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India develops first local test to detect flu, Covid in single swab

The test kit will use nasal and throat swabs of a patient (Representational image)
india news
Updated on May 23, 2023 10:48 am IST

Odisha Lokayukta orders probe into alleged scam in purchase of PPE kits

The order came after industry secretary Hemant Sharma and managing director of Odisha State Medical Corporation Yamini Sarangi appeared before the Lokayukta, in connection with the alleged irregularities in the purchase of PPE kits and masks. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Dec 08, 2020 01:37 pm IST

World Post Day: Braving pandemic, postal workers emerge as Covid-19 warriors

Postal workers have been working non-stop during the pandemic, to ensure that medicines, medical reports etc reach their destination on time.
delhi news
Published on Oct 08, 2020 02:22 pm IST

Jamia Millia Islamia researchers develop saliva-based Covid-19 testing kit

Jamia Millia Islamia.(HT file)
education
Published on Oct 06, 2020 08:32 am IST

Covid-19: Rajasthan slashes rate of RT-PCR test at private labs

RT-PCR tests are done at 35 labs in Rajasthan, including those at government facilities where the test is done free of cost.
cities
Published on Sept 15, 2020 04:43 pm IST

PGIMER pegs Covid-19 test costs at ₹8 crore a month

The institute conducts reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), GeneXpert, and Rapid Antigen tests to detect and confirm Covid-19.
chandigarh news
Updated on Aug 21, 2020 03:25 am IST

Walk-ins may be key step as India looks to step up testing

Mylabs is India’s first local manufacturer of the gold standard RT-PCR tests for Covid-19, and Serum Institute has helped it increase its capacity.
india news
Updated on Jul 08, 2020 05:53 am IST

IIT Delhi, National Chemical Laboratory working on home-based testing kits for COVID-19

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
education
Updated on Jun 28, 2020 03:58 pm IST

Centre targets 6 lakh rapid Covid-19 tests in Delhi; to add 500 ventilators, 650 ambulances

Reddy said that following a directive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and under the leadership of Home Minister Amit Shah, the Centre and the Delhi government took certain decisions for the benefit of the people of the capital.
india news
Updated on Jun 18, 2020 06:43 pm IST

Enable Make in India to become the new normal, writes Amitabh Kant

A similar situation is being witnessed in PPEs, where for a total requirement of over 20 million PPEs, 35 domestic manufacturers have stepped up to fulfil the demand, supplying 13 million PPEs
analysis
Published on May 04, 2020 06:19 pm IST

Unlock Delhi, we’re ready: Arvind Kejriwal

The CM said that the lockdown had created two major difficulties. The first was that people were facing enormous hardship.
delhi news
Updated on May 04, 2020 03:00 pm IST

In hindsight: Covid profited from our mistakes

A health worker uses an infrared thermometer to measure the temperature of a motorcyclist on a road during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad.
lifestyle
Updated on Apr 29, 2020 10:29 am 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

China says unfair to label its test kits faulty

The ICMR stressed in a statement issued on Monday that rapid antibody testing kits should be used only for surveillance, and said it evaluated the kits from Wondfo and Livzon in field conditions.
india news
Published on Apr 29, 2020 02:14 am IST

‘China, others should have no concerns about changes in FDI rules’: Govt

The change in Indian FDI regulations came against the backdrop of reports that Chinese firms were eyeing the acquisition of Indian companies hit by a fall in their valuation amid the economic slowdown.
india news
Updated on Apr 23, 2020 11:08 pm IST

South Korean firm begins making rapid testing kits at Manesar facility

SD Biosensor rolled out the first batch of test kits at its Manesar facility on April 19, the Indian embassy in Seoul said in a statement.
india news
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 08:41 pm IST

No fresh Covid case, Chandigarh tally at 27

The UT administration has set up an exclusive ward for Covid-19 patients at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
chandigarh news
Updated on Apr 21, 2020 09:11 pm IST

98% samples taken in Haryana test negative for Covid-19

Most of the officials in Haryana health department maintain that they are following the guidelines issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research.
cities
Published on Apr 21, 2020 08:18 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

Covid-19: A test of federalism| HT Editorial

The Centre must consider all these requests favourably, for it is both a question of the rights of states and the need of the moment
editorials
Published on Apr 12, 2020 06:23 pm IST

Coronavirus update: With 400,000 kits, Tamil Nadu to ramp up Covid-19 testing

B J Government Medical College's Molecular lab prepares for coronavirus testing at Sassoon hospital in Pune on March 19, 2020.
india news
Updated on Apr 11, 2020 02:05 pm IST

Bihar orders 50,000 rapid testing kits to up screening of vulnerable pockets

Medics in PPE kits during a demonstration on taking samples from COVID-19 suspected patients at a drive-through test facility in New Delhi, India, on Monday, April 6, 2020.
patna news
Updated on Apr 10, 2020 12:17 pm IST

Now, more samples can be tested in Uttar Pradesh

There are seven labs conducting tests, including LLR Medical College Meerut, AMU in Aligarh, KGMU in Lucknow, PGI in Lucknow, BHU in Varanasi, BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, UP Rural Medical College in Saifai.
lucknow news
Updated on Apr 04, 2020 10:10 am IST

Testing lag, PPE worries and Delhi hotspot: Covid-19 news from India

Laboratory technicians sit next to boxes containing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing kits at a sample collection centre in Ahmedabad
india news
Updated on Mar 31, 2020 10:52 am IST

Dedicated units to fast-track approval of new testing kits for Covid-19

Currently, a part of the Covid-19 test kits are procured from the US and Germany by ICMR-NIV and distributed to the testing laboratories across the country
india news
Updated on Mar 28, 2020 07:32 am IST

Coronavirus in Chandigarh: At PGIMER lab, virologists are working 19 hours to test samples

PGI officials say more people are being trained as workload of the virology lab is expected to increase in the coming days.
chandigarh news
Updated on Mar 23, 2020 12:57 am IST

GoM to review status of coronavirus preparations in country today

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan chaired a meeting with Group of Ministers (GOM) on Coronavirus in New Delhi.
india news
Updated on Mar 16, 2020 07:47 am IST

Scientists in Israel likely to announce they developed coronavirus vaccine: Report

Any vaccine developed in Israel will presumably also need to go through a similar or even stricter process before it will be approved for use, the daily said.
world news
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 08:11 pm IST

China ready with rapid testing kits to detect coronavirus antibody in a patient

Frontline doctors at the coronavirus epidemic epicentre of Wuhan are said to be using a 15-minute test kit to detect antibodies to the pathogen
world news
Updated on Mar 11, 2020 08:37 pm IST
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