Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 9 (ANI): Karnataka health minister B Sriramulu on Thursday said that the government is planning to increase number of COVID-19 testing labs and technicians in the state.
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said that during the last 24 hours, 2,62,679 COVID-19 samples have been tested of which more than 53,000 samples have been tested in private labs. The cumulative number of samples tested, as of now is 1,04,73,771.
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
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 3 (ANI): Odisha Government has fixed up the maximum price for RT-PCR COVID-19 test conducted by ICMR approved private laboratories at Rs 2200.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 3 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Quidich is proud to announce the successful completion of India's First No-Permission No-Takeoff (NPNT) compliant drone flight on the A200 Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS).
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Mylan laboratories to manufacture and market the anti-viral drug remdesivir for 'restricted emergency use' on hospitalised COVID-19 patients, a senior government official said on Thursday.
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.
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The total number of people tested for COVID-19 in the country will soon touch one crore mark as Centre removed all bottlenecks and took steps to pave way for enhanced testing, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 29 (ANI): Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday said that with the addition of four new testing labs the state's testing capacity will be increased to 20,000 per day by July end and ruled out an extension of lockdown in Punjab.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 27 (ANI): The cost of testing for COVID-19 in private labs has been fixed between Rs 2000 to Rs 2200 in the state, said Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The Government of India on Saturday said that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has supplied diagnostic material for carrying out 4.7 lakh RT-PCR tests to the 12 functional labs in Delhi, till date.
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): A report released on Friday by Ericsson Consumer Labs suggests that 89 per cent of Indians aged 60 and above agree that reliable video calling helped them to stay in touch with persons close to them during the COVID-19 outbreak.