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US authorises use of saliva test for COVID-19: FDA
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new COVID-19 testing method based on analysing saliva samples.
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Cardi B reveals she spent USD 100K on COVID-19 testing before filming 'WAP
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): American rapper Cardi B recently revealed that she had spent USD100,000 for COVID-19 tests before shooting the video of 'WAP'.
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India conducts over 8.48 lakh COVID-19 tests in last 24 hours: Health Mini
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): India has touched a new milestone with the highest number of COVID-19 tests in a single day so far, after a record high of 8,48,728 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tests to 2,76,94,416 on Friday, said the Union Health Minis
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Ludhiana: Locals beat up health worker who pursued them for COVID-19 test
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Locals beat up a health worker when he went to a village in the Dehlon Police Station area of Ludhiana to motivate symptomatic people to get tested for COVID-19 on Thursday.
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956 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): A total of 956 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday taking the total count of cases in the national capital to 1,49,460.
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With highest single-day spike of 66,999 cases, India's COVID-19 tally reac
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): India on Thursday registered highest single-day spike of 66,999 cases and reported 942 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Odisha: Nine Urban Health Centres begin COVID-19 testing, seven more to st
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): In order to encourage people to step forward in large numbers for COVID-19 testing, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in association with the Health and Family Welfare Department has started rapid antigen testing of local citizens at nine
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Showcause notice to SRL Ltd for showing wrong COVID test results
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Chief Medical Officer of Prayagraj has issued a show-cause notice to SRL Ltd for showing the COVID-19 test results of some patients as positive on its website though the actual results were negative.
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Need to increase COVID-19 testing in 10 most-affected states: PM Modi tell
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that there is a need to increase coronavirus testing in states where the testing rate is low and the positivity rate is high. He added that "if we defeat coronavirus in these 10 states then the country will also
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No country comes close to US in Covid testing, India stands second: Trump
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday asserted that no other country comes close to the United States with regard to COVID-19 testing while stating that India stands second.
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US Ohio governor warns against seeing COVID-19 tests as unreliable
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 10 (Xinhua/ANI): Governor Mike DeWine of U.S. state of Ohio on Sunday warned Americans against seeing coronavirus tests as unreliable after he received a false positive result ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the key swing state.
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RT-PCR a 'golden method' for COVID-19 testing, prevention strategy needs m
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday opposed the dominance of antigen tests in the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted, stating that state should use its full capacity for RT-PCR testing to detect coronavirus positive cases. Read More
