'Low Testing Will Make It Impossible To Make Containment Zones': Delhi High Court To Hear Tomorrow Plea Seeking Increase In RT-PCR Tests
3 years, 11 months ago

'Low Testing Will Make It Impossible To Make Containment Zones': Delhi High Court To Hear Tomorrow Plea Seeking Increase In RT-PCR Tests

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court will hear tomorrow an urgent application filed by Advocate Ankur Mahindro, concerning decline in the number of RT-PCR tests being conducted in the national capital. The plea alleges that in the last 4-5 days, RT-PCR tests being conducted by private laboratories have reduced, even when the positivity rates are at an all-time high of beyond 30%. "It is important that urgent directives are issued to all private laboratories to furnish before this Hon'ble Court, the number of RT-PCR tests conducted in the last 2 weeks and the time taken to deliver the said reports on an average, including detailed breakup of how much time is taken by ICMR to certify the reports," the plea states. As of today, apart from RT-PCR tests, private laboratories have started running short on testing kits of other tests related to COVID-19 like D-Dimer test, etc.

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Delhi govt to send COVID samples for RT-PCR test, genome sequencing amid spike in cases
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi govt to send COVID samples for RT-PCR test, genome sequencing amid spike in cases

India TV News  

New Delhi: Amid uptick in the COVID cases, the Delhi health department has ordered the authorities to send an “adequate” number of samples for RT-PCR test, officials said on Thursday, while also noting that they have been directed to conduct the genome sequencing of the COVID-positive RT-PCR samples, they added. This comes after India on Thursday recorded 594 new COVID …

COVID-19: No plan to make RT-PCR testing mandatory at airports so far, say Health Ministry sources
1 year, 3 months ago

COVID-19: No plan to make RT-PCR testing mandatory at airports so far, say Health Ministry sources

India TV News  

COVID-19 India update: There is no plan so far to make RT-PCR testing for COVID-19 mandatory at airports for travellers, Union health ministry sources said today, amid an uptick in coronavirus infections in India. Corona infections: India on Thursday recorded 594 fresh COVID-19 infections while the number of active cases increased to 2,669 from 2,311 the previous day, according to …

All RT-PCR labs in Andhra Pradesh to be activated, minimum 1,000 COVID-19 tests to be done daily
1 year, 3 months ago

All RT-PCR labs in Andhra Pradesh to be activated, minimum 1,000 COVID-19 tests to be done daily

The Hindu  

Following an uptick in coronavirus cases in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh Health, Medical and Family Welfare Commissioner and National Health Mission Director J. Nivas has said COVID-19 testing will start immediately in the State and that a minimum of 1,000 RT-PCR tests will be done daily. NivasHealth, Medical and Family Welfare Commissioner Mr. Nivas said Rapid Antigen Test Kits would be …

Health ministry directs states to accelerate the pace of Covid-19 testing
2 years ago

Health ministry directs states to accelerate the pace of Covid-19 testing

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: With the spike in Covid and influenza cases across the country, the Central government has directed all the states and union territories to accelerate the pace of Covid-19 testing as a declining trend has been noticed in some states. In a joint advisory issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research and health ministry, “ln the past several …

No more RT-PCR: Passengers from this country won’t need COVID-19 tests
2 years, 1 month ago

No more RT-PCR: Passengers from this country won’t need COVID-19 tests

Live Mint  

Passengers coming to India from or via Singapore will not require a negative report from a pre-departure COVID-19 test nor need to upload a self-health declaration on Air Suvidha portal with effect from February 13 at 11 am. The earlier set of COVID-19 travel recommendations, released in January, by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India says all …

Pre-departure RT-PCR tests introduced in all int’l flights from these countries
2 years, 2 months ago

Pre-departure RT-PCR tests introduced in all int’l flights from these countries

Live Mint  

The Ministry of health and Family Welfare o Monday informed that a mandatory negative RT-PCR testing has been introduced in all international flights from six countries- China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Japan. “As per the revised guidelines, a mandatory requirement for pre-departure RT-PCR testing has been introduced for passengers in all international flights from these countries” …

Covid-19: This state approves pricing of RTPCR, Antigen tests in private centres
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19: This state approves pricing of RTPCR, Antigen tests in private centres

Live Mint  

The Uttar Pradesh government on 29 December approved the cost of Covid-19 tests, including the Antigen, and RTPCR tests in private centres in the state. Earlier on Thursday, Union Health Ministry said that all international passengers travelling from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand to India will have to undergo mandatory RT-PCR tests before departure and upload …

RT-PCR test mandatory for arrivals from China, 5 other countries from Jan 1 amid Covid scare
2 years, 2 months ago

RT-PCR test mandatory for arrivals from China, 5 other countries from Jan 1 amid Covid scare

India Today  

Amid the rise in coronavirus cases in some countries, India has made the RT-PCR test mandatory for passengers coming in from China, Japan and four other countries from January 1, 2023. RT-PCR test has been made mandatory for flyers coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand from 1st January 2023. — Dr Mansukh Mandaviya December 29, …

COVID-19 | RT-PCR tests made mandatory for travellers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand
2 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 | RT-PCR tests made mandatory for travellers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand

The Hindu  

International travellers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and South Korea will have to bring RT-PCR test reports when they travel to India, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya announced on December 24, 2022. The focus of the drill will be to ensure adequate bed capacities including oxygen supported isolation beds and ventilator supported beds, availability of …

632 Covid cases in Delhi in 24 hours - up 26% from Monday, positivity rate drops to 4.42%
2 years, 11 months ago

632 Covid cases in Delhi in 24 hours - up 26% from Monday, positivity rate drops to 4.42%

India Today  

Delhi today logged a 26 per cent spike in daily Covid-19 cases with 632 infections in 24 hours - the highest since February 17. The positivity rate - the number of infections per hundred tests - dropped from 7.72 per cent yesterday to 4.42 per cent. 14,299 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, of which 7,691 were RT-PCR …

Delhi slashes RT-PCR, RAT Covid test prices at private labs. Full details here
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi slashes RT-PCR, RAT Covid test prices at private labs. Full details here

Live Mint  

Amid a significant drop in Covid-19 cases across the national capital, the Delhi government today fixed the maximum price for the RT-PCR COVID-19 tests at private laboratories between ₹300 and ₹500 for RT-PCR samples collected from home, the state health department said in a notification. The rates for "conventional RT-PCR test wherein samples are collected by the government teams and …

AP yet to enhance RT-PCR tests to check Covid-19
3 years, 2 months ago

AP yet to enhance RT-PCR tests to check Covid-19

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Though the centre has urged states and union territories to enhance Covid-19 tests, Andhra Pradesh government appears not yet fully geared to speed up RT-PCR tests. Strangely, the number of swab samples being collected presently is 20 per PHC, which comes as a surprise, as it delays the number of people being subject to RT-PCR tests. In addition, the …

An epidemiologically sound testing strategy
3 years, 2 months ago

An epidemiologically sound testing strategy

The Hindu  

On January 10, 2022, the Indian Council of Medical Research released an Advisory on Purposive Testing Strategy for COVID-19 in India. The latest COVID-19 testing strategy replaces the previous advisory, released on September 4, 2020 and inter alia, had the provision of COVID-19 testing on demand for ‘all individuals who wish to get themselves tested’. India, following this approach, ramped …

RT-PCR Tests Mandatory at Mumbai Airport for UAE Returnees, Says BMC
3 years, 2 months ago

RT-PCR Tests Mandatory at Mumbai Airport for UAE Returnees, Says BMC

News 18  

Passengers arriving in Mumbai from the United Arab Emirates will have to undergo an RT-PCR test, depending on which a decision would be taken for 7-day home quarantine, the metropolis’ civic body said on Wednesday. On December 24, the civic administration had made RT-PCR tests mandatory for passengers landing here from Dubai,which has now been extended to the entire UAE, …

Omicron scare: RT-PCR test pre-booking mandatory at six major Indian airports from today; check details here
3 years, 3 months ago

Omicron scare: RT-PCR test pre-booking mandatory at six major Indian airports from today; check details here

Firstpost  

The RT-PCR test is widely regarded as one of the most precise laboratory methods available for detecting, tracking, and studying the presence of COVID-19 Passengers arriving at six major airports in India on or after Monday from countries designated as ‘at risk’ due to the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus will be required to pre-book RT-PCR tests, …

No rush for RT-PCR test in Pune amid Omicron threat
3 years, 3 months ago

No rush for RT-PCR test in Pune amid Omicron threat

Hindustan Times  

PUNE No rush has been noticed for the RT-PCR test at city labs even after the Omicron threat and rates slashed by labs after government order. No rush has been noticed for the RT-PCR test at city labs even after the Omicron threat and rates slashed by labs after government order. Abrarali Dalal, CEO Sahyadri Hospitals said “We have not …

Mumbai Airport Says Working with Testing Labs to Explore Lowering Rapid RT-PCR Test Charges
3 years, 3 months ago

Mumbai Airport Says Working with Testing Labs to Explore Lowering Rapid RT-PCR Test Charges

News 18  

Adani group-owned Mumbai airport on Wednesday said it is working with testing labs and other partners to explore the possibility of further lowering the charges for rapid RT-PCR test. The private airport operator had on December 4 announced reducing the rates for rapid RT-PCR test at its facility to Rs 3,900, from Rs 4,500 earlier. However, according to reports, the …

Delhi: RT-PCR testing, screening in just 30 min at International airport. Check details here
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi: RT-PCR testing, screening in just 30 min at International airport. Check details here

Live Mint  

COVID-19 variant Omicron: Now, RT-PCR testing and screening can be done in just 30 minutes atDelhi Airport's Terminal 3. As fears loom large around new COVID-19 variant Omicron, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday reviewed RTPCR testing facilities for passengers coming from "at-risk" countries at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The list of countries from where travellers would need to …

Twelve suspected Omicron cases in Delhi after fliers from 'at risk' countries test positive for COVID-19; results awaited
3 years, 3 months ago

Twelve suspected Omicron cases in Delhi after fliers from 'at risk' countries test positive for COVID-19; results awaited

Firstpost  

Of these, eight are confirmed coronavirus patients while four have symptoms like sore throat, fever and history of contact with patients. Their samples have been sent for genome sequencing and the results will take four or five days, said an official from LNJP hospital where they have been admitted New Delhi: Twelve suspected patients of Omicron, who flew in the …

Omicron Forces States to Revise Covid Guidelines. Here's How UP, Delhi, Karnataka Are Upping the Ante
3 years, 3 months ago

Omicron Forces States to Revise Covid Guidelines. Here's How UP, Delhi, Karnataka Are Upping the Ante

News 18  

After two cases of the new Omicron variant were confirmed in Karnataka on Thursday, states across the country have been directed to remain vigilant and ramp up their preparedness against a possible splurge in Covid-19 cases. Here’s how states are bracing for the new challenge with new guidelines: Karnataka Karnataka on Friday updated its Covid-19 guidelines based on recommendations by …

Price of ‘popular’ rapid PCR test slashed by ₹400 at Delhi airport, to cost ₹3,500
3 years, 3 months ago

Price of ‘popular’ rapid PCR test slashed by ₹400 at Delhi airport, to cost ₹3,500

Hindustan Times  

The cost of the rapid PCR test at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has been reduced from ₹3,900 to ₹3,500, officials said on Thursday, adding that the price was slashed after finding that these tests had more takers as compared to the RT-PCR tests, which costs only ₹500. What makes these rapid PCR tests more popular is the rapid turnaround …

No case of new variant detected at Delhi airport among people coming from 'at-risk' countries
3 years, 4 months ago

No case of new variant detected at Delhi airport among people coming from 'at-risk' countries

India TV News  

Highlights Passengers coming from at-risk countries have to give their samples at the airport for RT-PCR test There is no significant surge in the number of passengers being tested. No case of the new coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 has been detected at the Delhi airport among the passengers who were transiting or coming from countries identified to be "at risk", the …

Kerala HC quashes state govt's order to reduce Covid RT-PCR tests rates in private labs
3 years, 5 months ago

Kerala HC quashes state govt's order to reduce Covid RT-PCR tests rates in private labs

India TV News  

The Kerala High Court on Monday quashed the Kerala government's order to reduce charges of RT-PCR tests in private laboratories to Rs 500 from Rs 1,700. In May, the Kerala government had issued an order to reduce the RT-PCR test rates in the state from Rs 1700 to Rs 500. The petition contended that "the state government has no power …

Delhi: RT-PCR accounted for over 70% of total Covid tests conducted in last 3 months
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi: RT-PCR accounted for over 70% of total Covid tests conducted in last 3 months

India Today  

RT-PCR tests accounted for over 70 per cent of the total tests conducted to detect coronavirus in Delhi in the last three months, according to government data. RT-PCR tests accounted for 71.42 per cent of the total 21.88 lakh tests conducted in June and 75.17 per cent of the 21.41 lakh tests conducted in May. In February, March and April; …

RT-PCR Accounted for Over 70% of Total Covid Tests Conducted in Delhi in Last 3 Months
3 years, 7 months ago

RT-PCR Accounted for Over 70% of Total Covid Tests Conducted in Delhi in Last 3 Months

News 18  

RT-PCR tests accounted for over 70 per cent of the total tests conducted to detect coronavirus in Delhi in the last three months, according to government data. RT-PCR tests accounted for 71.42 per cent of the total 21.88 lakh tests conducted in June and 75.17 per cent of the 21.41 lakh tests conducted in May. In February, March and April; …

Delhi Slashes Covid-19 Testing Rates; RT-PCR, RAT to Now Cost Rs 300
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Slashes Covid-19 Testing Rates; RT-PCR, RAT to Now Cost Rs 300

News 18  

The Delhi government on Wednesday slashed the prices of RT-PCR coronavirus tests, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeting that the drastically reduced testing rates will help the common man. According to the order issued, RT-PCR tests — the most accurate test to detect the virus — will now cost Rs 300 in Delhi when the samples are collected by government …

Delhi govt slashes rates of Covid tests, RT-PCR to cost Rs 500 now
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi govt slashes rates of Covid tests, RT-PCR to cost Rs 500 now

India Today  

The Delhi government on Wednesday reduced the cost of Covid-19 tests in the union territory. All laboratories and private hospitals that conduct Covid-19 tests have been instructed by the Delhi government to display the new rates within 24 hours. He wrote, "Delhi government drastically reduced Corona test rates. pic.twitter.com/00BJxGddjW — Arvind Kejriwal August 4, 2021 The government has also instructed …

Can RT-PCR Test Material be Provided to Pvt Labs at Reasonable Cost: Ker HC to State Govt, KMSC
3 years, 8 months ago

Can RT-PCR Test Material be Provided to Pvt Labs at Reasonable Cost: Ker HC to State Govt, KMSC

News 18  

The Kerala High Court has asked the state government and the Kerala Medical Services Corporation whether raw materials for RT-PCR tests can be provided to private labs here at a reasonable cost so that they can conduct the same for Rs 500, the rate fixed by the state. The query by the high court came during the hearing of a …

India achieves milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID tests: ICMR
3 years, 9 months ago

India achieves milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID tests: ICMR

India TV News  

India has achieved the milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests, with the average of more than 18 lakh tests per day in the month of June, the ICMR said on Saturday. ICMR has been enhancing COVID-19 testing capability across the country by expanding and diversifying testing capacity by leveraging technology and facilitating innovation in affordable diagnostic kits," the Indian …

India achieves milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests: ICMR
3 years, 9 months ago

India achieves milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests: ICMR

The Hindu  

India has achieved the milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests, with the average of more than 18 lakh tests per day in the month of June, the ICMR said on Saturday, June 26, 2021. ICMR has been enhancing COVID-19 testing capability across the country by expanding and diversifying testing capacity by leveraging technology and facilitating innovation in affordable diagnostic …

Tata's Healthcare Arm Ties Up With CSIR for Covid-19 Testing Across Smaller Towns and Rural Areas
3 years, 9 months ago

Tata's Healthcare Arm Ties Up With CSIR for Covid-19 Testing Across Smaller Towns and Rural Areas

News 18  

Tata Group's healthcare arm on Friday announced a tie-up with Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research for Covid-19 testing in smaller cities and rural areas. Tata MD, the newly formed venture of Tata Group, and the apex scientific research organisation will ramp up the Covid-19 testing capacity across Tier II and III towns as well as rural areas across India, …

Now, Test Yourself for Covid in 15 Minutes at Home: 'CoviSelf' to be Available at Pharmacies, Online
3 years, 9 months ago

Now, Test Yourself for Covid in 15 Minutes at Home: 'CoviSelf' to be Available at Pharmacies, Online

News 18  

A Pune-based diagnostics firm has commenced the shipping of Covid-19 self-test kits, called ‘CoviSelf’. The ICMR had in May granted approval to the firm for its new self-use rapid home-test kit for Covid-19 with results available in just 15 minutes. Named ‘CoviSelf’, the country’s first Covid-19 home-test kit, priced at Rs 250, has been developed by Mylab Discovery Solutions. Mylab …

COVID-19- Examine If 'Feluda Testing' Could Be Employed In Places Where People Congregate: Delhi High Court To Govt
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19- Examine If 'Feluda Testing' Could Be Employed In Places Where People Congregate: Delhi High Court To Govt

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court last week directed the Government of Delhi to examine whether the Feluda testing could be employed in places where people congregate, as its lab is mobile and the results can be generated in about 1.5 hours. : Asks High Court The Court asked ICMR, as to why the Feluda test - which provides faster results in …

Coronavirus | Testing and the importance of low positivity rate
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus | Testing and the importance of low positivity rate

The Hindu  

Early detection and isolation of potentially infectious individuals are the keys to successfully fighting a viral pandemic. However, an analysis of the progression of India’s COVID-19 cases and testing reveals that the growth of testing lagged behind that of cases during the pre-peak phase of both the first and the second wave. At the end of the first wave of …

India conducting 18-20 lakh COVID tests a day: ICMR
3 years, 10 months ago

India conducting 18-20 lakh COVID tests a day: ICMR

India TV News  

India conducting 18-20 lakh COVID tests a day: ICMR At a press conference, ICMR director general Dr Balram Bhargava said that the national COVID-19 positivity rate is around 21 per cent and about 42 per cent of the districts are reporting a positivity rate more than the national average. India is conducting 18-20 lakh tests for detection of COVID-19 per …

Your Space: Timely test results will help check Covid-19 spread
3 years, 10 months ago

Your Space: Timely test results will help check Covid-19 spread

Hindustan Times  

Residents are getting the results of RT-PCR, test for diagnosing Covid-19, as late as after five days in some cases, as it has become mandatory for selected workforce and residents are also coming forward to give swab samples. While the delay in getting test results poses risk of spread of the virus, what steps should authorities take to streamline the …

India's COVID-19 crisis: ICMR revises RT-PCR testing guidelines to reduce pressure on diagnostic labs
3 years, 10 months ago

India's COVID-19 crisis: ICMR revises RT-PCR testing guidelines to reduce pressure on diagnostic labs

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The need for RT-PCR test in healthy individuals undertaking inter-state domestic travel may be completely removed to reduce the load on laboratories, recommended an ICMR advisory for COVID-19 testing during the second wave of the pandemic. The advisory stated that RT-PCR test must not be repeated in any individual who has tested positive once either by RAT or …

ICMR Issues New Guidelines For RT-PCR Testing Amid Second Coronavirus Wave
3 years, 10 months ago

ICMR Issues New Guidelines For RT-PCR Testing Amid Second Coronavirus Wave

ABP News  

The second wave of Coronavirus is turning out to be deadly with India witnessing an unprecedented upsurge of COVID-19 cases and deaths every day. As per the ICMR Advisory, if a person has once tested Coronavirus positive during the Rapid Antigen Test or RT-PCR test, then there is no need for that individual to undergo RT-PCR test again. READ | …

Kerala HC asks state to 'step in and control' overcharging by hospitals for COVID treatment
3 years, 10 months ago

Kerala HC asks state to 'step in and control' overcharging by hospitals for COVID treatment

Firstpost  

The Kerala High Court also registered a suo motu case on crowding at COVID-19 vaccinations centres in the state, saying it can become a “super spreader”, and sought a response from the state government regarding the same The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to inform it of the measures taken to rationalise charges of room rents, …

Plea seeks to regulate cost of HRCT tests for COVID-19
3 years, 10 months ago

Plea seeks to regulate cost of HRCT tests for COVID-19

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the government on a petition seeking direction to cap the price of High Resolution Computerised Tomography which is used for detecting the presence and severity of COVID-19 infection in the lungs of patients. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh sought response from the Delhi government on the plea by Shivleen Pasricha, a …

Covid-19: Hyderabad-based CCMB Develops Dry Swab RT-PCR Kit, Method Can Ramp up Testing
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19: Hyderabad-based CCMB Develops Dry Swab RT-PCR Kit, Method Can Ramp up Testing

News 18  

A dry swab-based direct RT-PCR method of COVID-19 testing, developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, and approved by ICMR can now be adopted in testing labs of the country. The method is easier to carry out than the current procedures, and can ramp up testing by two three fold using the current infrastructure in the testing labs. …

Set up more COVID-19 testing centres, sample collection infrastructure: HC to Delhi govt
3 years, 11 months ago

Set up more COVID-19 testing centres, sample collection infrastructure: HC to Delhi govt

India TV News  

The Delhi High Court on Monday requested the AAP government to set up more testing centers in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases in the national capital which is recording over 24,000 fresh infections for the last few days. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh also asked the Delhi government to put in …

Home Ministry Reviews Covid-19 Situation in Union Territories Amid Surge in Cases
3 years, 11 months ago

Home Ministry Reviews Covid-19 Situation in Union Territories Amid Surge in Cases

News 18  

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday met top officers of Union Territories through video conferencing and reviewed the worrisome situation of Covid-19 and and discussed steps taken to combat the further spread of infections. NITI Aayog member V K Paul, ICMR head Dr Balram Bhargava, and DGPs of Union Territories were present in the meeting. India reported 2,59,170 new …

RT-PCR Tests Not Being Done At Desired Rate; Illicit Trade Of Remdesivir Injection: Patna High Court Expresses Serious Concern Over Covid Management In Bihar
3 years, 11 months ago

RT-PCR Tests Not Being Done At Desired Rate; Illicit Trade Of Remdesivir Injection: Patna High Court Expresses Serious Concern Over Covid Management In Bihar

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has expressed concern over the manner in which the State has been handling the recent surge in Covid-19 cases. "No Information Available To Public": Patna HC Directs State To Ensure Public Briefing Everyday Disclosing Cogent Covid Related Information To Public And whereas the Court was informed that a system of daily media briefing, disclosing all relevant …

Testing Delays Reported in UP as Second Wave of Covid-19 Rages, Labs Cite Administration Orders
3 years, 11 months ago

Testing Delays Reported in UP as Second Wave of Covid-19 Rages, Labs Cite Administration Orders

News 18  

Several pathology facilities have been ordered to “disallow” conducting tests by the administration in Uttar Pradesh even as the second wave of the Covid-19 infection continues to rage in the country. Sample collection centres of pathogical centers like Dr Lal Path-Labs and SRL Diagnostics have said that they had had to stop collecting samples for Covid-19 testing for close to …

Overwhelming number of Covid tests send labs on the edge, results delayed by three days in Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow
3 years, 11 months ago

Overwhelming number of Covid tests send labs on the edge, results delayed by three days in Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow

India Today  

With skyrocketing cases of coronavirus across the country, many major cities are suffering from unprecedented delays in the Covid-19 test results. MUMBAI WORST-HIT Mumbai turns out to be the worst hit among these three cities with a waiting period of three days and even more in some cases for a Covid test report. The situation was so frustrating that I …

Sub-par Contact Tracing, Limited Testing, Inadequate Manpower: Centre Flags Lapses In Covid-ridden Maha, Punjab and Chhattisgarh
3 years, 11 months ago

Sub-par Contact Tracing, Limited Testing, Inadequate Manpower: Centre Flags Lapses In Covid-ridden Maha, Punjab and Chhattisgarh

News 18  

Amid a slew of states reporting an exponential increase in Covid-19 cases, special teams sent by the Centre have flagged a host of issues in the virus responses of Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh. The team also reported lack/shortage of any RT-PCR testing facility in Korba, Durg, Balod Districts, leading to increased testing turnaround time. Hospital bed occupancy rates are high …

Mumbai airport cuts RT-PCR test rate by 30% to Rs 600
3 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai airport cuts RT-PCR test rate by 30% to Rs 600

India TV News  

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has reduced the price of RT-PCR test by 30 per cent to Rs 600, amid Maharashtra witnessing a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. Mumbai airport is offering the regular RT-PCR test at a reduced cost of Rs 600 as against Rs 850 earlier from April 1 to the passengers opting to avail …

Covid-19 second wave: Implement test-track-treat and ensure priority vaccination, Centre tells Punjab
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19 second wave: Implement test-track-treat and ensure priority vaccination, Centre tells Punjab

India Today  

With Punjab reporting a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, the Centre has asked the state government as well as Chandigarh administration to implement the test-track-treat strategy effectively, ramp up testing till the positivity rate is below five per cent and to ensure priority vaccination of those who are eligible in badly affected districts. Punjab has reported an average of around …

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