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Medical workers takes nasal samples from residents for coronavirus tests at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

Do I need to get tested for COVID-19 if I'm vaccinated?

People who are fully vaccinated should get tested three to five days after a potential exposure

30 July 2021 12:49 PM IST

A medic works on a sample for COVID-19 Rapid Test at a camp during the nationwide lockdown imposed in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus. PTI photo

Don't be in a hurry to declare Goa coronavirus-free: Congress to BJP

Data released by the government showed only 826 samples were sent for testing, of which reports of 780 patients have...

20 April 2020 4:34 PM IST

Medics submit their report after a door-to-door examination of COVID-19 during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Jaipur. PTI photo

Lockdown is just a pause button, aggressive testing needed: Rahul...

Ongoing nationwide lockdown is like a pause button and not a solution to defeat the virus, says Congress leader

16 April 2020 4:17 PM IST

A medic collects a swab sample of an elderly woman during a door-to-door examination of COVID-19 amid a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in Jaipur. PTI photo

India's covid figures modest for the size of population: Experts

India is going in the right direction but it is not enough

16 April 2020 11:46 AM IST

The Kiosk is designed for automatic disinfection, once again eliminating the need for human personnel from coming in contact with a possibly contaminated environment.

DRDO develops COVID sample collection kiosk which protects health and...

Healthcare workers can collect samples from outside a booth, protected by a screen from the potential carrier of the...

15 April 2020 5:02 PM IST

The project requires participants to perform a recording of breathing sounds, cough sounds, sustained phonation of vowel sounds and a counting exercise. The entire response requires about five minutes of recording time.

IISc developing tool to detect COVID-19 based sound of an infected...

Named Coswara, the project uses the same concept being worked upon by an Israeli startup called Vocalis Health

15 April 2020 1:49 PM IST

Police personnel stand guard in the Phoolbagh area sealed as one of the hotspots in UP. PTI photo

Ramp up testing in Uttar Pradesh to save lives: Priyanka to Yogi

The Congress leader also called up creation of more isolation wards and quarantine centres

10 April 2020 1:42 PM IST

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...

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

30 April 2020 9:12 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI Photo)

Rahul urges PM to take action against 'profiteering' in Covid19 test...

Rahul Gandhi said that the country will "never forgive" those making an unfair profit by selling testing kits

27 April 2020 3:01 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI Photo)

Rahul urges PM Modi to clear bottlenecks and ramp up Covid19 testing

Congress has been urging the government to increase random testing in the country

26 April 2020 3:08 PM IST

The UK national was caught trying to escape after testing positive for Covid-19. (AFP)

So is Telangana betting on herd immunity?

In a sudden policy switch two days ago, health officials stopped testing secondary contacts unless they had covid-19...

26 April 2020 8:49 AM IST

The professor claims that when pictures of an individuals X-ray is uploaded, his software will be able to tell within seconds whether the person is infected by COVID-19 or other kind of pneumonia. (Representative Image | AFP)

IIT-Roorkee professor's AI-based software compares lung X-rays to...

The software has been fed a database of lung X-rays of thousands of covid, pneumonia and TB patients to tell them apart,...

24 April 2020 1:37 PM IST