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Two arrested in Hyderabad for providing fake RT-PCR test reports, COVID va
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 21 (ANI): Hyderabad Police arrested two people for providing fake RT-PCR COVID-19 test reports without taking swabs and vaccination certificates without administration of the physical doses.
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Delhi government slashes COVID testing rates; RT-PCR to cost Rs 300, RAT n
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Delhi government on Thursday slashed the maximum price of the RT-PCR COVID-19 test at private laboratories from Rs 500 to Rs 300.
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Delhi govt conducting three times more COVID-19 tests than required by ICM
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said that the government is conducting three times more COVID-19 testing than required by the Indian Council of Medical Research guidelines and informed that the city is likely to report nearly 17,000 new
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UK to abolish mandatory PCR Test for vaccinated people returning to countr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom will abolish mandatory COVID-19 tests for all fully vaccinated travelers returning to the country by the end of January, the Times reported on Sunday, citing a source close to UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
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Biden administration to begin distributing at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests t
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): The Biden administration has decided to build on significant actions to expand testing capacity and increase access by distributing at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests to Americans for free.
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COVID-19 testing is necessary to break the chain of transmission, says hea
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Amid the continuous rise in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant, a health expert says it is important that we get tested to break the chain of transmission as avoiding the test and just assuming the presence or absence of COVID infection will
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COVID-19: Record 40,000 tests conducted in Kashmir in a single day
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 13 (ANI): The Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) on Wednesday conducted more than 40,000 COVID-19 tests across Kashmir hospitals which is the highest single-day figure during the two years of the pandemic in the region.
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Revised ICMR guidelines welcome step, no need of unnecessary testing asymp
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): There is no need for unnecessary testing of asymptomatic individuals in community setting and the revised ICMR guidelines for COVID-19 testing are a welcome step, Dr Puneet Misra, Professor of Community Medicine at AIIMS Delhi has said.
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LS Speaker visits COVID-19 testing facility in Parliament complex, says ar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Tuesday inspected the Parliament House Complex (PHC) to take stock of the health safety related measures and other preparations in light of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the country.
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COVID-19: Contact testing not required unless high risk people involved, s
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): Any person, who has come in contact with a COVID-infected patient, does not need to be tested unless the person is identified in the 'high-risk' category based on age or comorbidities, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said in its latest gu
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MoS Ajay Bhatt tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Defence and Tourism Ajay Bhatt on Monday said that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in home isolation.
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114 cops, 18 senior officers test COVID positive in last 24 hrs, informs M
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 10 (ANI): Amid the surge in the COVID-19 cases, 114 police personnel and 18 senior officers including 13 Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCPs), four Additional Commissioner of Police (CPs) and one Joint CP (Level Officer) have tested COVID-19 positive in
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