COVID-19 testing News

The total number of COVID-19-related deaths in Kerala since the outbreak three years ago has now reached a staggering 72,059, with the recent fatalities adding to the grim toll.

The Winter Session of Parliament started on December 7 and was scheduled to be held till December 29. This was the first full session for the newly elected Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, officiating as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.

According to the Union Health Ministry, an emergency response mock drill will be conducted at hospitals across the country from December 27 in view of a spike in Covid cases in some countries. 

China is experiencing another Covid-19 surge The 1.4 billion-person nation is currently dealing with an increase in cases Union Health Minister will hold a meeting with state health ministers today

After the BJP`s announcement of the cancellation of the yatra, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Govind Singh Dotasra took a jibe at the saffron party. "The yatra was failing from the first day and chairs were empty. Now, BJP is cancelling it just for the sake of saving its reputation," he said.

Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak has said that efforts are being made to provide the benefits of government schemes to the patients. There should not be any negligence in the treatment of patients and all the treatment facilities will be provided free of cost in the government hospital

Rakesh Mishra, Director, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), Bangalore, said most Indians have acquired hybrid immunity which means immunity developed through vaccines and also natural infection protecting them from different COVID-19 variants.

UP CM Yogi told officials that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the strategy of trace, test, treat and vaccinate to prevent Covid-19 has proved successful. "Covid protocol must be strictly followed. Make people aware of wearing face masks in crowded public places like hospitals, bus and railway stations and markets. Activate the public address system," he added.

The authorities have separated small children from their parents after positive Covid-19 tests. Chinese officials denied some patients care because they had a Covid infection or they did not have proof of a negative Covid test, claimed HRW. Netizens have reported threats of self-harm or violence when family members were denied access to health care.

Pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is capable of accurately diagnosing Covid-19 in just a few minutes. The groundbreaking programme is able to detect the virus far more quickly than a PCR test.

The ICMR Advisory on Purposive Testing Strategy for COVID-19 in India also stated that individuals undertaking inter-state domestic travels do not need to get tested either.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has directed all agencies to make every effort to give two doses of vaccine to all. The variant has been rapidly spreading in Maharashtra with the highest number of cases across the country being reported from the state.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed officials to increase the speed of vaccination and follow the points suggested by the health advisory committee regarding prevention and treatment of the disease.

Karnataka will start door-to-door health check-ups to contain COVID-19 spread For this purpose around 108 teams have been formed and the door-to-door health check-up for all members will be taken up in Bengaluru

India has achieved the milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests. India has tested 40,18,11,892 samples across the country till Friday.

Uttarakhand HC grants protection to accused in fake COVID testing scam Max Corporate Services and two ICMR-accredited labs allegedly conducted fake tests during Kumbh

The Maha Kumbh Mela was held from April 1 to 30 this year and was spread over Haridwar district and Rishikesh region Between April 1 and 30 this year, 58 per cent of the total COVID-19 tests conducted in the state were held in Haridwar district During the same period, the positivity rate in Haridwar district was 80 per cent less than that of Uttarakhand

Isolate for 14 days: Telangana govt has asked Kumbh Mela returnees from Haridwar Those showing COVID-19 symptoms have been asked to get tested immediately They can even call the state emergency 104 healthcare number for assistance

The Uttar Pradesh authorities in an attempt to increase the COVID-19 testing in the state have come up with numerous plans, including revising price of RT-PCR tests. The price of RT-PCR tests have now been fixed at Rs 700 in all the private hospitals.

According to the Doctors, this study was done to establish the efficacy of the test among the Indian population, as not many studies were performed in India on this method of saliva-based testing.