Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Odisha government has ramped up COVID-19 testing to more than 50,000 tests per day and intended to further increase the testing number in a phased manner.
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday tested negative for COVID-19 and got discharged from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.
Washington DC [USA], Aug 17 (ANI): Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori has withdrawn from the Western and Southern Open after being tested positive for COVID-19, the player said on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Focussing on aggressive testing, India has surpassed three crore COVID-19 tests with the aim to keep both positivity rate and fatality rate low, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said on Monday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Odisha conducted more than 1 lakh COVID-19 tests within the last two days as the state government continues to focus on improving the testing rate in the state to control COVID-19.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 16 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday directed the authorities to ensure all efforts to conduct one lakh COVID-19 tests each day across the state.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 16 (ANI): After Ram Janmabhoomi trust head Nritya Gopal Das tested positive for novel coronavirus infection, Shiv Sena's mouthpiece Saamna on Sunday questioned if Prime Minister Narendra Modi will follow quarantine regulations as he shared the stage with him
Washington [US], August 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new COVID-19 testing method based on analysing saliva samples.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer and Uttar Pradesh Minister Chetan Chauhan's condition is critical as he is admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram for treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, said hospital on Saturday.