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Thiruvananthapuram to introduce area-specific random COVID-19 testing
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 25 (ANI): With the state capital reporting an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and at least in five active cases, the source of infection couldn't be traced, the district administration for the first time is introducing area-specific random s
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Private labs in Delhi raise concerns over price capping of COVID-19 testin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): After the government reduced prices for RT-PCR tests from Rs 4,500 to Rs 2,400, private labs claim to face serious hardship which in turn could force them to stop some of their services.
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1,000 COVID-19 testing labs in India: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday said that it has now facilitated setting up 1,000 laboratories across the country for testing COVID-19 samples.
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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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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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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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Centre to conduct 6 lakh rapid COVID-19 tests in Delhi, will provide addit
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Centre has decided to conduct six lakh rapid antigen COVID-19 testing at 169 new facilities in Delhi, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Thursday.
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Premier League: 1 tests positive in latest round of COVID-19 testing
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 18 (ANI): The Premier League on Thursday confirmed one more coronavirus positive case in the latest round of testing.
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