Rapid Antigen Test Results Not Credible, Centre Shouldn't Waste Money on Them: Raj Health Minister
4 years, 4 months ago

Rapid Antigen Test Results Not Credible, Centre Shouldn't Waste Money on Them: Raj Health Minister

News 18  

Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Friday said that the Centre should not waste money on rapid antigen tests for coronavirus as their results are not credible. Opening a debate on COVID-19 management and economic impact of lockdown in the state assembly which resumed a week after a trust vote was passed, the minister said that the accuracy level of the tests kits, manufactured by a South Korean company, was 51 per cent. The minister added that the rapid testing kits obtained earlier from China did not produce credible results, and the state government had informed the Centre about this. Highlighting the work done for strengthening medical infrastructure, the minister said that the state has developed a capacity of conducting 46,000 RT-PCR tests per day in 22 districts and there 286 dedicated coronavirus care centers have been set up.

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Posts mislead on PCR test development
2 years, 10 months ago

Posts mislead on PCR test development

Associated Press  

CLAIM: COVID-19 PCR tests weren’t developed using samples of the coronavirus and instead detect “something else.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: Partly false. THE FACTS: Misleading posts circulating widely online in recent days are using technical documents from one COVID-19 PCR test to falsely claim that such tests don’t actually detect the coronavirus – with some users going so far as to suggest …

Why rapid COVID tests aren't more accurate and how scientists hope to improve them
2 years, 11 months ago

Why rapid COVID tests aren't more accurate and how scientists hope to improve them

NPR  

Why rapid COVID tests aren't more accurate and how scientists hope to improve them Enlarge this image toggle caption Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images How much should you trust the results of a rapid antigen test? Sponsor Message That finding prompted the Food and Drug Administration to update its online guidance in late December to …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 2 Foreign Returnees Test Covid Positive in MP; Samples Sent for Genome Sequencing
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 2 Foreign Returnees Test Covid Positive in MP; Samples Sent for Genome Sequencing

News 18  

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has decided to reduce the production of Covishield by at least 50 per cent starting next week as the pharmaceutical firm has no further orders from the Centre for the Covid-19 vaccine. Days after favouring a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine for people above 40 years as low levels of …

Uttarakhand orders probe against 9 testing labs
3 years, 6 months ago

Uttarakhand orders probe against 9 testing labs

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday ordered a probe into the operations of the nine private Covid-19 testing laboratories that conducted tests of the visitors during the Haridwar Mahakumbh, after one of them was found to have allegedly issued fake test reports for least 50,000 samples, said a state minister. The official said the CCO said a private laboratory informed the …

ICMR Issues New Guidelines For RT-PCR Testing Amid Second Coronavirus Wave
3 years, 8 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 | …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Coronavirus self test kits could be in the shops next month, says health minister
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus self test kits could be in the shops next month, says health minister

Dutch News  

Fast coronavirus tests which don’t require medical supervision could be available in supermarkets and pharmacies by next month, health minister Hugo de Jonge said on Friday. Fast tests, which people can take themselves, could be used by employers, and at schools and universities to making working conditions safer, De Jonge is quoted as saying by broadcaster NOS. ‘That is why …

ICMR approves 'simple and fast' Covid-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR tests
4 years, 1 month ago

ICMR approves 'simple and fast' Covid-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR tests

India Today  

The Indian Council for Medical Research has approved a simple and fast method for Covid-19 testing, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research said on Saturday. The method -- Dry Swab-Direct RT-PCR -- developed by CSIR's Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, is a variation of the existing gold standard RT-PCR method and can easily scale up the …

Coronavirus News Highlights: RT-PCR Test Must for All Passengers Arriving in Mumbai from Delhi, Rajasthan Goa and Gujarat
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus News Highlights: RT-PCR Test Must for All Passengers Arriving in Mumbai from Delhi, Rajasthan Goa and Gujarat

News 18  

Coronavirus News Highlights: With sudden spurt in cases in some states post Diwali, Maharashtra government today Covid-19 test mandatory for all passengers arriving in Mumbai from Delhi, Rajasthan, Goa and Gujarat via air, road and train. “This vaccine’s efficacy and safety confirm that it will be highly effective against COVID-19 and will have an immediate impact on this public health …

Parliamentary panel red flags rapid antigen tests: A look at what makes the testing method contentious
4 years, 1 month ago

Parliamentary panel red flags rapid antigen tests: A look at what makes the testing method contentious

Firstpost  

While experts say that rapid antigen tests can help countries with out-of-control outbreaks, India’s practice of conflating the data from rapid tests and RT-PCR tests risks painting an incomplete picture of its infection rates The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in its recent report on COVID-19 has said that it is “worried at the use of less …

Coronavirus UK: Rapid test trials miss over 50% of positive cases
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Rapid test trials miss over 50% of positive cases

Daily Mail  

WHAT IS OPERATION MOONSHOT AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN LIVERPOOL? But residents have today complained to MailOnline that asymptomatic and symptomatic people were not segregated as they queued at testing centres for their swab, potentially opening the door for the coronavirus to sp Photographer David Colbran, 51, said: 'It's a shambles, we booked an appointment to have a test …

Netherlands orders 9.2 million fast coronavirus tests from US company
4 years, 2 months ago

Netherlands orders 9.2 million fast coronavirus tests from US company

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has ordered an extra eight million fast tests for coronavirus from a US-based company as it tries to cut waiting times for results. The antigen tests, produced by American company BD, can detect the virus in 15 minutes and were approved by the health ministry for use two weeks ago. A spokesman for BD told Trouw newspaper …

COVID-19 testing kit COVIRAP by IIT-Kharagpur gets ICMR approval, to cost ₹500
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 testing kit COVIRAP by IIT-Kharagpur gets ICMR approval, to cost ₹500

Live Mint  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has recently approved COVIRAP, a low-cost locally made device for detecting coronavirus. "This innovation has made high-quality and accurate COVID testing affordable for the common people with a testing cost of around ₹500 which can further be reduced through government intervention," Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said. "This machine can be developed at a …

Coronavirus | ICMR approves low-cost testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus | ICMR approves low-cost testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur

The Hindu  

A new coronavirus diagnostic method, using a low-cost portable unit developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research after testing with patient samples showed an accuracy level slightly lower than the gold standard RT-PCR method at a fraction of the cost. In parallel testing with 200 samples containing …

Serosurveys point to inadequacies in India’s COVID-19 testing strategy
4 years, 2 months ago

Serosurveys point to inadequacies in India’s COVID-19 testing strategy

Firstpost  

Over the past few months, a series of serosurveys for detecting the spread of COVID-19 have been carried out in India. The findings from these surveys points to a huge disparity in the expected number of COVID-19 cases, based on the seroprevalence, and the official number of cases reported from RT-PCR/rapid testing across the country. Testing capacity needs to be …

WHO to roll out 120 million rapid COVID-19 tests that promises result 'in minutes' for poorer countries
4 years, 3 months ago

WHO to roll out 120 million rapid COVID-19 tests that promises result 'in minutes' for poorer countries

Firstpost  

Rolling out quicker testing in poorer countries aims to help health care workers get a better grip on where the coronavirus is circulating, in hopes of following up with containment and other measures to stop it The World Health Organization announced on 28 September that it and leading partners have agreed to a plan to roll out 120 million rapid-diagnostic …

Coronavirus | India far from herd immunity, says Health Minister
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus | India far from herd immunity, says Health Minister

The Hindu  

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday cautioned that the Indian Council of Medical Research’s COVID-19 first sero-survey should not create a sense of complacency in people with regard to the virus. Speaking in his social media interaction Sunday Samvaad-3, Mr. Vardhan said indications from the up-coming second sero survey “are that India is far from having achieved any kind …

ICMR's second sero-survey shows India far from achieving herd immunity against COVID-19, says Harsh Vardhan
4 years, 3 months ago

ICMR's second sero-survey shows India far from achieving herd immunity against COVID-19, says Harsh Vardhan

Firstpost  

The health minister also said that the medical research body was investigating cases of coronavirus reinfection, but added that the number of such cases is negligible New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research’s second sero-survey shows that Indian population is still far from achieving herd immunity against coronavirus infection, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday while underlining …

ICMR Allows 'Testing On Demand' as India Adds 10 Lakh Coronavirus Cases in 13 Days
4 years, 4 months ago

ICMR Allows 'Testing On Demand' as India Adds 10 Lakh Coronavirus Cases in 13 Days

News 18  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued an advisory on COVID-19 testing strategy, allowing ‘testing on demand’ for individuals but left it to states to modify the approach as per their discretion. Under the category of ‘routine surveillance in containment zones and screening at points of entry’, the advisory recommended testing of all asymptomatic high-risk individuals in containment zones. …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31
4 years, 4 months ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the August 31 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY India becomes the world’s third deadliest Covid-19 country India reported 971 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 64,469 and surpassing Mexico as the country with the third highest number of Covid-19 deaths globally, according to the latest data …

Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for?
4 years, 4 months ago

Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for?

CNN  

CNN — Move over, slowpoke coronavirus tests that take a week or more to return a result – there’s a new generation of rapid tests coming to town – some are already here – and they’re poised to transform the landscape. Compared to the most commonly used type of coronavirus test in the country – molecular diagnostic tests, also called …

India is using cheaper, less accurate Coronavirus tests to boost its testing capacity, experts are worried
4 years, 4 months ago

India is using cheaper, less accurate Coronavirus tests to boost its testing capacity, experts are worried

Firstpost  

Experts warn that Rapids and lab tests vary in accuracy and need to be interpreted separately to properly assess the spread of infection. In June, India began using cheaper, faster but less accurate tests to scale-up testing for the coronavirus — a strategy that the United States is now considering. Experts also warn that since the two types of tests …

Experts flag risks in India’s use of rapid tests for virus
4 years, 4 months ago

Experts flag risks in India’s use of rapid tests for virus

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI, India — In June, India began using cheaper, faster but less accurate tests to scale up testing for the coronavirus — a strategy that the United States is now considering. These rapid tests boosted India’s testing levels nearly five-fold within two months. But Jha said combined data from the two types of tests can’t be used to conclude …

Covid-19: What you need to know today
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19: What you need to know today

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s second sero survey has shown that 29.1% of the roughly 15,000 people surveyed across the Capital’s 11 districts have been exposed to the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes the coronavirus disease – and are, therefore, immune. As HT’s Binayak Dasgupta put it in an article summarising the key findings of several immunity-related studies, and their importance: “…a person once infected …

ICMR helping Serum Institute in conducting clinical trials for two vaccines
4 years, 4 months ago

ICMR helping Serum Institute in conducting clinical trials for two vaccines

Live Mint  

The Indian Council of Medical Research is supporting Serum Institute of India in conducting the phase 2 and 3 clinical trials for two vaccines for covid-19, one developed by University of Oxford and the other by US-based Novavax. Dr Balram Bhargava, Director-General ICMR, according to sources, told the parliament panel that the vaccine candidates developed by Oxford University handled by …

Rapid test reliance may slow Covid-19 fight
4 years, 4 months ago

Rapid test reliance may slow Covid-19 fight

Hindustan Times  

Testing for the coronavirus disease in Delhi has become heavily reliant on antigen tests, which experts say are not as reliable as RT-PCR tests and end up skewing crucial data that could hamper the city’s fight to contain the virus. The Delhi government insists that it has relied on antigen tests only to increase testing in the Capital due to …

Coronavirus | India hikes testing capacity to over 4 lakh a day
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus | India hikes testing capacity to over 4 lakh a day

The Hindu  

India has now hiked its coronavirus sample testing capacity to over 4 lakh tests per day with 4,20,898 samples tested in the last 24 hours, according to a release issued by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. “Aggressive testing may lead to a higher number of daily positive cases initially but would eventually achieve a decline as has been demonstrated …

Coronavirus | Govt to set norms for vaccine trials
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | Govt to set norms for vaccine trials

The Hindu  

The government is readying a document that will chalk out guidelines for companies and institutions working on potential COVID-19 vaccines. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted regulators across the world to issue emergency use authorisation for certain drugs and trials on potential vaccines to accelerate the approval process without compromising on objectively assessing whether the potential vaccine, or investigational drug, provides …

MyLab launches ‘Compact XL’ RT-PCR system for covid-19 tests
4 years, 6 months ago

MyLab launches ‘Compact XL’ RT-PCR system for covid-19 tests

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Pune-based molecular diagnostics firm Mylab Discovery Solutions on Wednesday launched the ‘Compact XL’ system for conducting a wide range of tests, including RT-PCR tests for covid-19. “Compact XL will replace the need of 700 sq ft of clean room lab with a 4x3 benchtop machine and reduce the need of 3-4 expert technicians to just one, thus saving …

ICMR to provide 15,000 antigen-based kits to Noida for covid testing
4 years, 6 months ago

ICMR to provide 15,000 antigen-based kits to Noida for covid testing

Live Mint  

Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh’s one of the worst affected districts by novel Coronavirus, will be provided 15,000 antigen-based testing kits by the Indian Council of Medical Research. Suhas L.Y., district magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar, said: "As per the instructions of the Centre and the UP government, we will start the antigen-based COVID-19 testing in Gautam Buddh Nagar along …

Coronavirus | India ramps up testing capacity
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | India ramps up testing capacity

The Hindu  

India has ramped up capacity to test up to three lakh samples per day for novel coronavirus infection, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Advisory issued The Health Ministry also explained that to make COVID-19 testing more affordable and increase the volume of testing without losing reliability, sensitivity and specificity, the Indian Council of Medical Research has issued an advisory …

Corona test result in 30 minutes: ICMR approves new test
4 years, 6 months ago

Corona test result in 30 minutes: ICMR approves new test

India Today  

Ramping up tests has been an obstacle in India's fight against Covi-19 pandemic. Now, the Indian Council of Medical Research has given its nod an antigen-based coronavirus test kit that can deliver Covid-19 positivity in just 30 seconds. The new Corona test kit has definite advantage over the existing testing method, RT-PCR, which takes 2-3 hours in delivering results. According …

Low Testing Of Covid19 Is Like Inviting Trojan Horse Into Citadel: Telangana HC Slams Govt For Abysmal Testing & Vague Reports
4 years, 7 months ago

Low Testing Of Covid19 Is Like Inviting Trojan Horse Into Citadel: Telangana HC Slams Govt For Abysmal Testing & Vague Reports

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court on Tuesday pulled up the State Government for the abysmally low testing rate of the deadly Coronavirus infection in the state of Telangana.A bench of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan & Justice Vijaysen Reddy directed the State Government to continually test people for covid19 and increase the number of tests throughout the state as far as …

Coronavirus | ICMR revises testing strategy
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | ICMR revises testing strategy

The Hindu  

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday released a revised COVID-19 testing strategy, which includes testing of all symptomatic influenza like illness individuals with history of international travel in the last 14 days. The other key groups that have been listed as high priority for testing include the front line workers involved in containment and mitigation of COVlD-19, all …

Coronavirus: ‘100% accurate’ antibody test approved for use in UK for first time
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘100% accurate’ antibody test approved for use in UK for first time

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A test to check whether a person has previously had coronavirus …

ICMR issues guidance on rapid antibody test kits for COVID-19, lists manufacturers
4 years, 7 months ago

ICMR issues guidance on rapid antibody test kits for COVID-19, lists manufacturers

The Hindu  

The ICMR on Wednesday issued guidance on rapid antibody test kits for COVID-19 and listed their manufacturers, which include two Chinese firms whose importer licenses were cancelled by the CDSCO after kits supplied by them showed wide-variation under field conditions. Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in India | State-wise tracker for coronavirus cases, deaths and testing rates The apex …

Exclusive: First coronavirus antibody test given approval by Public Health England
4 years, 7 months ago

Exclusive: First coronavirus antibody test given approval by Public Health England

The Telegraph  

UPDATE: Since this article was posted, published results of PHE's evaluation of the Roche test show that although 100% of negative samples accurately came back as negative, 16% of samples taken from people who had had the virus did not show up as positive. A coronavirus antibody test kit has been approved by Public Health England, The Telegraph has learned, …

Coronavirus: Rollout of antibody tests met with confusion, little oversight
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Rollout of antibody tests met with confusion, little oversight

CNN  

CNN — Public health experts, including members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, have argued accurate Covid-19 antibody tests can support efforts to get Americans back to work by determining who may have overcome the virus. States concerned by accuracy of antibody tests Antibody test data “are of dubious reliability; we are not tracking or analyzing them,” a spokesperson …

Coronavirus: UK in talks over rollout of antibody test with near-100% accuracy rate, says Hancock
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: UK in talks over rollout of antibody test with near-100% accuracy rate, says Hancock

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK is in talks with pharmaceutical giant Roche on a …

Coronavirus: ‘Fast and accurate’ antibody test developed by Edinburgh researchers
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘Fast and accurate’ antibody test developed by Edinburgh researchers

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A blood-screening company claims it has developed a “fast and accurate” …

India clocks one million RT-PCR tests for coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

India clocks one million RT-PCR tests for coronavirus

India TV News  

The number of RT-PCR test for detection of COVID-19 conducted in India crossed the one million mark on Saturday, ICMR officials said, as the total novel coronavirus infections rose to 37,776. An ICMR official said that 10,40,000 tests have been conducted till Saturday evening, of which 73,709 were done since 9 am on Friday. "The ICMR has reached a per …

Chinese rapid antibody test kits' failure nudges India to look elsewhere; govt plans to boost self-reliance, import from other countries
4 years, 8 months ago

Chinese rapid antibody test kits' failure nudges India to look elsewhere; govt plans to boost self-reliance, import from other countries

Firstpost  

Amid questions regarding the quality and delay in supply of kits by China, tapping other sources for these kits assumes importance given the need for reliable testing undertaken after rigorous review of the equipment. The Indian Council of Medical Research was forced to recall the rapid antibody testing kits procured from China due to meager five percent accuracy rate of …

A Next-Generation Coronavirus Test Raises Hopes And Concerns
4 years, 8 months ago

A Next-Generation Coronavirus Test Raises Hopes And Concerns

NPR  

A Next-Generation Coronavirus Test Raises Hopes And Concerns Enlarge this image toggle caption Sergii Iaremenko/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Sergii Iaremenko/Science Photo Library/Getty Images States clamoring for coronavirus tests in recent weeks have been talking about two types. Sponsor Message "We have to have a breakthrough innovation in testing," Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House coronavirus task force said recently …

Kerala-made Covid testing kit awaits approval two weeks on
4 years, 8 months ago

Kerala-made Covid testing kit awaits approval two weeks on

Hindustan Times  

A Covid-19 testing kit developed at Thiruvananthapuram’s Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology has been awaiting approval for two weeks from regulatory bodies, scientists involved in the development said on Tuesday. The Centre’s move came on Monday days after the Indian Council of Medical Research evaluated the Chinese kits after huge variations in their results were reported. …

Coronavirus | Indian Health Minister promises indigenous RT-PCR testing kits by May-end.
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Indian Health Minister promises indigenous RT-PCR testing kits by May-end.

The Hindu  

India has reported 1,594 new cases and 51 new deaths related to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 29,974. In the last three days, it is 10.9 days roughly,” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said at an interaction with directors/ heads of Department of Bio-Technology, through video-conferencing. Gujarat reported 226 new positive cases, …

Beijing expresses 'deep concern' after ICMR cancels orders of rapid test kits, says it's unfair for certain individuals to label them as 'faulty'
4 years, 8 months ago

Beijing expresses 'deep concern' after ICMR cancels orders of rapid test kits, says it's unfair for certain individuals to label them as 'faulty'

Firstpost  

After ICMR cancelled orders of rapid test kits from two Chinese companies, Chinese embassy Spokeperson Ji Rong issued a statement saying it is “unfair and irresponsible for certain individuals to label Chinese products as ‘faulty’ and look at the issues with preemptive prejudice” New Delhi: China on Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” over the evaluation result of the COVID-19 …

China denies Indian claim that Chinese test kits are faulty
4 years, 8 months ago

China denies Indian claim that Chinese test kits are faulty

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — China’s embassy in New Delhi has denied allegations by the Indian government that coronavirus testing kits it ordered from China are faulty, calling the claim unfair and irresponsible. On Monday, the national Indian Council of Medical Research canceled an order for nearly 1 million rapid antibody testing kits from two Chinese companies, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai …

Beijing Slams India's 'Unfair' Decision To Cancel Chinese Antibody Testing Kit Order
4 years, 8 months ago

Beijing Slams India's 'Unfair' Decision To Cancel Chinese Antibody Testing Kit Order

NPR  

Beijing Slams India's 'Unfair' Decision To Cancel Chinese Antibody Testing Kit Order Enlarge this image toggle caption Manish Swarup/AP Manish Swarup/AP Chinese officials on Tuesday criticized India's decision to cancel orders for more than half a million antibody testing kits. Sponsor Message On Monday, the Indian Council of Medical Research, a government body, advised Indian states to stop using rapid …

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