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COVID-19: Kerala HC refuses to stay govt's order to cap RT-PCR test rate a
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], May 7 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Friday refused to put a stay on a recent order by the Kerala government to reduce the price of RT-PCR test for detecting coronavirus from Rs 1,700 to Rs 500 for private laboratories.
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Negative RT-PCR report must for those arriving in West Bengal by train, sa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 7 (ANI): Those arriving in West Bengal by train must carry a negative RT-PCR report for a test conducted within 72 hours of train departure, the Railways have said.
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Smartworks partners with MediBuddy as healthcare services partner
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Delhi NCR [India], May 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Smartworks, India's leading managed office space provider, today announced that it has partnered with MediBuddy, India's largest digital healthcare platform. This partnership will allow Smartworks' members and employees to access online doctor consult
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Sukma borders on high alert over new mutant strain of COVID-19 in Andhra P
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Sukma (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 5 (ANI): The borders connecting Sukma district with Andhra Pradesh are on high alert regarding the new mutant strain of COVID in the state and people must carry an RT-PCR report to enter Sukma, informed the district administration.
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Nepal MPs undergo Covid tests ahead of session for Oli's floor test
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 5 (ANI): Members of Nepal's Federal Parliament are undergoing RT-PCR COVID tests from Wednesday ahead of the special session summoned next week for holding a floor test of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
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Kerala: Action to be taken against pvt labs for charging excess for COVID-
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 2 (ANI): The Kerala government on Saturday said action will be taken against private testing lab in the state if they charge people money in excess to the rates fixed for RT-PCR or other COVID-19 tests or turn people away.
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CCMB comes up with new COVID-19 testing method using dry swab
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 30 (ANI): Rakesh Mishra, Director of Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), on Friday said that they have come up with a new way of collecting COVID-19 samples using a dry swab technique/method for testing.
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Rapid antigen, RT-PCR tests giving mixed results, KCR is 'hale and healthy
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 30 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao who tested positive for COVID-19 last week, is "hale and healthy", said the Chief Ministers' Office (CMO) on Thursday.
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Karantaka to follow 'syndromic approach' due to increasing false negative
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 29 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday said that it has been decided to follow a "syndromic approach" in relation to COVID-19 cases considering increasing number of "false negative reports" in both RT-PCR and RAT tests.
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Amid COVID-19 surge, Nainital HC directs Uttarakhand govt to increase test
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 29 (ANI): Amid the massive surge in COVID-19 cases, Nainital High Court on Thursday ordered the Uttarakhand government to conduct 30,000-50,000 RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests in Dehradun, Haldwani, and Haridwar.
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RT-PCR test report may be negative when patients go for testing late with
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): If people with symptoms go for RT-PCR test late, after seven-eight days when symptoms become high, then there is a possibility of the test report coming negative, said the director, Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology, New Delhi.
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Registration on Smart City Portal, negative RT-PCR test mandatory to enter
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 22 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, tourists, devotees and others coming from outside Uttarakhand will only be allowed into Dehradun after registering on the Smart City Portal.
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