Covid Tests
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Gautam Gambhir goes into self-isolation after COVID-19 case at home
Cricket | Nov 06, 2020, 05:24 PM ISTFormer India opener Gautam Gambhir has gone into self-isolation, awaiting a COVID-19 test result, after revealing that someone at his home has contracted the virus.
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Payal Ghosh tests negative for COVID-19
Celebrities | Oct 31, 2020, 12:45 PM ISTAfter Union minister Ramdas Athawale tested positive for Covid-19, Bengali actress Payal Ghosh had also undergone Covid-19 test. Payal’s COVID result is out and the actress has, fortunately, tested negative.
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After Maharashtra, Haryana reduces prices of RT-PCR, rapid antigen COVID-19 tests
India | Oct 30, 2020, 11:51 AM ISTAn order in this regard was issued by Rajeev Arora, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Haryana.
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SpiceJet starts facilitating coronavirus tests for passengers in India, UAE
India | Oct 27, 2020, 03:21 PM ISTSpiceJet has started facilitating COVID-19 testing for its passengers in India and the UAE with the help of VFS Global, a press release issued by the airline said on Tuesday.
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Symptomatic antigen-negative patients to be retested using RT-PCR method: Delhi govt
India | Sep 25, 2020, 04:41 PM ISTThe 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 | Sep 24, 2020, 10:53 PM ISTResearchers 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 | Sep 20, 2020, 02:01 PM ISTIndia 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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International passengers can opt for coronavirus test, waiting lounge at Delhi airport for Rs 5,000
India | Sep 12, 2020, 06:19 PM ISTDelhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport started its on-arrival coronavirus testing facility on Saturday wherein an international passenger can pay Rs 5,000 to avail an RT-PCR test and also use the waiting lounge, said senior officials of its operator DIAL.
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Starting today, doctor's prescription not needed for RT-PCR COVID test in Delhi
India | Sep 10, 2020, 09:33 AM ISTStarting today, residents of Delhi can get themselves tested for COVID-19 through RT-PCR, without a doctor's prescription. Earlier, a prescription written by a registered medical practitioner was required at any testing centre, however, now it has been decided that there will be no requirement of a prescription from a qualified medical practitioner.
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Lung, heart damage in Covid-19 patients improve with time: Study
Health | Sep 07, 2020, 12:52 PM ISTDamage from inflammation and fluid in the lungs caused by the coronavirus, which shows up on CT scans as white patches known as 'ground glass', also improved.
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Delhi's IGI airport to get first on-site Covid test lab, results in 6 hours
India | Sep 04, 2020, 04:41 PM ISTThe facility, to be set up by a private laboratory empanelled by the Delhi government for Covid testing, is expected to be operational by mid-September.
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What supercomputer analysis of genes revealed about Covid-19?
Health | Sep 02, 2020, 07:48 PM ISTA team led by Dan Jacobson of the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently used the Summit supercomputer to analyse genes from cells in the lung fluid of nine Covid-19 patients compared with 40 control patients
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India coronavirus recoveries near 21 lakh as recovery rate touches 74 per cent
India | Aug 20, 2020, 04:55 PM ISTThe 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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Simple saliva test cleared by USFDA for early COVID-19 detection: Know what is it and how it is done
Health | Aug 16, 2020, 02:24 PM ISTUSFDA has previously authorized four other tests that use saliva for sampling, but these yielded varying results. Authorization of the new test occurs amid ongoing disarray over COVID-19 testing.
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Want to avoid institutional quarantine? Get a -ve RT-PCR report
India | Aug 02, 2020, 10:29 PM ISTInternational travellers will be exempted from institutional quarantine on submitting a negative RT-PCR test report on their arrival in India, according to the latest guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Chennai sees dip in COVID-19 positivity ratio amidst ramped up testing
India | Jul 18, 2020, 03:54 PM ISTAfter 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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Over 14% in Kolkata have COVID-19 antibodies: ICMR seroprevalence survey
India | Jun 28, 2020, 07:24 PM ISTA seroprevalence survey conducted via random and rapid tests -- the IgM and the IGg -- indicate the rate of transmission in a community and whether it has started developing herd immunity to a virus.
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Dexamethasone, a cheap drug for arthritis, cuts risk of death in ventilated patients
World | Jun 16, 2020, 07:00 PM ISTThe drug was given either orally or through an IV. After 28 days, it had reduced deaths by 35% in patients who needed treatment with breathing machines and by 20% in those only needing supplemental oxygen. It did not appear to help less ill patients.
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Telangana govt caps price of COVID-19 tests, fixes rates for private hospitals
India | Jun 15, 2020, 05:06 PM ISTThe cost of conducting a COVID-19 test in private lab has been fixed at Rs 2,200 and the fee for treatment of the infection in corporate hospitalsRs 4,000 per day.
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Self-swabbing COVID-19 tests accurate, safe: Stanford study
World | Jun 15, 2020, 03:35 PM ISTTest samples collected by people who swabbed their own nasal passages yielded results for the virus that causes COVID-19 that were as accurate as samples collected by a health care worker, according to a small study.