About three and a half lakh additional rapid antigen kits have been procured for testing across all the three jurisdictions. Pune has become the worst affected city in the country as it added 1,931 new Covid-19 infections on Monday to emerge as the city giving highest number of Coronavirus cases in the country. Pune left … Read more
The team consisting of India’s eminent public health experts was constituted in April this year to advise the central government on its strategy to deal with Coronavirus. Terming India the hardest hit country in the Asian continent, experts from the Indian Public Health Organisation (IPHA) have said that the peak of Coronavirus spread may still … Read more
The testing strategy also ensured a steady expansion of the laboratory network. Testing over eight lakh samples for six days in a row, India’s total COVID-19 tests have touched 3.52 crore, while the average daily positivity rate has come down from 9.67 per cent during August 3-9 to 7.67 pc over the last week, the … Read more
The test has not yet been approved in India. Coronavirus testing: Scientists have suggested an alternative testing method to detect COVID-19! Scientists have said that a low-cost saliva test that would allow people to collect their own samples, that too with minimal discomfort, could be a better way to detect the novel coronavirus, a report … Read more