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Punjab to set up 4 new COVID-19 testing facilities
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 22 (ANI): The Punjab Government on Monday announced that the state would set up four new COVID-19 testing facilities with four ad-hoc assistant professors and 131 essential staff to boost testing capacity.
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COVID-19 test charges capped at Rs 2,000 in Chandigarh
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 22 (ANI): The Chandigarh Administration has decided to cap the charges for COVID-19 tests in the city at Rs 2,000.
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18,000 COVID-19 tests being conducted each day: Arvind Kejriwal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that testing has been increased by three times in the city and now 18,000 tests are being done per day in the national capital.
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Over 69 lakh COVID-19 tests conducted till June 21: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday informed that over 69 lakh COVID-19 tests were conducted by various laboratories across the country, including 1,43,267 tests on June 21.
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Delhi HC stays proceedings of FIR against Ganga Ram Hospital for 'violatin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed the proceedings of an FIR registered against Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on the complaint of Delhi government for allegedly flouting the rules pertaining to COVID-19 tests.
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Trump faces criticism over "slow down" COVID-19 testing remark
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 22 (ANI): Donald Trump's remark, during his first Presidential campaign in Tulsa, Oklahoma amid the coronavirus pandemic, that he had asked officials to "slow the testing down" has sparked criticism from experts and his own staffers.
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Trump says he urged health officials to 'slow' down COVID-19 testing as '
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Oklahoma [US], June 21 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) said was encouraging coronavirus response workers to slow down testing, arguing that increased tests lead to more cases being discovered.
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People will refrain from COVID-19 testing due to compulsory institutional
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): AAP leader Atishi on Saturday hit out at Delhi Lieutenant General (LG) Anil Baijal for making 5-day institutional quarantine compulsory for COVID-19 patients in the national capital.
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Kerala: Mandatory pre-flight COVID-19 testing for 'Pravasies' from June 25
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 20 (ANI): Kerala government said that passengers travelling on flights from overseas to state from June 25 should get themselves tested and have COVID-19 negative results before boarding the flights.
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Ramp up COVID-19 testing in containment zones, hospitals: ICMR to States
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Balram Bhargava, has directed all states to ramp up testing for COVID-19 in containment zones and hospitals.
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12,680 tests conducted in Delhi today using 'Rapid Antigen Testing' Kit: S
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday informed that 12,680 tests were conducted in Delhi using 'Rapid Antigen Testing' Kit, out of which 951 people were found positive for COVID-19.
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Uttarakhand CM sanctions Rs 11.25 cr for purchasing three machines to incr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 19 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has sanctioned an amount of Rs 11.25 crore for purchasing three testing machines for Dehradun, Haldwani and Srinagar medical colleges to increase COVID-19 testing in the state.
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