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Rapid antigen tests comprise 25 to 30 per cent of India’s total daily COVID-19 tests: DG-ICMR

11:30 pm August 4, 2020

New Delhi: Rapid antigen tests comprise nearly 25-30 per cent of the total daily tests conducted for the detection of COVID-19 in the country at present, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday. A record 6,61,892 samples were tested for COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far in the country to 2,08,64,750 and […]

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Why continue rapid antigen tests when false negatives so high: HC to Delhi govt

8:52 pm July 27, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the AAP government why it was going with Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT), which has a high rate of false negative results, as the primary test of COVID-19 infection. It also made it clear to the Delhi government to “strictly” follow the guidelines on COVID-19 testing as […]

Conditional permission of chardham yatra issued for people of other states

9:12 pm July 24, 2020

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Devasthanam Board on Friday issued a revised standard operating procedure (SOP) allowing asymptomatic persons from outside the state to undertake the chardham yatra but with conditions. According to the revised SOP, asymptomatic people from outside the state who have undergone the RT-PCR test from an ICMR-authorised lab and tested negative 72 hours prior to […]

COVID-19: Delhi records 111 deaths, 5,879 fresh cases

Delhi records over 2,000 fresh COVID-19 cases; death toll mounts to 3,165

11:30 pm July 7, 2020

New Delhi: A day after witnessing a sharp drop, Delhi on Tuesday recorded over 2,000 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 1,02,831 while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,165 with 50 fatalities. On Monday, the coronavirus tally crossed the 1,00,000-mark, making the national capital the first city in the country to […]

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Rajiv Gandhi hospital gets ICMR nod to conduct plasma therapy on 200 patients

5:34 pm July 7, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH), a dedicated COVID-19 facility, has received nod from the ICMR to conduct plasma therapy on 200 coronavirus patients, senior officials said on Tuesday. RGSSH in east Delhi has treated over a thousand patients after being declared a dedicated facility, and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on […]