below 8 per cent, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Sunday.
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India's COVID-19 testing crosses 9 crore-mark
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New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): India has crossed the 9-crore mark of COVID-19 testing across the country on Wednesday after 11,45,015 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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