![]() | Amid covid surge, Seven states asked to ramp up testingDuring the past month, Kerala reported 2,347 cases a day on an average while Maharashtra had 2,135 cases, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in his letter to these states. |
![]() | Chennai corporation to increase contact tracing as Covid cases increaseThe Greater Chennai Corporation has also commenced an awareness drive among the 60 plus categories of people for taking the third dose of vaccine. |
![]() | Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 92,576The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,27,72,398 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent. |
![]() | Odisha: Door-to-door Covid surveillance from todayAmid surge in new Covid cases, the State government will launch its door-to-door surveillance from Tuesday in effort to contain transmission of the virus. |
![]() | Negative Covid report or vaccination certificate not compulsory for Char Dham yatra: Uttarakhand govtHowever, it will be compulsory for them to register on the tourism department's portal before setting out on the pilgrimage, Chief Secretary S S Sandhu said. |
![]() | Delhi reports 1,094 fresh cases of COVID-19, positivity rate rises to 4.82 per centWith the national capital witnessing a spurt in COVID-19 cases in the past few days, the number of active cases of the disease in the city has now increased to 3,705 from 601 on April 11. |
![]() | New Covid infections come down below 100, only 5 cases in Northern AndhraAccording to the media bulletin released by the State Command Control Room, East Godavari reported the highest of 22 new infections followed by 16 in Guntur. |
![]() | State lifts Covid test for patient hospitalisationThe test will be conducted only on patients with symptoms. |
![]() | Covid positivity rate in Delhi down to 1.5%; cases dip to 804A total of 53,719 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the city the previous day, according to the data shared by the city health department. |
![]() | AIIMS discontinues routine COVID-19 testing before inpatient hospitalisations, surgeriesAIIMS medical superintendent Dr DK Sharma said that 'this is no longer required for any such routine COVID-19 testing prior to any inpatient hospitalisation'. |
![]() | Sweden ends COVID-19 testing as pandemic restrictions liftedHigh vaccination rates in Sweden are creating optimism among health officials and a late 2020 study released Feb 8 showing antibodies present in 85% of samples. |
![]() | DCA officials seize Covid testing kits, fake sanitiserThe officials also seized products worth Rs 37 lakh from the store under Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and rules made under r/w Medical Devices Rules, 2017. |
![]() | Rs 1,000 for quick results: Covid testing centres fleece publicThe Collector urged the people to lodge complaints if anyone collected excess amounts for tests. |
![]() | Fuel crisis arises in Uganda as it tries to stem the pandemicMandatory COVID-19 testing at the country's border with Kenya caused traffic congestion last week as Ugandan customs officials struggled to apply the rules |
![]() | Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike launches mobile COVID-19 testing unit in south zoneLaunching the unit, BBMP chief commissioner Gaurav Gupta said that these units will collect samples 24x7 from any location in the south zone. |
![]() | Erratic testing strategy may delay third wave peak in Odisha, warns expertsThe Centre has asked the State government to immediately increase the testing in a strategic manner keeping in view the trend of case positivity in specific areas. |
![]() | With state yet to reach peak, Centre asks Odisha to ramp up COVID-19 testingThe daily case count which witnessed a marginal drop on January 16 rose again the next day due to the fluctuation in the number of tests. |
![]() | Andhra Pradesh Covid Advisory: Domestic travellers, asymptomatic need not be testedAsymptomatic patients undergoing surgical/non-surgical invasive procedures, including pregnant women, should not be tested unless warranted or symptoms develop, state health department advisory said. |
![]() | China's Tianjin orders more testing on 14 million residentsThe city’s COVID-19 prevention and control office said all who have tested positive in the initial testing round were found to have the Omicron variant. |
![]() | More than 20 Covid positive cases in Bengaluru NCOEThere are at least six elite athletes who returned Covid positive during routine testing while two hockey players also joined the list. |
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