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Amid COVID-19 surge, Delhi to increase testing capacity to 80K per day
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Amid the recent spike in coronavirus cases, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday informed that COVID-19 testing will be increased to 80,000 per day in the national capital, adding that the Delhi government has ordered an increase of 220 ICU
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ISL 7: Rs 17 crore spent on 'COVID testing and other related costs'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], March 14 (ANI): The seventh edition of the Indian Super League (ISL) came to a close with Mumbai City FC crowned champions. The season, which marked the return of major sports events in India, had a mega journey amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bihar Dy CM terms allegations of COVID-testing data fudging as 'totally ba
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): Terming the allegations of fudging in COVID-19 testing data in Bihar as "totally baseless", Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad on Friday said that the work of officers, healthcare workers and others who served the citizens during COVID-19 shou
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Govt looking into COVID-testing data fudging, guilty will be punished: Bih
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], February 12 (ANI): After RJD MP Manoj Jha asked for a high-level inquiry into fudging of COVID-19 testing data in Bihar, state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that the state administration is looking into the matter and action will be taken against people fo
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Govt lab in J-K's Anantnag aids Covid-19 testing efforts in Kashmir
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 2 (ANI): In a bid to enhance Covid-19 testing facilities in Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir administration recently inaugurated a new Molecular Biology Laboratory at Government Medical College in Anantnag.
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Covid-19 testing lab team doubled at IGI Airport for passengers arriving f
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): In the wake of the government's directive to conduct mandatory RT-PCR testing for all passengers and crew arriving from the United Kingdom, the organisation tasked with conducting Covid-19 tests at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Genestrin
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Study reveals new AI software to help determine Covid-19 infection probabi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington (US), December 13 (ANI): During a recent study conducted at the University of Vermont and Cedars-Sinai, the collaborating researchers using routine blood tests were able to procure high accuracy in predicting the probability of Covid-19 infection.
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Exponential surge in India's COVID testing; cumulative tests nearing 13.5
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): With 11,59,032 COVID-19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tests in India are nearing 13.5 crore (13,48,41,307), the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday.
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COVID testing being undertaken at Delhi-UP border
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Gazipur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 24 (ANI): In light of the increasing number of daily COVID-19 in Delhi, rapid testing for the virus is being conducted at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border near Gazipur.
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Punjab Chief Secretary asks officials to identify, test minimum of 15 cont
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 21 (ANI): Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Saturday directed the Administrative Secretaries to ensure that a minimum of 15 contacts of each positive patient must be identified and tested as per the COVID-19 guidelines amid the surge in cases in the
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With over 10 lakh tests a day, India crosses milestone of 13 crore COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): As many as 10,66,022 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours increasing India's total cumulative tests to 13,06,57,808, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Saturday.
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COVID-19: India conducts 46 pc of RT-PCR, 49 pc antigen tests so far
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday informed the country has conducted at least 49 per cent of rapid antigen tests, while about 46 per cent of RT-PCR tests and nearly five per cent of tests were conducted through CB-NAT and TrueNat for the novel coronav
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