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New global test can give COVID-19 results in minutes, as opposed to hours: WHO

Geneva: A test that can diagnose Covid-19 in minutes will dramatically expand the capacity to detect cases in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The $5 test…

Centre allows commercial launch of `Feluda`, first CRISPR COVID-19 test

New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has given approval for the commercial launch of India’s first Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) test, developed by the Tata Group…

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June 24, 2020

Hafeez shares his COVID negative report day after PCB announces him positive

Lahore: Senior Pakistan batsman Mohammad Hafeez has claimed that he has tested negative for coronavirus after undergoing a test in his personal capacity. On Tuesday, the Pakistan Cricket Board informed that Hafeez…

JK exempts returning forces from Covid tests, administrative quarantine

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government Monday exempted security forces returning to duties from the mandatory COVID-19 testing and administrative quarantine. Earlier, the government through its three different orders had laid down a…

June 2, 2020

India lose top spot in ICC Test rankings for first time since October 2016

The Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket team was dethroned from the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for the first time in close to four years after cricket parent’s body announced the…

May 1, 2020

To speed up testing, 58 mobile kiosks set up in Kashmir

Srinagar: In a significant development and to meet the challenge posed by the global pandemic COVID-19, testing and sampling capacity has been substantially enhanced in all the districts of Kashmir division. The…

April 24, 2020

Trump likely to be tested for coronavirus

Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday he will “most likely” be tested for the novel coronavirus, as questions swirled about why he, his top aides and his family weren’t doing more to…

March 14, 2020

CORONAVIRUS SCARE:Two suspected cases detected in Jammu

Jammu, Mar 7: Panic gripped Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday when test results of two suspected Coronavirus patients were found “high viral load cases” and the duo was immediately quarantined at Government…

March 8, 2020

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How many labs in India can test Coronavirus?

New Delhi: In the wake of at least 31 confirmed cases of coronavirus in India so far, the Union health ministry has made functional 52 laboratories for testing samples while 57 labs…

March 7, 2020

Kashmir COVID-19 free so far, two more test negative

Srinagar, Mar 5: Officially, Kashmir continues to be coronavirus free as two more persons with related symptoms have tested negative. At the same time, a senior doctor at SKIMS Friday said that one…

March 6, 2020

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Coronavirus: 28 test positive in India, including 16 Italian tourists

New Delhi :Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan says India has 28 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, which includes 16 Italian tourists. “We have requested all hospitals in Delhi to develop good quality isolation…

March 4, 2020

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