Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 24 (ANI): Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajender on Tuesday said that private laboratories should not conduct COVID-19 tests from a business perspective.
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): After the government reduced prices for RT-PCR tests from Rs 4,500 to Rs 2,400, private labs claim to face serious hardship which in turn could force them to stop some of their services.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): Maharashtra now has 103 COVID testing labs in the state, 60 are government laboratories and rest 43 are private labs, said State Health Ministry.
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Delhi government why it was not allowing private labs and hospitals dealing COVID-19 patients to conduct rapid antigen tests and noted that it has not been able to meet its own targets of conducting the same in the na
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 15 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar said on Monday that there are 73 COVID-19 testing labs in the state including 34 private labs.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Government of India on Monday informed that the number of labs for COVID-19 testing has increased to 901 including 653 government and 248 private labs while the recovery rate has risen to 51.08 per cent.
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 14 (ANI): As throat swab samples started piling up in government-operated labs around the nation, the government of Nepal has decided to let private labs conduct the tests.
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.
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued advisory and invited applications from Government and Private labs which have Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT) facility.
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): With the country battling COVID-19, a growing thrust is being laid on testing and private labs are also supplementing efforts of the government.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 18 (ANI): The Karnataka government has fixed the cost of test for COVID-19 in private laboratories at Rs 2,250, an official said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday said that there are 81 private labs across 14 States and one Union Territory in the country to conduct COVID-19 test.