Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 14 (ANI): All those who are inbound to Uttarakhand, who are given exemption from institutional and home quarantine by submitting their COVID-19 test result from an ICMR authorized lab, not earlier than 96 hours from time of travel can opt for taking
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], September 12 (ANI): The ambulance providing free walk-in COVID-19 testing has reached Tharike village here on Saturday. The facility has been provided by the Punjab government for the people in rural areas.
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), on Saturday, launched the COVID-19 testing facility for international transit passengers at the Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3 in collaboration with Genestrings lab.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 11 (ANI): Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases in Chandigarh, the Punjab Governor and Union Territory (UT) Administrator, VP Singh Badnore directed its officials to procure 10,000 additional antigen kits to enhance the COVID-19 testing in the UT.
Kalaburgi (Karnataka) [India], September 11 (ANI): the district administration of Kalaburgi in Karnataka has begun COVID-19 testing in rural areas through Primary Health Centers (PHC).
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has urged all States and Union Territories (UTs) to mandatorily retest all symptomatic negative cases of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) through gold-standard RT-PCR tests to diagnose COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Delhi government on Wednesday announced that a prescription from a qualified medical practitioner is not required for COVID-19 testing in the national capital.
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): India has crossed the five-crore mark for sample testing of the novel coronavirus as of September 7, informed the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday, adding that 10,98,621 samples were tested for the pathogen on Monday.
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he has directed Health minister Satyendar Jain that doctor's prescription should not be asked for COVID-19 testing in Delhi.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 8 (ANI): Pune Municipal Corporation on Monday issued a show-cause notice to three private testing labs in the city for not providing updated testing data on a daily basis to the district administration.
Patna (Bihar) [India], September 7 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that some people in the state keep criticising his government but they do not know that the government has increased the testing capacity for COVID-19 to 1 lakh 50 thousand per day.
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): Now, any individual can get themselves tested for COVID-19 on-demand and no emergency procedure (including deliveries) should be delayed due to lack of test, the Union Health Ministry has said in an updated advisory on COVID-19 testing.