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Coronavirus Testing News

Covid-19: Can at-home tests detect Omicron? Here's what experts are saying

Preliminary research indicates that Omicron may still be a bit harder to detect through at-home Covid-19 than the other variants of the coronavirus.

Published 1674 days ago

UK under Omicron's shadow, daily Covid-19 cases highest since January

People walk through Westminster Underground station during morning rush hour, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in London, Britain.

Published 1696 days ago

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

Passengers queue for document verification at Terminal 3 of Delhi’s IGI airport on Thursday. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)

Published 1704 days ago

Freshers' party turns Covid super-spreader in Karnataka, at least 281 infected

Karnataka: Around 281 individuals, who either attended the party or were infected via people who did, have so far tested positive for Covid-19.

Published 1709 days ago

Frequent mutations, rapid spread: New Covid variant found in South Africa

Healthcare workers assist patients being treated at a makeshift hospital run by charity organisation The Gift of the Givers, during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak at Johannesburg in South Africa.

Updated 1711 days ago

Cipla's real-time Covid-19 testing kit 'ViraGen' to be sold from today

Cipla will start supplying the Covid-19 testing kits from Tuesday, the company said in a statement.

Published 1896 days ago

QR code on RT-PCR reports must for passengers flying out of India from today

Covid-19 testing labs started providing QR codes on RT-PCR test reports after cases of people editing the reports to show a negative result to meet the regulatory requirements were reported.

Published 1899 days ago

Karnataka to provide Covid-19 test results within seven hours: Deputy CM

Karnataka deputy chief minister said that as per the procedure, once the laboratories upload the positive test result on the ICMR portal, it should generate the Bengaluru Urban (BU) code number.

Published 1915 days ago

Negative RT-PCR report needed to enter Himachal Pradesh from today

The decision came as the hill state reported 11 fresh Covid-19 fatalities, pushing the death toll to 1,146 on Thursday.

Published 1935 days ago

Delhi Covid-19 testing labs at capacity, home collections hit

The Union government has advised states to carry out at least 70% of the tests using this method since it is more accurate than the rapid antigen tests.

Published 1938 days ago

ICMR DG says India controlled spread of Covid-19 faster than other nations

Bhargava said that India scaled up its testing capacity in a short period of time.

Updated 2007 days ago

Dubai closes bars, limits activities after virus cases spike

Dubai closes bars, limits activities after virus cases spike

Updated 2008 days ago

China’s Zero-Tolerance Covid Approach Now Includes Anal Swabs

China on Tuesday locked down a city of 4.9 million residents near Beijing as authorities continued to battle a surge in Covid-19 infections across the country.

Updated 2014 days ago

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