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COVID-19 test price in Delhi capped at Rs 2,400
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Delhi government on Thursday announced a price cap at Rs 2,400 for COVID-19 RT-PCR test.
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IATA issues criteria for COVID-19 testing in air travel process
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released criteria for the use of COVID-19 testing in the travel process.
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ICMR issues advisory on Antigen detection test for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended the use of Standard Q COVID-19 Ag detection assay (antigen detection test) as a point of care diagnostic assay for testing under certain settings in combination with RT-PCR test.
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Maharashtra caps maximum price for RT-PCR tests at Rs 2,200
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 13 (ANI): The Maharashtra government on Saturday capped the maximum price for RT-PCR tests, which is conducted to detect coronavirus, at Rs 2,200.
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Over 5 million COVID-19 tests done: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Over five million RT-PCR tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus behind COVID-19 pandemic - have been done in the country, India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said.
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Sanitise-Mask-Social distancing alongwith RT-PCR testing must to combat co
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Saturday organised a roundtable to deliberate on the future containment strategy for COVID-19. The roundtable was attended by leading epidemiologists, public health experts and members from
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Bombay HC orders RT-PCR tests for frontline staff in Vidarbha
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], June 1 (ANI): The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Monday directed Maharashtra government and other competent authorities to test all frontline workers in Vidarbha region of the state for COVID-19 through reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-P
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Combating COVID-19: Efforts on to develop vaccine in 1 year, will cost USD
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): India is making efforts to develop vaccine to treat COVID-19 patients, which will cost USD 2-3 billion, said Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India, here on Thursday.
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Prices of testing materials undergoing reduction; ICMR asks States, UTs to
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has asked all states and Union Territories to revise the cost of RT-PCR tests for coronavirus at private laboratories, saying the prices of testing materials are "undergoing reduction."
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India gifts COVID-19 PCR test kits to Nepal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 17 (ANI): India on Sunday gifted a consignment of Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and antibody test kits to Nepal which will enable their health professionals to conduct COVID-19 tests on at least 30,000 people in the country.
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Centre has not sanctioned rapid testing kits yet, says Delhi health minist
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): As the coronavirus cases continue to surge among the frontline workers, Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain, on Thursday, said that the centre has not sanctioned Rapid Testing Kits and the available RT-PCR test is a "complicated one". Delhi reported 9 dea
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Combating COVID-19: Now 13 private labs in Delhi to conduct RT-PCR test
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has expanded the list of private laboratories performing real-time RT-PCR COVID-19 test in the national capital from eight to thirteen labs, said the Delhi's Directorate of Health Services on Thursday.
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