Bharatpur [Nepal], Apr 1 (ANI): Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population has advised all hospitals and medical centers not to use any sort of rapid test kits raising doubts over its standards.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Researchers at Banaras Hindu University's Department of Molecular and Human Genetics on Tuesday said that they have invented a new coronavirus test kit that can give "accurate results in 5-6 hours".
Prague [Czech Republic], Mar 28 (ANI): After Spain, the Czech Republic has reported that the majority of coronavirus test kits provided by China are faulty.
Madrid [Spain], Mar 27 (ANI): Spanish health authorities have warned that the rapid coronavirus tests that the country purchased from China are faulty. They are not consistently detecting positive cases, thereby showing an accuracy level below 30 per cent, making them unusable.
California [USA], Mar 20 (ANI): After banning ads on masks, Facebook has announced that it will ban ads for related products to prevent people from misusing the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak to sell items at inflated prices.
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar 4 (ANI): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has ordered his Cabinet officials to purchase 5,000 coronavirus test kits, following the confirmation of second coronavirus case in Karachi and surfacing of multiple suspected cases in the country.