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COVID-19 tests done of close contacts of Punjab Police officer who tested
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 13 (ANI): The close contacts of the Punjab Police Officer, who was tested COVID-19 positive on Monday, have been tested and the results are awaited, said Rakesh Agrawal, Ludhiana Police Commissioner.
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Free COVID-19 testing only for poor, SC modifies earlier order
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed that COVID-19 tests will be conducted free of cost for the poor and needy people across the country. The apex court modified its earlier order in the matter.
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All 49 samples in Kupwara test negative for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 13 (ANI): All 49 samples taken for COVID-19 testing in Kupwara have turned out to be negative, but the strategy of aggressive testing for hotspot returnees and contacts will continue in the district, said the Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, on Monday.
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Private labs should be reimbursed at appropriate time for COVID-19 tests,
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): The General Secretary of Resident Doctors' Association, AIIMS, Dr Srinivas Rajkumar T said the judgement by Supreme Court regarding free COVID-19 tests at private labs was in public interest, but there should be a proper mechanism wherein private labs sh
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Drive-through COVID-19 testing facility launched in Gurugram
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], April 12 (ANI): A drive-through sample collection centre has been set up in Gurugram to make COVID-19 testing easier for residents.
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Plea in SC seeks modification of free COVID-19 tests order
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): A petition was on Saturday filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to modify its earlier order which had directed all the private laboratories to conduct free tests for COVID-19.
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ICMR permits Odisha's MKCG Medical College and Hospital to conduct COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 11 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday permitted MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Odisha's Berhampur to conduct COVID-19 testing from April 13.
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Sonia urges state Congress chiefs to work for ramping up coronavirus testi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Noting that coronavirus testing rates in India continue to be among the lowest in the world, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday urged the state party chiefs to ensure that reliable testing mechanisms were ramped up and made available to every single
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Centre increases number of COVID-19 testing collection centres
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The Central government on Friday announced that COVID-19 testing capacity has been increased as the number of confirmed cases continues to rise.
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Sindh government urges Islamabad to be proactive in COVID-19 fight
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): Sindh province has reported at least 1,214 cases of the coronavirus and yet the Central government has not provided the province with cargo planes to import COVID-19 test kits, the provincial government officials have alleged.
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Just 2 pc of 16,002 COVID-19 tests have come out positive: Health Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Over 16 thousand tests for COVID-19 were conducted in the country, out of which just two per cent results came out positive, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
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Nuh district's clerics should ensure Tablighi Jamaat attendees get their C
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], April 10 (ANI): Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday appealed to the clerics in Nuh district to ensure that people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi should come forward and undergo test for coronavirus.
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