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COVID-19 testing is necessary to break the chain of transmission, says hea
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Amid the continuous rise in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant, a health expert says it is important that we get tested to break the chain of transmission as avoiding the test and just assuming the presence or absence of COVID infection will
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Revised ICMR guidelines welcome step, no need of unnecessary testing asymp
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): There is no need for unnecessary testing of asymptomatic individuals in community setting and the revised ICMR guidelines for COVID-19 testing are a welcome step, Dr Puneet Misra, Professor of Community Medicine at AIIMS Delhi has said.
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LS Speaker visits COVID-19 testing facility in Parliament complex, says ar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Tuesday inspected the Parliament House Complex (PHC) to take stock of the health safety related measures and other preparations in light of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the country.
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COVID-19: Contact testing not required unless high risk people involved, s
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): Any person, who has come in contact with a COVID-infected patient, does not need to be tested unless the person is identified in the 'high-risk' category based on age or comorbidities, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said in its latest gu
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Himachal CM instructs authorities to enhance testing, monitoring of cluste
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 8 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday instructed the authorities to enhance COVID-19 testing, effective monitoring of clusters in view of rising COVID-19 cases in the state.
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Swab samples of Cordelia cruise ship passengers sent for COVID testing, re
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 5 (ANI): Samples of 1,827 passengers onboard Cordelia cruise ship were sent for COVID-19 testing on Wednesday after the ship arrived in Mumbai from Goa with 66 passengers having tested positive for the infection, informed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporati
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Cases with fever, sore throat, breathlessness should be tested for COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Centre on Friday called upon states and union territories to consider anyone with fever, headache, sore throat, breathlessness, body ache as a suspect case of COVID-19 and conduct tests.
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GVCW announces the re-opening of more Greece Visa Application Centres acro
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 30 (ANI/PNN): Global Visa Center World (GVCW) has announced that Indian citizens and residents of India can now enter Greece following the Covid-19 testing protocol as a precautionary measure against the pandemic.
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Biden unveils plan to deal with Omicron cases; rapid at-home COVID tests,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): With COVID-19 cases again surging in the US because of the omicron variant, President Joe Biden unveiled new plans to increase support for hospitals, improving access to COVID-19 testing through hundreds of millions of rapid at-home tests and expanding
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Cyprus identifies first three Omicron cases: Health Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The first three cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant were identified in the coastal city of Limassol in Cyprus, the ministry of health said.
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Greece lifts travel restrictions for tourists from India
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), December 9 (ANI/PNN): The Global Visa Center World (GVCW) has announced that Indian citizens and residents of India can now enter Greece following the Covid-19 testing protocol as a precautionary measure against the pandemic.
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Punjab deputy CM orders 40,000 testing daily amid possible third wave of C
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 30 (ANI): Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Om Prakash Soni on Tuesday ordered 40,000 daily COVID-19 testing in the state following the reports of a spurt of a new variant in some parts of the world and a possible third wave of Coronavirus in the state, said
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