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UK returnees to be tested for COVID on arrival between Jan 8 and Jan 30
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): All passengers coming from the UK between January 8 and January 30 would be mandatorily subjected to self-paid RT-PCR tests on arrival at the Indian airports concerned, the health ministry said in a standard operating procedure (SOP) issued on Saturday.
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All passengers arriving from UK today, tomorrow to undergo RT-PCR tests
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Just minutes after the Civil aviation ministry banned all flights arriving from the United Kingdom from December 22, the ministry issued a circular stating that all passengers arriving from the UK today and tomorrow will have to undergo mandatory RT-P
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HC issues notice to Delhi govt on plea against capping cost of RT-PCR test
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Delhi government on a petition against the latter's decision to cap the cost of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for COVID-19 at Rs 800.
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Plea in SC seeks refund of 'exorbitant amount' charged for Covid tests
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday seeking directions for the immediate refund of the "exorbitant amount" charged for RT-PCR test of Covid-19 by private labs and hospitals across the country.
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Gujarat government caps COVID-19 RT-PCR tests at Rs 800
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], December 1 (ANI): The Gujarat government on Tuesday capped the price of COVID-19 RT-PCR test at Rs 800, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel said.
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Delhi to reduce RT-PCR test rate, announces Kejriwal
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that he has directed officials to reduced the rates of RT-PCR tests in the national capital in an effort to help those who want their tests done in private labs.
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SA vs Eng: We don't know our best XI yet, says Morgan
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], November 26 (ANI): Ahead of the first T20I of the three-match series against South Africa, England skipper Eoin Morgan on Thursday said that the side does not know its best playing XI yet.
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Uttarakhand govt revises prices of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing, RT-PCR
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], November 26 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government on Thursday fixed the maximum permissible cost for COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing across laboratories in the state at Rs 679 and RT-PCT tests at Rs 850 in government hospitals and Rs 900 (inclusive of sample collec
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SC seeks Centre's response on plea to fix cost of RT-PCR tests at Rs 400 a
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Central government on a plea seeking directions to cap the cost of RT-PCR tests for testing suspected COVID-19 patients at Rs 400 across the country.
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Bring down COVID-19 positivity rate under 5 pc, increase RT-PCR tests: PM
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India is in a better situation than other countries when it comes to coronavirus recovery and fatality rates but asserted that the positivity rate needs to be brought down to under five per cent and th
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Number of RT-PCR tests exceeds Rapid Antigen Testing in Delhi, 250 ventila
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): For the first time, the number of RT-PCR tests in Delhi exceeded Rapid Antigen Tests and as many as 250 new ventilators were delivered to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) hospital to expand the COVID-19 treatment capacity in th
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MHA directs ICMR to increase Delhi's COVID-19 testing facility from 27,000
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): To ramp up Delhi's COVID-19 testing facilities, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has increased RT-PCR testing capacity from 27,000 tests per day to 37,200 RT-PCR tests per day, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday.
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