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Increase testing to 1.25 lakh per day, UP CM officials tells officials
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday asked officials to increase testing in the state and take the count of count of RT-PCR and antigen tests for COVID-19 to 1.25 lakh every day.
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Karnataka slashes RT-PCR test rates by Rs 500
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): The Karnataka government on Friday took a significant decision to reduce the RT-PCR test rates by Rs 500.
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India conducts over 8.48 lakh COVID-19 tests in last 24 hours: Health Mini
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): India has touched a new milestone with the highest number of COVID-19 tests in a single day so far, after a record high of 8,48,728 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tests to 2,76,94,416 on Friday, said the Union Health Minis
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RT-PCR a 'golden method' for COVID-19 testing, prevention strategy needs m
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday opposed the dominance of antigen tests in the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted, stating that state should use its full capacity for RT-PCR testing to detect coronavirus positive cases. Read More
Karnataka gets its first mobile COVID-19 testing labs
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 6 (ANI): Karnataka's Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar inaugurated state's first Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-approved mobile COVID-19 testing labs.
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Rapid Antigen tests comprise about 25-30 per cent of total COVID-19 tests:
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Out of total COVID-19 tests being conducted every day across the country, about 25-30 per cent tests comprise of rapid antigen tests, informed the union health ministry on Tuesday. So far, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has reported over two
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Odisha govt issues COVID-19 testing guidelines for private hospitals, labs
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Odisha Government on Saturday issued guidelines for all private hospitals, nursing homes and laboratories in the State, intending to start COVID-19 testing by Rapid Antigen and RT PCR method.
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Odisha: Jail authority asks police to conduct RT-PCR test of accused befor
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 31 (ANI): The Prisons authority in Odisha has asked the police to conduct RT-PCR tests of the accused persons before sending them to Jail for judicial custody, to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus among the inmates.
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Focus more on RT-PCR tests than Antigen tests: Fadnavis to Maha CM
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 29 (ANI): Leader of Opposition (LoP) Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and suggested him that to focus more on RT-PCR tests than antigen tests for COVID-19 as the accuracy of these antigen tests is
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Follow RT-PCR test guidelines, Kejriwal asks officials
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday directed city officials to strictly follow the government's guideline about doing a RT-PCR (real-time polymerase chain reaction) test on patients whose COVID-19 reports are negative despite showing symptom
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HC unhappy with decline in RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court expressed unhappiness with the decline in the number of RT-PCR tests for Covid-19 infection in the national capital and the non-availability of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) advisory, which empowers government and private
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Tejashwi Yadav attacks Nitish Kumar over lack of hospitals, RT-PCR testing
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 26 (ANI): Why is the RT-PCR testing capacity, to detect coronavirus, not being increased significantly in Bihar and why were no hospitals, even makeshift ones, constructed during the four months of the crisis, questioned Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejaswhi
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