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Congress demands SoP for delivery boys after pizza delivery boy tests coro
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): With a pizza delivery boy in Delhi testing positive for coronavirus, Congress on Friday demanded that a standard operating procedure for delivery boys should be prepared and notified and it should also apply to others exempted from lockdown.
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Andhra Pradesh receives one lakh COVID-19 rapid testing kits from South Ko
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 17 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh on Friday received one lakh COVID-19 rapid testing kits from South Korea, to increase the number of tests in the state and speed up the time taken to conduct these tests.
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51,000 samples tested for COVID-19 till now: Maharashtra Health Minister
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 17 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said that till now about 51,000 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the state.
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India steps up procurement of testing, PPT kits from abroad
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
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.
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Children below 11 years testing COVID-19 positive is new trend : AP health
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 17 (ANI): Children below 11-years of age testing positive for COVID-19 is a new trend in the Andhra Pradesh, according to Dr Jawahar Reddy, Special Chief Secretary (Health), state government.
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67 Indian firms get CDSCO approval for antibody rapid testing kits
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
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.
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COVID-19 testing will be done through rapid testing kits: Ludhiana DC
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
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.
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Telangana govt urges people associated with 'Markaz returnees' to reveal t
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 17 (ANI): Telangana Health Minister Eatela Rajendra has appealed to people who have come in contact with 'Markaz returnees' to come forward and reveal their identities for COVID-19 testing.
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UP starts pool testing for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 16 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh on Thursday started pool testing for COVID-19, becoming the first state in the country to attempt this method which aims at expediting the testing process for COVID-19.
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DRDO clears air over testing of PPE, says it doesn't certify kits
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Clearing the air over the testing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Thursday said that it does not certify kits provided to them for testing by any vendor.
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Contactless mobile van to provide doorstep testing for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): In a first of its kind, a contactless check-up clinic van for checking people for COVID-19 infection in hotspot areas has been designed by a tech company which will minimise the risk of transfer of virus between the patient and the healthcare workers.
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India's coronavirus cases over 12,700; ICMR says testing average for posi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): The number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 12,759 in the country as the government rejected suggestions that testing rate was not enough and laid thrust on people strictly following guidelines issued for the extended lockdown.
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