Testing for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) cases has been the pillars of Covid management for the government. Citing the resurgence of coronavirus cases in southeast…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday free mass COVID-19 testing would end in England from April 1 but would still be available for the most vulnerable and could…
Antigen and Antibody testing for COVID-19 will also be available at this facility.Genes2Me, a leading Genetic diagnostics and research Company, launched its high throughput RT PCR testing lab for COVID-19…
According to Dr. Bhargava, 595 districts had been reporting positivity rate of less than 5%, while 65 districts have a positivity rate of 5-10%. (Photo source: IE)The COVID-19 positivity rate…
Hasmukh Rawal, MD, Mylab Discovery SolutionsThe second wave of Covid-19 put immense pressure on India’s healthcare system especially on the diagnostic front. There was a long waiting time to get the…
No testing would be required for Covid-19 recovered individuals at the time of hospital discharge. In a bid to reduce the load on laboratories and enable faster detection of Covid-19…
As per 2019 data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), India is estimated to have close to 2.64 million TB cases. (File photo: IE)By Dr K Madan Gopal and and…
Scientists have developed a stamp-sized chip that simplifies Covid-19 testing and delivers results on a smartphone in less than 55 minutes.The microfluidic chip developed by researchers from Rice University in…
Patients who keep on exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms despite showing negative in their rapid antigen test report are further tested by the RT-PCR method to check the presence of the virus.In…
Dr. Virander Singh Chauhan is currently the chairman of the EC of NAAC and involved in the scholarship schemes such as the Rhodes, Inlaks and Felix Scholarships for Indian students.COVID-19…