Covid-19 Testing

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The SENSR technology developed by researchers at Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea diagnosis COVID-19 based on the RNA sequence of the virus, reducing the stress on one single testing location and avoiding contact with infected patients as much as possible. (AP)

New testing method can diagnose COVID-19 in just 30 minutes, study finds

The virus can be detected immediately without any preparation process with high sensitivity in a short time

06 Oct 2020 3:41 PM

People wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus sit together in Hong Kong. (AFP)

China's offer of coronavirus tests for all in Hong Kong meets with public distrust

Democracy activists share concerns that people’s DNA will be collected and abused under the cover of testing

27 Aug 2020 11:09 AM

A healthcare worker demonstrates a nasal swab on a patient during a test day at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site. (AP)

Coronavirus testing rates dropping in the US even as deaths mount

US is approaching a mammoth 5 million confirmed infections and more than 157,000 deaths out of over 700,000 worldwide

06 Aug 2020 9:50 AM

India has done the second largest number of 12 million coronavirus tests,right after US, the White House said. (AFP)

India has second largest number of coronavirus tests, right after US: White House

As per official records, US has done more than 42 million tests, while the second-highest number is 12 million from India

17 Jul 2020 10:30 AM

International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released criteria for the use of COVID-19 testing in the travel process. (ANI Photo)

IATA issues criteria for COVID-19 testing in air travel process

If testing is required as part of the travel process, it is recommended at departure, said IATA

17 Jun 2020 4:04 PM

Air, train passengers coming to Karnataka will be charged Rs 650 for swab sample test

'Pooled testing' involves putting multiple swab samples together, and testing them through a single RTPCR test.

30 May 2020 3:51 PM

Electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. (AP)

Virus in India diverging from the one originated in Wuhan, scientists say

Scientists caution that low testing rate minimal genome submissions are major bottlenecks in the assessment of the evolution of SARS-CoV-2

20 May 2020 11:23 AM

Trump to be screened for coronavirus daily after aide tests positive

Trump says he and vice president Mike Pence had very little contact with the patient

08 May 2020 9:02 AM

Health workers wearing protective suits prepare to disinfect a locality in Hyderabad. (PTI)

SARI what! Telangana docs are gobsmacked by fiat to restrict Covid-19 tests

One practitioner wonders if that is why the state's new case numbers are so low

30 Apr 2020 9:12 AM

Now, Tamil Nadu will pay for private lab testing for Covid19 too

At present, Tamil Nadu has 24,000 'PCR kits' and another 10,000 'PCR kits' will come within a week, the officials said

13 Apr 2020 9:52 AM

An Indian migrant worker's family is silhouetted as they make the journey to their village by foot, following a coronavirus lockdown in New Delhi, India on March 28, 2020. Authorities sent a fleet of buses to the outskirts of New Delhi to meet an exodus of migrant workers desperately trying to reach their home villages during the world's largest coronavirus lockdown. Thousands of people, mostly young male day laborers but also families, fled their New Delhi homes after prime minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown that began on Wednesday and effectively put millions of Indians who live off daily earnings out of work. (AP)

Testing key to lockdown’s success, as fear of starvation looms

What will happen when the state apparatus needs to act beyond its capacity to cater to lakhs and crores of infected?

29 Mar 2020 7:23 AM

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