IIT Kharagpur's low cost COVID-19 testing method gets ICMR nod

Oct 22, 2020

Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], October 22 : A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur has developed a low-cost portable...

US authorises use of saliva test for COVID-19: FDA

Aug 16, 2020

Washington [US], August 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new COVID-19 testing method based on analysing saliva...

CCMB comes up with new COVID-19 testing method using dry swab

Apr 30, 2021

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 30 : Rakesh Mishra, Director of Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), on Friday said that they have come...

Kerala denies underreporting COVID-19 death cases, says follows scientific testing method

Oct 11, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 11 : Rejecting reports that Kerala was underreporting COVID-19 death cases and carries out a lower number of testing, Kerala...

Odisha govt issues COVID-19 testing guidelines for private hospitals, labs

Aug 01, 2020

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 2 : Odisha Government on Saturday issued guidelines for all private hospitals, nursing homes and laboratories in the State,...

RT-PCR a 'golden method' for COVID-19 testing, prevention strategy needs more scientific approach: Fadnavis

Aug 10, 2020

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 10 : Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday opposed the dominance of antigen tests in the total number of...