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COVID-19: Ramp up testing, vaccination, monitoring, says Health Minister M
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Health Minister, on Tuesday re-emphasised the need for ramping up testing for Covid-19 as well as its vaccination in the states and UTs.
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Punjab Chief Secretary orders officials to ensure 10,000 RT-PCR tests in s
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Punjab (Chandigarh) [India], August 11 (ANI): In order to ensure that the COVID-19 situation in Punjab remains under control, Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Wednesday directed the concerned departments to ramp up testing and conduct at least 10,000 RT-PCR tests in schools daily.
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'Uttarakhand should increase COVID-19 testing, lay more thrust on mobile t
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 22 (ANI): Uttarakhand should ramp up testing for COVID-19 and boost mobile testing in areas where access and availability of health services is a challenge, says a district-wide ground report prepared by a non-profit organisation.
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Best time to take COVID test is after 1-2 days of symptoms: Dr Lal PathLab
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Amid thrust to ramp up testing as the country deals with a surge in the COVID-19 cases in the second wave of pandemic, Dr Lal PathLabs Managing Director Dr Arvind Lal on Saturday said the best time to get a test done to check the presence of the virus is one
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Drive-in COVID-19 testing centres set up in MP's Indore
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 28 (ANI): In a bid to ramp up testing in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, two drive-in COVID-19 testing centres have been set-up at the Nehru Stadium and Dussehra Maidan in the city by the municipal corporation.
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Ramp up COVID-19 testing amid festive season: U'khand CM to district offic
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], November 12 (ANI): After reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the state on Thursday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat directed authorities to ramp up testing and ensure that people follow all health protocols amid the ongoing festive season.
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HC suggests Delhi govt to ramp up testing through RT-PCR, says Antigen tes
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday suggested the Delhi government ramp up testing through RT-PCR as Rapid Antigen Testings does not give accurate reports and asked the expert committee to conduct a meeting to consider on this regard.
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Centre asks 9 states with high active COVID-19 caseload to strictly implem
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Friday reviewed the management of COVID-19 in nine states with the high active caseload and asked them to urgently ramp up testing, augment health infrastructure and ensure effective clinical management.
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COVID-19: Union Health Secy, ICMR ask states, UTs to ramp up testing capac
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General, Dr Balram Bhargava, have written to all states and union territories (UTs) to ramp up COVID-19 testing capacity.
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Ramp up COVID-19 testing in containment zones, hospitals: ICMR to States
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Balram Bhargava, has directed all states to ramp up testing for COVID-19 in containment zones and hospitals.
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Delhi needs to ramp up testing with aggressive surveillance, contact traci
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], June 4 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday directed the Delhi government to ramp up COVID-19 testing followed by aggressive surveillance, contact tracing and stringent containment and perimeter control activities.
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India steps up procurement of testing, PPT kits from abroad
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): As India has entered the second phase of lockdown and the number of COVID-19 cases are on the rise, the country is escalating its efforts to ramp up testing.
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