For Express News Service BENGALURU: As of April 1, all persons entering Bengaluru from other states will need a negative RT-PCR report. The quarantine surveillance app and hand stamps to track asymptomatic corona patients isolated at home are back. These were announced after a meeting between the Minister of Health …
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The third wave of coronavirus infections (Covid-19) in Delhi has started to show clear signs of retreat with new cases steadily declining over the past few weeks. The reduction in new infections has gone hand in hand with a drop in the positivity rate and a significant improvement in testing, …
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday cut the price of the RT-PCR test to detect coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in private laboratories to 700 rupees and said it will cost 900 rupees if performed at home, a day after the governments of Delhi and Gujarat also revised the testing fees. In …
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Labs assigned by the central government are taking more than 24 hours to provide reports for Covid-19 tests as they are working at full capacity, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Tuesday. “The response period for results should be 24 hours. However, when the laboratories are operating at full …
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Coronavirus: Delhi has recorded over 5.6 lakh of COVID-19 cases with 9,066 deaths, so far. (Archive) Highlight RT-PCR tests for Covid can cost up to Rs 2400 in Delhi private labs States like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu have limited the cost of RT-PCR Supreme Court guilty plea seeks order to …
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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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A Mumbai airport official has said that a total of 120 domestic passengers arriving at the city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport underwent RT-PCR tests on November 25, adding that none of the passengers tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Click here for full Covid-19 coverage “A total of …
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court requested a response from the Center to a petition that sought to fix a uniform ceiling on the RT-PCR test for the detection of Coronovirus disease (COVID-19) throughout the country. The petition filed by a lawyer Ajay Agrawal called for the nationwide fee for this …
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Written by Pranav Mukul, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 5, 2020 6:58:48 pm Currently, airports such as Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Cochin offer RT-PCR testing facilities in their respective arrival halls. For those traveling to India from abroad, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare …
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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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