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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. 
science
Published on Jan 02, 2022 06:04 pm IST

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. 
world news
Published on Dec 11, 2021 06:12 am IST

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)
delhi news
Published on Dec 03, 2021 01:31 am IST

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. 
india news
Published on Nov 28, 2021 08:19 am IST

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. 
world news
Updated on Nov 26, 2021 11:55 am IST

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.
india news
Published on May 25, 2021 07:53 am IST

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.
india news
Published on May 22, 2021 09:30 am IST

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.
bengaluru news
Published on May 06, 2021 09:50 am IST

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.
india news
Published on Apr 16, 2021 02:20 pm IST

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.
delhi news
Published on Apr 13, 2021 02:33 am IST

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.
health
Updated on Feb 03, 2021 05:38 pm IST

Dubai closes bars, limits activities after virus cases spike

Dubai closes bars, limits activities after virus cases spike
travel
Updated on Feb 02, 2021 07:37 am IST

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.
world news
Updated on Jan 27, 2021 03:04 pm IST

India scales up Covid-19 testing capacity from 1 in Jan to 7.7 crore in Oct: Health ministry

As per the MoHFW, 7,78,50,403 tests for Covid-19 were conducted in the country on October 3 which marks a new high.
india news
Updated on Oct 04, 2020 10:44 pm IST

Trump’s Covid-19 testing chief defends new advice after blowback

A health worker stores a swab sample to test for coronavirus infection.
world news
Updated on Aug 27, 2020 06:09 am IST

Record 52,123 cases, 775 fatalities push India’s Covid-19 tally to over 1.58 million

A health worker in PPE kit collects a swab sample from a man for coronavirus test, at Geeta Colony in New Delhi on Wednesday.
india news
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 09:42 am IST

Mumbai has conducted 2.12 lakh Covid-19 tests, with positivity of 20.4%

The positivity percentage is calculated as the number of people testing positive from among the total number of tests.
mumbai news
Updated on Jun 05, 2020 11:34 am IST

Wuhan tests millions in 12 days as China fears second virus wave

The ambitious testing mission was announced on May 12, days after new infections emerged for the first time since a 76-day lockdown was lifted in Wuhan in April.
world news
Updated on May 26, 2020 03:24 pm IST

Centre nudges Bihar to scale up Covid-19 testing as number of cases rise

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has already asked his officers to ramp testing from an average 2,000 to 10,000 per day.
patna news
Updated on May 23, 2020 07:02 pm IST

UK government accused of virus testing failures

The UK authorities initially sought to trace and test everyone who had been in contact with people infected with the coronavirus.
world news
Updated on May 19, 2020 02:57 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: ICMR revises strategy for Covid-19 testing and all the latest news

The revised strategy proposes all symptomatic individuals with history of international travel in the last 14 days to be tested.
india news
Updated on May 18, 2020 05:03 pm IST

India clocks one million RT-PCR tests for Covid-19

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has ramped up testing to more than 75,000 samples per day.
india news
Updated on May 02, 2020 08:14 pm IST

Doctors get legal shield, reports on casualties spark concerns: Covid-19 news today

On Sunday, the burial of Samuel Hercules, a doctor in Chennai, was disrupted by violent protesters who damaged the ambulance carrying his body and injured its driver out of fear of the spread of the coronavirus.
india news
Updated on Apr 23, 2020 09:00 am IST

Maharashtra government awaits experts’ nod to initiate rapid testing process for coronavirus

However, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in some cases, antibodies are not produced in the bodies of patients carrying the Covid-19 pathogens.
mumbai news
Updated on Apr 21, 2020 10:14 am IST

Gurugram health dept starts antibody tests in Sohna

Officials said that the result of all five tests carried out at the sub-divisional hospital in Sohna on Monday was negative.
gurugram news
Updated on Apr 21, 2020 11:34 am IST

Japan expands testing as Covid-19 infections mount

Japan conducted about 52,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in March, or just 16% of the number carried out in South Korea, according to data from Oxford University.
world news
Updated on Apr 18, 2020 10:46 am IST

4,000 Covid-19 rapid test kits allocated to Meghalaya, says CM

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma.
india news
Updated on Apr 18, 2020 09:25 am IST

RBI lends a helping hand, Wuhan revises death toll: Top Covid-19 news today

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das.
india news
Updated on Apr 18, 2020 07:33 am IST

Karnataka to buy 2 lakh rapid test kits for Covid-19 detection

Moreover, 250 kiosks will be set up in the state to collect saliva samples of a person with Covid-19 symptoms. Such kiosks will be launched one-by-one in taluks of the state.
bengaluru news
Updated on Apr 17, 2020 01:32 pm IST

FDA approves synthetic swabs for Covid-19 testing in United States

US Cotton, the largest manufacturer of cotton swabs in the country, developed a polyester-based Q-tip-type swab that is fully compatibility with Covid-19 testing, FDA said.
world news
Published on Apr 17, 2020 06:26 am IST
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