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Indigenous coronavirus testing kits will be available in May: Dr Harsh Var
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that the country will be able to produce indigenous coronavirus-testing kits by May.
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TN to return 24,000 rapid test kits
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 28 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government has decided to return 24,000 rapid test kits received by them and stated that the current orders also stand cancelled as per the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) directives.
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We have sufficient amount of testing kits: Lav Agarwal
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Monday said that sufficient amount of testing kits are available in the country and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is working as per the need.
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Combating COVID-19: ICMR advises States to go for RT-PCR test
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday advised the State governments to go for the RT-PCR test, which "detects the virus early and is the best strategy to identify and isolate the individual."
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Udit Raj's tweet on price of coronavirus test kits is fake news: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday rejected a tweet by Congress leader Udit Raj that coronavirus test kits are being sold at Rs 4,500 and shared the duly prescribed prices for the kits.
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Rahul Gandhi urges PM to take strict action against 'profiteering' in COVI
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the strictest action against the alleged profiteering in coronavirus rapid test kits procurement.
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Congress targets Centre over antibody test kits being purchased at higher
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): A day after Delhi High Court asked to make COVID-19 test kits available at the lowest cost possible, Congress leader Ahmed Patel targetted the Central government over antibody test kits being purchased for Rs 600 per piece by the Indian Council of Medical R
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Make COVID-19 test kits available at lowest cost possible: Delhi High Cour
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has directed that COVID-19 related tests should be made available to the general public at the lowest cost possible as the country is going through an unprecedented medical crisis affecting public order.
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We can manufacture 3 lakh improved COVID-19 rapid testing kits per day: MD
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Manesar (Haryana) [India], April 25 (ANI): SD Biosensor, a bio-diagnostic company, has started manufacturing COVID-19 rapid test kits here with a capacity to produce 5,00,000 such kits per week. The development is seen as a major relief for India as the infection is spreading at a rapid pace
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IIT-Delhi develops COVID-19 test kit, gets ICMR's approval
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has developed a COVID-19 test kit, which has got the approval of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Instead of depending on Chinese testing kits, ICMR should approve indigeno
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 24 (ANI): Local Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said that instead of depending upon faulty coronavirus testing kits imported from China, using the indigenously developed testing methodologies made by two institutes in Kerala will be more judici
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Union HRD Minister meets IIT-D Director to discuss COVID-19 detection assa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): The Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Friday met V. Ramgopal Rao, the director of IIT Delhi to discuss about COVID-19 detection assay.
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