India completed its 100 millionth test for Covid sometime on Friday, according to the HT panel. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research tally, the number was slightly lower, 92.25 million tests (ICMR has a tally protocol that not all states follow), which means that the 100 million mark …
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In Dispatch 156, I wrote about why it didn’t make sense to use rapid antigen tests all the time, or to rely too much on them, as Delhi is still. In short, these tests return too many false negative results (identifying an infected person as not infected) to be reliable. …
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[ad_1] Written by Abantika Ghosh | New Delhi | Updated: May 21, 2020 8:41:01 am In the middle of the projections of the increased cases in June-July, the self-sufficiency in the test kits is an important part of the government of the Covid-19 of the strategy. India is now the …
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