Covid-19: RT-PCR test must for Maharashtra-bound travellers from Kerala
India | February 11, 2021 13:15 ISTThe southern state also reported 5,980 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, as per official figures
The southern state also reported 5,980 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, as per official figures
Uttarakhand government on Monday issued Covid-19 guidelines for devotees visiting Haridwar's Kumbh Mela.
Uttarakhand government on Friday announced that the costs of Covid-19 tests -- RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Tests have been reduced for the public.
US President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders to address COVID-19 challenges, including making coronavirus test followed by quarantine mandatory for all travellers coming from overseas.
China blocked two members of the 13-member international team from travelling to the epicentre of the pandemic after they failed the coronavirus antibody test in Singapore.
Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar said on Saturday that all UK returnees will have to undergo RT-PCR test on arrival, for which necessary arrangements are in place.
Passengers travelling from the United Kingdom to India from January 8 to 31 will now be subjected to mandatory self-paid RT-PCR test at the airport, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The Member of Parliament from Bhopal is kept in a private ward and director of AIIMS, Dr Randeep Guleria is supervising her case. Her condition is said to be stable now.
The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered mandatory COVID-19 test of tourists visiting Nainital and Mussoorie.
In the 24-hour period, the country recorded 412 new deaths, taking the total number of fatalities to 1,41,772. The fatality rate stands at 1.45%. The total number of active cases has reached 3,72,293.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the maximum price for the RT-PCR COVID-19 tests by private laboratories have been slashed to Rs 950.
The Rajasthan government will bring down the cost of the RT-PCR test in private labs to Rs 800 soon.
Starting today, November 25, people arriving in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra from Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa by air and train must carry with them a negative Covid-19 RT-PCR test report done three to four days before arrival, or will be tested on arrival.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in its recent report on Coronavirus/COVID-19 said that it is 'worried' at the use of less reliable diagnostic tests which increase the chances of false negatives.
A total of 130 people coming from Delhi to Noida were randomly tested for COVID-19 at the border of the two cities on Sunday and six of them were found positive for the infection, officials said.
The Central government on Sunday sent high-level teams to Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh to help the state governments tackle the Covid surge. Last week, the Union Government has sent teams to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Manipur. All these states have been either reporting a rise in the number of active cases.
FELUDA paper strip test for COVID19 includes changing of colour on detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus will be available by the first week of December. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan revealed that it is based on tests of over 2,000 patients during the trials at the IGIB and on testing in private labs which showed 96 per cent sensitivity and 98 per cent specificity.
The drive was initiated by the district administration and Health Department to prevent the spread of corona infections, following instructions by District Collector Suhas LY.
The study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, used the TriNetX electronic health records of 69 million people in the US including over 62,000 cases of Covid-19.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said some of the hospitals under the municipal corporations of Delhi will be converted into dedicated COVID hospitals and doctors and paramedics of paramilitary forces will be deployed in the national capital to deal with the shortage of manpower.
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