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Harsh Vardhan launches India's first mobile laboratory for COVID-19 testin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday launched India's first mobile laboratory for COVID-19 testing in rural and inaccessible areas of India.
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'The Bold and the Beautiful' production halted to expand COVID-19 testing
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [India], June 18 (ANI): After resuming for production just a day before, the long-running television show 'The Bold and the Beautiful' has been once again halted.
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Over 5 lakh COVID-19 tests carried out in UP, govt aiming to increase dail
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 18 (ANI): With approximately 18,000 thousand tests being carried out per day, the number of COVID-19 tests conducted in Uttar Pradesh have crossed the five lakh mark, according to the Chief Minister's Office.
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Karnataka directs random COVID-19 testing to ensure effective surveillance
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 18 (ANI): The Karnataka Government has directed random testing using RT-PCR pooled sample technique, for slum dwellers, vendors/bill collectors, delivery boys of food chains and couriers, to ensure effective surveillance in view of recent increase in COVID
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IATA issues criteria for COVID-19 testing in air travel process
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released criteria for the use of COVID-19 testing in the travel process.
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IIT Hyderabad researcher develops AI-powered low-cost, point of care COVID
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 17 (ANI): Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad researcher has developed an Artificial Intelligence-powered COVID-19 test, which can be performed at an affordable cost.
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COVID-19 testing capacity reaches 3 lakhs samples a day: Health Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): India has tested 59,21,069 COVID-19 samples and the country now has the capacity to test 3 lakh samples per day, said Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Tuesday.
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Odisha to conduct door to door health screening for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 16 (ANI): In a bid to ensure COVID-19 testing of all symptomatic persons and close contacts of people infected with the novel coronavirus, ASHA and ANM workers have been tasked to conduct door to door health screening in Odisha.
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73 labs for COVID-19 testing in Tamil Nadu: Health Minister
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 15 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar said on Monday that there are 73 COVID-19 testing labs in the state including 34 private labs.
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Telangana: Congress demands free COVID-19 testing for all in containment z
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 15 (ANI): The Congress has termed the decision of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to permit private hospitals and labs to test and treat COVID-19 patients as a move which is "too little" and "too late" to contain the spread of COVID-19 in th
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India has now 901 labs for COVID-19 testing, recovery rate at 51%
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Government of India on Monday informed that the number of labs for COVID-19 testing has increased to 901 including 653 government and 248 private labs while the recovery rate has risen to 51.08 per cent.
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Delhi govt asks labs to increase their COVID-19 testing capacity
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): The Delhi Government on Monday issued an order to private and government laboratories, asking them to work with their full capacity and increase their COVID-19 testing capacity.
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