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Delhi govt lodges FIR against Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for violating COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Delhi's Deputy Health Secretary Amit Kumar Pamasi lodged an FIR against Medical Superintendent of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for not using RT-PCR app for testing data and violating Epidemic Disease COVID-19 Regulation, 2020.
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Delhi government issues new guidelines for COVID-19 testing
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Amid rising cases of coronavirus in the national capital, the Delhi government has issued new guidelines for COVID-19 testing.
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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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Microsoft India supports IIT Delhi's projects on COVID-19 detection
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Microsoft India has supported two projects of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi that focuses on research to tackle the COVID-19 crisis.
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Combating COVID-19: Efforts on to develop vaccine in 1 year, will cost USD
Updated : 5 years, 10 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, 10 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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Health Ministry issues guidelines for RT-PCR pool testing
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on Thursday issued guideline for RT-PCR based pooled sampling for migrants and those returning from abroad and kept in quarantine facilities.
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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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Nepal reports 13 new cases, tally at 134
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 12 (ANI): Nepal on Monday reported 13 new coronavirus cases taking the country's coronavirus tally to 134.
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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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Agra jail inmate tests COVID-19 positive, 14 quarantined
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): The Senior Superintendent of Agra Central Jail has written a letter to the Director-General (Prison) informing him that an inmate of the jail has tested positive for COVID-19 in RT-PCR test.
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