Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 17 (ANI): Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal has said that COVID-19 testing in the district will soon be done through rapid testing kits procured through ICMR.
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Compared to other countries that are battling COVID-19 crisis, in India around 24 tests are conducted for one positive COVID-19 case, Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said here on Thursday.
Beijing [China], April 16 (ANI): A total of 6.5 lakh medical kits for rapid testing of COVID-19 has been despatched from Guangzhou Airport in China and is set to reach India later on Thursday, government sources said today.
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 13 (ANI): Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday said that the government has started conducting tests at Asilo and Mapusa with rapid testing kits received from Molbio Diagnostics.
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday said that 16 antibody-based rapid tests have been validated at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, so far and eight of them were found satisfactory.
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Actor Akshay Kumar has pledged to contribute Rs 3 crore to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to assist the making of personal protection equipment, masks and rapid testing kits to help the battle against COVID-19.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 9 (ANI): Punjab has decided to launch rapid testing drive to screen one million people, said state's Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Thursday, adding that modalities are also being worked out for large scale manufacture of PPE kits in the state.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 9 (ANI): The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will procure one lakh rapid test kits for COVID-19 from South Korea, officials of the civic body said.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): As the country battles the COVID-19 crisis, National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has validated seven antibody-based rapid tests for COVID-19 and has found them to be satisfactory.
Stuttgart [Germany], April 7 (ANI): German engineering and technology company Bosch has said its rapid test can detect a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection in patients within two-and-a-half hours.
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday announced that his government has placed an order of one lakh rapid testing kits which is set to arrive on Friday, will be used to conduct test for coronavirus in the Nizamuddin and Dilshad Garden area.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 4 (ANI): Kerala Health Ministry KK Shailaja on Saturday said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has granted permission to the State to conduct rapid tests and till now about 2,000 rapid test kits have been received.