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 Asia and parts of Europe, the Centre has asked the states to restart monitoring influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infections so that no early … Read more
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 be paid for by others who need the tests. “From April 1, when winter is over and the virus will spread less easily, we will … Read more
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 and other Infectious diseases at Gurgaon with a current capacity of testing 15, 000 samples a day. The fully automated high throughput lab is … Read more
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 in the northeast has emerged as a worry for the Centre with ICMR director-general and member of India’s task force on the pandemic Dr … Read more
Hasmukh Rawal, MD, Mylab Discovery Solutions The 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 Covid-19 test reports at the peak of the second wave in April and May. In order to make Covid-19 testing easier, ICMR or the … Read more
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 positive cases in the second wave, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT). ICMR has also approved 36 RATs … Read more
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 Suryaprabha Sadasivan In the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken the center stage of all public health discussions, decisions, and interventions, and rightly … Read more
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 the US measures the concentration of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein, a biomarker for Covid-19, in blood serum from a standard finger prick. According to … Read more
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 a major decision to make Coronavirus testing affordable, the state government of Odisha has capped the price of RT-PCR test at Rs 400, news … Read more
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 testing: This year has witnessed the most unprecedented changes in the sphere of health. To understand the emerging trends worldwide and to acknowledge the … Read more