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RT-PCR testing for all NRIs returning to Kerala will be mandatory to check for genetic variations of the coronavirus. People coming to Kerala from abroad will have free COVID-19 testing, state Health Minister KK Shailaja said at a press conference on Friday. RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) tests for …

Currently, there is no intranasal Covid-19 vaccine in clinical trial in India, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan clarified today. “However, the Serum Institute of India has started manufacturing Codagenix CDX-005, which is a live attenuated intranasal vaccine candidate for SARS-CoV-2,” Vardhan said on his sixth episode of Sunday Samvaad while …