FRIDAY, April 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Isolated NBA players who recovered from COVID-19 but still tested positive for the virus didn’t infect others after leaving isolation, a new study finds. That someone who has had COVID can infect others has been a persistent fear, but these findings from the professional basketball league suggest … Read more
Uttarakhand administration is launching a mega Covid test drive starting Saturday in the Haridwar city, covering around 50,000 people a day amid reports of increasing Covid-19 cases among seers and others attending the Maha Kumbh. The state health department will mainly conduct RT-PCR tests. The drive will cover seers, devotees, eatery owners, frontline workers including … Read more
Mylab’s solution will free up labs to test the more urgent and serious cases and avoid the load on these labs. There has been a sharp increase in demand for on-site testing for Covid-19 at workplaces ever since the second wave began in March 2021. Around 112 companies in and around Pune have approached Mylab … Read more
The rule is applicable to all, even though the person is a resident of Bengaluru. In the view of the recent rise in Coronavirus cases, Bengaluru has added a guideline for interstate travel stating that all travellers coming to Bengaluru from any state will be required to show a negative RT-PCR report from April 1. … Read more
Amravati: With the introduction of new software for rapid testing of samples, the Covid-19 Molecular Diagnostic Lab at Sant Gadgebaba Amravati University will now be able to give 1,700 test reports per day. “The software will enable the lab to send reports online to the district civil surgeon and district health officer, helping them to … Read more
The new Covid rule will come into effect from Feb 26. Amid a fresh spike in coronavirus cases, the Delhi government has decided to update the travel guidelines. Now, those arriving from the worst-affected states would have to carry a negative Covid-19 report. According to news agency ANI, the latest rule will come into effect … Read more
All travellers, including Singaporeans and permanent residents, will need to take a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced. This will take effect from 11.59 pm on January 24 as part of tighter border measures to manage the risk of imported COVID-19 cases, reported the … Read more
WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed a novel technology for a CRISPR-based Covid-19 diagnostic test that uses a smartphone camera to provide accurate results in under 30 minutes. According to the research published in the journal Cell, the new diagnostic test can not only generate a positive or negative result, it also measures the viral load — … Read more
In Delhi, the number of containment zones has also been increased. Coronavirus cases continue to rise over 3,000 per day in the national capital but the positivity rate has started falling. On Thursday, Delhi reported 3,734 new cases at a time when 75,230 tests for COVID-19 were conducted in the city. As a result, the … Read more
Gurgaon district health department’s health bulletin said that more than 500 cases are being recorded in a day. Gurgaon too has been recording new highs in COVID-19 cases as the days pass. The city in Haryana has seen more Coronavirus cases in 10 days of November than it did in all October. According to a … Read more