Washington [US], May 12 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States will complete 10 million coronavirus testings this week, United States President Donald Trump said on Monday.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday decided to conduct a population-based sero survey in select districts of the country with an aim to monitor the trend in the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Chandigarh [India], May 11 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday pitched for extension of the lockdown with a "carefully crafted strategy", which is to be backed by fiscal and economic empowerment of the states to save lives and secure livelihood.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 11 (ANI): The West Bengal Doctors' Forum on Monday wrote to Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha expressing concern regarding healthcare workers testing positive in large numbers in the state and said that all in-patient department patients (IPD) need to be test
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 11 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday inaugurated four buses that have been converted into COVID-19 testing facilities in Bengaluru.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 11 (ANI): Two special trains carrying migrants are expected to arrive at Udhampur on Tuesday and accordingly the J-K administration has made arrangements for their COVID-19 tests.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 11 (ANI): A South 24 Parganas based private firm GCC Biotech India claimed it has developed indigenous 'real-time' COVID19 test kit costing only Rs 500 for a single test.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], May 10 (ANI): With 398 people testing positive for coronavirus in Gujarat on Sunday, the state's count of people infected with the virus has climbed to 8,195, said the Health Department.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has successfully developed India's first indigenous antibody testing kit -- ELISA -- to combat COVID-19.
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], May 10 (ANI): As many as 160 migrant workers staying at a quarantine facility in Muzaffarpur on Sunday, protested demanding COVID-19 testing and sanitization in the facility, after three people tested positive for the deadly virus.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): As many as 10 inmates who had tested positive for COVID-19 and 30 others who were quarantined after showing symptoms of coronavirus, have returned to the Indore Central Jail after they were tested negative.