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COVID-19 testing crosses 1 crore mark, recovery rate at 61.13 pc
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): India crossed the one crore COVID-19 testing mark and the recovery rate reached 61.13 percent on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Karnataka govt issues notice to Apollo hospital for overcharging patient f
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 6 (ANI): Karnataka government on Monday issued a notice to the Apollo Hospital for overcharging for a COVID-19 test and asked to submit an explanation for charging Rs 6,000 for the test.
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Andhra Pradesh: TDP Chief accuses YSRCP govt of running a SMS COVID testin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu has accused the YSRCP government of running an "SMS testing racket" and cheating the public regarding the number of tests conducted. He further appealed to the Centre to look into the matter.
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Bihar CM tests negative for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 5 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday tested negative for COVID-19.
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Private labs should apply for NABL accreditation to initiate TrueNat/CBNAA
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has written to all states/UTs saying that all private laboratories in their state who intend to initiate TrueNat/CBNAAT based testing for COVID19 should be encouraged to immediately apply for NABL accreditation to ens
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Not acceptable that pvt labs stop conducting onsite COVID tests: Delhi HC
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday pulled up private laboratories, those who have stopped conducting onsite tests for COVID-19, observing that the number of cases of COVID-19 infection are shooting up phenomenally.
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AIMIM leader wrote to TS Health Minister, urges to conduct 20000 COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 30 (ANI): AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi on Saturday wrote to Telangana health minister Eatala Rajender urging him to conduct over 20000 COVID-19 tests in Hyderabad and another 2000 tests within the Nampally assembly constituency.
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Combating COVID-19: NCDC, Delhi Govt jointly begin Serological Survey acro
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Delhi government in association with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday conducted national capital's first Serological Survey, wherein, the health care workers visited door-to-door to collect blood samples for COVID test.
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ICMR gearing up to conduct 4 lakh COVID tests per day
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): In order to combat COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is taking all steps to attain a capacity to conduct four lakh coronavirus tests per day, a government official said on Friday.
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Consider as representation PIL to test advocates, judicial officers for CO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Delhi government to consider as a representation a PIL seeking directions to take necessary steps for testing advocates, judicial officers, court staff and their family members for COVID-19.
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20 minute drive-through COVID testing facilities increased in Delhi, priva
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): With a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases seen in Delhi and the introduction of new protocols by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and the Arvind Kejriwal-led government to aggressively increase COVID testing in the nation's capital, private labs too have scaled
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Sindh reports shortage of COVID testing staff amid Pak's claim of controll
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Amid the Pakistan's claim of having controlled the spread of coronavirus in the country, reports of Sindh facing a shortage of COVID-19 testing staff have surfaced.
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