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.
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): As many as 67 Indian firms have got approval from the Central Drug Standard Controller Organisation (CDSCO) for antibody rapid testing kits for testing COVID-19.
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.
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.
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that mass testing is key to fighting the coronavirus but India is critically short of testing kits.
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.
Karachi [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): Sindh province has reported at least 1,214 cases of the coronavirus and yet the Central government has not provided the province with cargo planes to import COVID-19 test kits, the provincial government officials have alleged.
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.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 8 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday launched the indigenous COVID-19 testing kits at his camp office. With this, the manufacturing of the kits started in the state by Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ), Visakhapatn
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.
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Twenty new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in the national capital, taking the total number of coronavirus cases to 523 in Delhi, while the toll rose to 7, said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday.
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday said that an order has been placed for 5 lakh rapid antibody testing kits for conducting COVID-19 tests and 2.5 lakh kits will be delivered by April 9.