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India's coronavirus cases rise to 6761, government takes steps to scale u
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The COVID-19 cases in the country saw another single-day high of 896 taking the total number to 6761 as the government continued to take steps to contain its spread through a series of measures including scaling up testing capacity.
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ICMR recommends testing of symptomatic coronavirus cases in hotspots
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The testing strategy in the country has been extended to include all cases with symptoms of COVID-19 in the identified hotspots, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday.
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Mohali : Max Hospital granted permission to collect COVID-19 samples
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
SAS Nagar (Punjab) [India], April 10 (ANI): Mohali District Magistrate Grish Dayalan on Friday granted permission to Max Super Speciality Hospital, Phase-6 to collect samples for testing of COVID-19.
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Sindh government urges Islamabad to be proactive in COVID-19 fight
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
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.
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Mayur Vihar Phase-1 residents demand sanitisation after Vardhaman Apartmen
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Residents at the Vardhaman Apartment, Mayur Vihar Phase-1, which was sealed following a COVID-19 positive case, have complained that proper sanitisation has not been carried out in the apartment or in the adjacent areas.
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ICMR validates TB testing machine to detect COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Tuberculosis testing machine would be used for detecting COVID-19, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Friday.
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ICMR validates TrueNat for COVID-19 screening tests
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has validated TrueNat - a tuberculosis testing machine for COVID-19 screening tests.
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Plea in SC seeks mass house-to-house testing to identify infected COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to the Central government to carry out mass house-to-house tests for identification of COVID-19 infected persons in hotspot cities and to contain the spread.
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FICCI calls for balance to normalise economic activity, control COVID-19 s
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The exit strategy of countrywide lockdown amid coronavirus pandemic should aim towards bringing about a fine balance that on one hand normalises economic and social activity and yet contains the disease from spreading and getting out of control, the Federat
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urges Yogi Adityanath to increase COVID-19 testing,
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urging him to increase the capacity of testing and treatment of coronavirus in the state.
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Akshay Kumar pledges Rs 3 cr to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for COV
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
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.
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Rahul Gandhi's alertness played major role in combating COVID-19 in Congre
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 10 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday credited Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's alertness in playing a major role in combating coronavirus in the Congress-ruled states and said his government will soon start on the process of exte
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