COVID testing
- World
Shanghai to screen 16 million people in 2nd phase of lockdown
Shanghai: Shanghai will launch a Covid-19 nucleic acid testing campaign in areas west of the Huangpu River starting from Friday amid the second phase of the city’s nine-day lockdown, an official announced on…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad makes it to top 3 districts in country for Covid testing
Hyderabad: As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is on the rise, Hyderabad has featured in the top three districts across the country with regards to COVID testing in the last six months.…
- India
U’khand COVID testing scam: Private lab kept uploading data on ICMR portal even after contract ended
Dehradun: Recent investigations have revealed that the private agency accused of irregulaties in COVID-19 tests during the recently concluded Kumbh Mela, continued to upload data on the Indian Council of Medical Research…
- Hyderabad
CCMB lab releases guidelines for COVID testing in zoo animals
Hyderabad: With COVID-19 cases reported in zoo animals in India last month, the Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, has…
- India
COVID-19: ICMR approves home-based rapid antigen testing
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday approved a home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit for COVID-19, which it advised should be used only on symptomatic individuals and…
- Science
This human molecule is helping COVID-19 virus escape antibodies
New Delhi: A natural molecule called biliverdin present in human body is helping SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, escape antibodies – a discovery that can help explain why some Covid patients become…
- India
Centre’s ‘failed policies’ led to second wave of Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi
Delhi: Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the failed policies of government have led to the second wave of Covid-19…
- Hyderabad
Covid testing: Shortage of medical staff at diagnostic centers, long queues, public scare
Hyderabad: In spite of the claims by the State government and the Health Department to increase Corona testing and identify the patients, there is a growing grouse of the public that no…
- Health
New research backs rapid testing for safe, efficient restart of air travel: IATA
Geneva: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday urged governments to accept best-in-class rapid antigen tests in fulfillment of Covid-19 testing requirements following the publication of new research by OXERA and…
- News
Novel chip simplifies Covid testing, delivers results on phone
New York, Feb 26 : A team of researchers has developed a stamp-sized chip that may help diagnose Covid-19 in just 55 minutes. The researchers, including lead author Peter Lillehoj from Rice…
