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  Random coronavirus test for people coming from Delhi to Noida from today

  India | November 18, 2020 10:02 IST

  People coming from Delhi to Noida will be randomly tested for the coronavirus from Wednesday (November 18), the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration, adjoining the national capital, in Uttar Pradesh said.

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  Plea in Supreme Court seeks to fix maximum rate for RT-PCR tests

  India | November 14, 2020 10:08 IST

  A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court on Friday seeking its direction to the Central government and all the state governments to fix the maximum rate for the RT-PCR test for COVID-19 to Rs 400 uniformly across India.

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  'FELUDA' test to roll out in next few weeks: Harsh Vardhan

  India | October 11, 2020 18:18 IST

  Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that rollout of the indigenously-developed faster and cheaper "FELUDA" Covid-19 test is expected in the next few weeks.

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  India’s Feluda COVID-19 test cheaper, faster alternative to RT-PCR diagnosis, say scientists

  India | September 28, 2020 19:05 IST

  More accurate than a rapid antigen test and almost as quick, India's CRISPR 'Feluda' coronavirus test that changes colour on detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be a cheaper, faster and simpler alternative to an RT-PCR diagnosis, scientists said.

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  Symptomatic antigen-negative patients to be retested using RT-PCR method: Delhi govt

  India | September 25, 2020 16:41 IST

  The Delhi government has asked all districts to retest all symptomatic patients, who have tested negative for COVID-19 on rapid antigen test, using the more reliable RT-PCR method, after it found the process was not followed in over 1,400 cases.

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  Researchers develop cheaper, faster, accurate Covid-19 test

  World | September 24, 2020 22:53 IST

  Researchers have developed a method for fast, cheap, yet accurate testing for Covid-19 infection. The method simplifies and frees the testing from expensive reaction steps, enabling upscaling of the diagnostics.

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  2.39 crore COVID tests conducted in India in August: Minister of State for Health

  India | September 20, 2020 14:01 IST

  India conducted 2.39 crore COVID-19 tests in August, of which 1.24 crore were done using rapid antigen kits, the government said on Sunday.

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  Coronavirus test in UP will now cost you ₹1600 only

  India | September 11, 2020 12:57 IST

  With the price of RTPCR test kits and reagents used for coronavirus testing coming down, the Uttar Pradesh government has reduced the charge for conducting the COVID-19 test to Rs 1,600 from Rs 2,500 by all labs including those privately owned. 

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  India coronavirus recoveries near 21 lakh as recovery rate touches 74 per cent

  India | August 20, 2020 16:55 IST

  The number of coronavirus recoveries has reached nearly 21 lakhs nationwide as the country's recovery rate rises to nearly 74 percent. 

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  Proposal for corona test for international flyers, may not require institutional quarantine if...

  India | August 18, 2020 17:27 IST

  People arriving from abroad in India will be required to go through a test for coronavirus at the airport and won't be required for an institutional quarantine period if results are found to be negative. However, the proposal is yet to get approval from the health ministry.

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  Chennai sees dip in COVID-19 positivity ratio amidst ramped up testing

  India | July 18, 2020 15:54 IST

  After clocking 37 per cent COVID-19 positivity ratio a month ago, the city has now brought it down to around 12 per cent following measures such as ramped up testing and increased surveillance, a top official of the Greater Chennai Corporation said on Saturday.

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  Bank ALERT: Cyber criminals to target customers promising free COVID-19 tests

  Fyi | June 27, 2020 15:00 IST

  Amid pandemic when people are active online more than ever, the risk of them being targeted through cyberattacks has also increased. In order to make people aware, banks are now making aware customers and sending alert messages asking them not to share confidential information.

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  Telangana targets 10,000 daily Covid-19 testing capacity

  India | June 24, 2020 20:16 IST

  Telangana aims to increase the Covid-19 testing capacity to 10,000 a day.

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  Chandigarh fixes Rs 2,000 for coronavirus test

  India | June 22, 2020 16:37 IST

  The Chandigarh administration on Monday fixed Rs 2,000 for a COVID-19 test. 

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  Health Department will conduct 50,000 random tests in Guwhati city: Sarma

  India | June 13, 2020 20:20 IST

  The Health Department will conduct 50,000 random tests in Guwahati city following the recent spike in COVID-19 positive cases, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

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  No survival benefit of treating COVID-19 patients with HCQ: Study

  India | June 06, 2020 19:22 IST

  Researchers have found that the drug hydroxychloroquine — with or without the antibiotic azithromycin — did not reduce the risk of ventilation or death, and was associated with longer length of hospital stay in COVID-19 patients.

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  Air India makes it mandatory for crew to check pre-flight COVID-19 test results are negative

  India | May 31, 2020 15:19 IST

  Air India has made it mandatory for its pilots and cabin crew members to check and confirm that their pre-flight COVID-19 test results are negative before they operate an aircraft, according to an official communication issued hours after the Delhi-Moscow flight incident involving a pilot on Saturday. 

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  COVID-19: With 10,000 tests per million, Jammu and Kashmir leads in testing in India

  India | May 25, 2020 22:52 IST

  With a testing rate of over 10,000 per million, Jammu & Kashmir is now leading all states in the country in testing.

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  Testing capacity for COVID-19 scaled up to 95,000 per day: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

  India | May 09, 2020 18:55 IST

  The testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.

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  Testing not enough, scientists examine sewage to gauge spread of coronavirus

  Science | May 01, 2020 14:16 IST

  Given that most Indians are unlikely to be tested for COVID-19, scientists are taking a cue from the country’s surveillance programme for polio and turning to sewage to get a clearer snapshot of how many people are infected with the coronavirus.