The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a dry swab direct RT-PCR test method for COVID-19 virus developed by CSIR-Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). “This method developed by CSIR-CCMB is a simple variation of the existing gold standard RT-PCR method,” the science and technology ministry said …
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Amid the increase in Covid-19 cases in the national capital, the Uttar Pradesh government said today that it will screen people coming from Delhi by plane, bus or train, the ANI news agency reported. Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary RK Tiwari also added that the state government was discussing the number …
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FILE – In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020 file photo, a woman wears a mask as she walks through London’s Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, which is quieter than usual. Air traffic is down 92% this year as travelers worry about contracting COVID-19 and government travel bans and quarantine rules make …
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Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea have developed a new method that can detect coronavirus in just 30 minutes. The method is as accurate as the current PCR diagnostic test, the scientists claimed. Based on the RNA sequence of the virus, the “quick and …
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In an interview that will pierce the government’s claim that we are in control of the trajectory of COVID-19 and furthermore critical of ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava, India’s leading virologist has said: “Obviously the situation is alarming ”. Dr. Shahid Jameel says there are two aspects of concern: first, …
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NEW DELHI: September is proving to be a bleak month for India in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the number of people who contracted the infection in the first half of the month was more than double the number of new infections …
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The Union Ministry of Health updated its advice on the Covid-19 testing strategy and introduced on-demand tests without a prescription. However, it has granted state authorities the right to modify the modules accordingly. “An entirely new section has been added to the Notice on ‘On-Demand Testing’ which, for all practical …
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Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said it did not expect widespread immunization against the new coronavirus until mid-2021, dampening hopes just as research revealed encouraging early results from a Russian vaccine. The virus that has killed nearly 870,000 people worldwide continues to spread, and Italy’s flamboyant former Prime Minister Silvio …
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Good news for travelers who had to postpone their Go to travel plans due to restrictions in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state government has opened borders for everyone. In fact, now you don’t even need a COVID-19 test. Chief Minister Pramod sawant He said that starting today, …
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[ad_1] By: Express News Service | Ahmedabad | Published: May 20, 2020 12:58:27 am According to the list of areas of contention in the state issued by the department of health on Tuesday, Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara have been put in the red zone. (Representation) With five percent of the …
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