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Odisha Lokayukta orders probe into alleged scam in purchase of PPE kits
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | By Debabrata Mohanty
UPDATED ON DEC 08, 2020 01:37 PM IST
The complainants also alleged that even other essential pharmaceutical goods and critical care equipment were purchased at much higher rates by the officials with an ulterior motive of wrongful gain.
World Post Day: Braving pandemic, postal workers emerge as Covid-19 warriors
Hindustan Times | By Mallika Bhagat, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON OCT 08, 2020 02:22 PM IST
On World Post Day (October 9) and National Postal Day of India (October 10), here’s bringing you how postal staff has been working round the clock to ensure distribution of everything right from testing kits to medicines and money.
Jamia Millia Islamia researchers develop saliva-based Covid-19 testing kit
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India| Posted by Akhilesh Nagari
PUBLISHED ON OCT 06, 2020 08:32 AM IST
The team of scientists from Multidisciplinary Centre for Advanced Research and Studies (MCARS) at JMI along with experts from other institutes have developed a RNA extraction free saliva-based detection technology for COVID-19, it said.
Covid-19: Rajasthan slashes rate of RT-PCR test at private labs
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON SEP 15, 2020 04:43 PM IST
The state government decided to slash the rate of test from Rs 2,200 to Rs 1,200 after consulting senior doctors and other experts, said the health minister
PGIMER pegs Covid-19 test costs at ₹8 crore a month
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Amanjeet Singh Salyal, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON AUG 21, 2020 03:25 AM IST
Dr Jagat Ram, director, PGIMER, said the institute conducted nearly 30,000 tests a month for which estimated costs had been worked out and sent to the Central government.
Walk-ins may be key step as India looks to step up testing
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Sanchita Sharma, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 08, 2020 05:53 AM IST
According to experts in public health, industry and regulations, the country has the capacity to carry out a million tests a day but will need administrative will from across the states.
IIT Delhi, National Chemical Laboratory working on home-based testing kits for COVID-19
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India| Posted by Akhilesh Nagari
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2020 03:58 PM IST
The collaborative project with the NCL, which comes under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has also received financial support from Microsoft India and is expected to be ready in a month’s time.
Centre targets 6 lakh rapid Covid-19 tests in Delhi; to add 500 ventilators, 650 ambulances
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUN 18, 2020 06:43 PM IST
The Union Minister of State for Home said that as of now 50,000 rapid testing kits procured from South Korea have been sent to these 169 testing centres.
Enable Make in India to become the new normal, writes Amitabh Kant
By Amitabh Kant
PUBLISHED ON MAY 04, 2020 06:19 PM IST
Indian entrepreneurs quickly recalibrated to produce vital supplies to combat Covid-19, showing their potential
Unlock Delhi, we’re ready: Arvind Kejriwal
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 04, 2020 03:00 PM IST
Outlining the relaxations in the city from Monday, as per central guidelines, the Delhi CM said the state government told the Centre that barring the 97 containment zones in the city, which should remain sealed, the rest of the city should be declared a “green zone”.
In hindsight: Covid profited from our mistakes
Hindustan Times | By Vir Sanghvi
UPDATED ON APR 29, 2020 10:29 AM IST
Looking back, there have been so many mistakes and so much misinformation that it is worth asking: could we have handled this better?
Domestic makers of rapid kits in a fix as ICMR halts their use
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rhythma Kaul
UPDATED ON APR 29, 2020 05:51 AM IST
ICMR asked states to return rapid testing kits sourced from China after its field assessment found them to be showing too much variation in results.
China says unfair to label its test kits faulty
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rezaul H Laskar
PUBLISHED ON APR 29, 2020 02:14 AM IST
India has placed orders for hundreds of thousands of testing kits and millions of PPE kits with Chinese firms. However, several state governments reported wide variations in the results produced by kits from Wondfo and Livzon.
‘China, others should have no concerns about changes in FDI rules’: Govt
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rezaul H Laskar
UPDATED ON APR 23, 2020 11:08 PM IST
China had on Monday asked India to revise what it described as a “discriminatory” change in FDI regulations aimed at preventing opportunistic takeovers of Indian firms amid the economic downturn triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
South Korean firm begins making rapid testing kits at Manesar facility
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rezaul H Laskar
UPDATED ON APR 22, 2020 08:41 PM IST
The move comes against the backdrop of complaints from several state governments about the efficacy of rapid testing kits sourced from China.
No fresh Covid case, Chandigarh tally at 27
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON APR 21, 2020 09:11 PM IST
As many as 14 people have recovered and no one has succumbed to the virus in the city so far
98% samples taken in Haryana test negative for Covid-19
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Neeraj Mohan, Karnal
PUBLISHED ON APR 21, 2020 08:18 PM IST
So far, samples of 14,560 people have been sent for examination, 12,253 of which tested negative. Only 255 (about 2%) have tested positive for the infection, whereas reports of 2,069 samples are awaited.
In next 5 days, Delhi govt to test 20,000 in containment zones
By Anonna Dutt
UPDATED ON APR 15, 2020 04:20 AM IST
Covid-19: A test of federalism| HT Editorial
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 12, 2020 06:23 PM IST
State governments need help. The Centre should be responsive
Coronavirus update: With 400,000 kits, Tamil Nadu to ramp up Covid-19 testing
Hindustan Times, Chennai | By Sowmiya Ashok
UPDATED ON APR 11, 2020 02:05 PM IST
India has been using the RT-PCR, or reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, test on nasal or throat swab samples of suspected patients to test for Covid-19. These tests can take between 12-24 hours to show results.
Bihar orders 50,000 rapid testing kits to up screening of vulnerable pockets
Hindustan Times, Patna | By Arun Kumar
UPDATED ON APR 10, 2020 12:17 PM IST
Covid-19 positive cases have gone up to 60 until Friday morning, but the viral outbreak is restricted to 10 districts so far and mostly among patients with known foreign travel history.
Now, more samples can be tested in Uttar Pradesh
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By HT Correspondent, Lucknow
UPDATED ON APR 04, 2020 10:10 AM IST
KGMU has kits to test 1500 samples at present and more kits are arriving in the next 48 hours. KGMU has also been made nodal centre for distribution of testing kits to six other labs in the state.
Testing lag, PPE worries and Delhi hotspot: Covid-19 news from India
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 31, 2020 10:52 AM IST
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Dedicated units to fast-track approval of new testing kits for Covid-19
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rhythma Kaul
UPDATED ON MAR 28, 2020 07:32 AM IST
Since February, ICMR’s apex virology laboratory, the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, has approved four of 15 new test kits that don’t have European Union or US Food and Drug Administration approval
Coronavirus in Chandigarh: At PGIMER lab, virologists are working 19 hours to test samples
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAR 23, 2020 12:57 AM IST
Say it’s tough tackling rising rush of samples from across the region
GoM to review status of coronavirus preparations in country today
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Anonna Dutt
UPDATED ON MAR 16, 2020 07:47 AM IST
Twenty-three persons were confirmed to be positive for Covid-19 on Sunday by the National Institute of Virology, Pune.
Scientists in Israel likely to announce they developed coronavirus vaccine: Report
Jerusalem | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAR 12, 2020 08:11 PM IST
The normal process of development of such a vaccine requires a long process of pre-clinical trials on animals, followed by clinical trials.
China ready with rapid testing kits to detect coronavirus antibody in a patient
Hindustan Times, Beijing | By Sutirtho Patranobis
UPDATED ON MAR 11, 2020 08:37 PM IST
Until now, China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved 10 new coronavirus nucleic acid detection reagents and 6 antibody detection reagents.