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How antibody therapy impacts COVID vaccines: Study

How antibody therapy impacts COVID vaccines: Study
health
Published on Dec 13, 2022 11:11 am IST

Studies find having Covid-19 may protect against reinfection

Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having Covid-19 may offer some protection against future infections.
health
Published on Dec 24, 2020 11:25 am IST

1mg gears up to fight second Covid-19 wave

In recent times, 1mg has played a pivotal role in ensuring that the much-needed healthcare services continue to remain accessible to families right from their homes even amidst the pandemic.
brand post
Published on Dec 07, 2020 06:48 pm IST

Humour: Five kinds of Lockdown de-stressers

There’s a whole world of woollen goodness waiting to wrap you in its warm embrace
brunch
Updated on Sept 13, 2020 07:33 am IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

According to the Harvard Medical School, the reported rate of false negatives in antigen tests could be as high as 50%.
india news
Updated on Sept 12, 2020 05:49 am IST

Covid-19 antibodies present in patients four months after recovery: Study

To get a sense of how many people in Iceland had been infected with the new coronavirus and learn more about immune status after recovery, researchers measured antibody levels in more than 30,000 Icelanders.
science
Published on Sept 02, 2020 05:18 am IST

Mumbai sero survey: BMC explores tie-up with private labs to increase sample size

The BMC has a tie-up with 15 private laboratories in Mumbai to conduct Covid-19 tests, using both real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method and rapid antigen detection (RAD) methodology.
mumbai news
Updated on Sept 01, 2020 09:53 am IST

15 per cent population may have virus antibodies, says private lab data

According to Thyrocare’s data the highest positivity rate for the antibody test is in Bhiwandi, Thane at 47.1% . The lowest positivity rate was found to be in Alibag in Maharashtra at 0.7%.
india news
Updated on Jul 22, 2020 12:33 pm IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

A healthcare worker holds a vial after testing for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi
india news
Updated on Jul 11, 2020 07:03 am IST

Weak evidence for accuracy of Covid-19 antibody tests: Study

The researchers noted that half of the studies were not peer reviewed and most were found to have a high or unclear risk of bias -- problems in study design that can influence results.
world news
Published on Jul 02, 2020 12:05 pm IST

Antibody tests may help detect Covid-19 infection if used at right time: Scientists

The researchers also fear accuracy will be lower when tests are used in the community, as the tests have mostly been evaluated in hospitalised patients – making it unclear whether they can detect lower antibody levels associated with milder and asymptomatic Covid-19 disease.
world news
Updated on Jun 26, 2020 06:37 pm IST

Over 73.5 lakh samples tested for Covid-19 in India till June 23: ICMR

The real-time RT-PCR is the gold standard test for detecting cases of Covid-19 and the average time taken is around 4-5 hours from receipt of sample to getting the result.
india news
Published on Jun 24, 2020 02:21 pm IST

Panchkula ready for antibody tests for Covid-19

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday asked states and union territories to start the serosurveillance to identify the percentage of population infected with SARS-CoV-2 .
chandigarh news
Published on Jun 02, 2020 08:57 pm IST

Goa seeks ICMR nod to conduct antibody tests on arriving air passengers

State health minister Vishwajit Rane said that the move was aimed at ensuring that there was no community transmission in the state. (Photo by by Ravindra Joshi / Hindustan Times)
india news
Updated on May 23, 2020 05:31 pm IST

Covid-19: Delhi records 591 cases and 23 deaths on Saturday

The mortality rate is still lower than the national average of almost 3%. Photo by Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times
delhi news
Published on May 23, 2020 03:51 pm IST

1 million tested for Covid in India; 10k recover

The health ministry expects testing to cross 100,000 tests a day next week, up from 5,580 a day on April 1.
india news
Updated on May 03, 2020 05:11 pm IST

Antibody testing to begin in Gurugram from Thursday; Sector 39 and Jharsa first in line

Of the 24 containment zones in Gurugram, the district health team will be starting the antibody tests in Sector 39 and Jharsa.
gurugram news
Updated on Apr 30, 2020 02:20 pm IST

Domestic makers of rapid kits in a fix as ICMR halts their use

Antibody tests are done using a person’s blood, and results are available in 30 minutes to an hour as opposed to the RT-PCR (Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction) tests that take about five hours.
india news
Updated on Apr 29, 2020 05:51 am IST

A blueprint for a testing strategy| Analysis

Test asymptomatic individuals who can become super-spreaders; do risk stratification of areas; release data
analysis
Published on Apr 22, 2020 06:49 pm IST

India’s Covid-19 response prompt, testing appropriate: WHO’s Soumya Swaminathan

Soumya Swaminathan says quality serological tests take around six months to be developed with ample data and validation.
india news
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 04:22 pm IST

Antibody tests start in Delhi’s Nabi Karim, all 62 results negative

Delhi rolled out antibody testing for coronavirus disease (Covid-19)
delhi news
Updated on Apr 21, 2020 12:36 am IST

Bengal to start rapid antibody tests for Covid-19 infections soon

On Thursday, India received a batch of 5,50,000 rapid testing kits (RTKs) from China. The state government, however, has not provided any data on how many kits have arrived in the state.
india news
Updated on Apr 19, 2020 06:59 pm IST

Rajasthan first state to carry out rapid antibodies test: Govt

Rajasthan plans to use rapid test for community surveillance and to scale up testing capacity to 10,000 tests per day over the next 10 days.
jaipur news
Published on Apr 17, 2020 10:50 pm IST

In next 5 days, Delhi govt to test 20,000 in containment zones

A quarantined group of people is brought for screening tests by the district health department, on day sixteen of the 21 day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at Civil Hospital Sector 10 in Gurugram, India, on Thursday, April 09, 2020.
cities
Updated on Apr 15, 2020 04:20 am IST

Coronavirus in India: Several targets missed, still no sign of rapid testing kits

CATS ambulance staff in PPE suits and doctors of LNJP Hospital during an altercation outside the special coronavirus screening center, on day eighteen of the 21 day lockdown to limit the coronavieus, at LNJP Hospital in New Delhi on Saturday.
india news
Updated on Apr 12, 2020 03:36 pm IST

A new plan and antibody tests: Covid-19 news from India

The Union health ministry on Saturday kept rapid antibody tests limited to people in high-risk areas
india news
Updated on Apr 05, 2020 09:55 am IST

Locking down is not enough. Ramp up testing

Have randomised testing of people allowed to move around during the lockdown. It is important that their identity be recorded, while issuing passes to move during the lockdown
analysis
Updated on Mar 27, 2020 06:24 pm IST
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