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Using Drones to Deliver COVID-19 Diagnostic Kits Could Help Reduce Risk of Transmission, Researchers Say
During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, delivering COVID-19 home testing kits have helped to reduce the spread of the virus. However, delivering these kits could also carry a certain level of risk. Researchers at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health have come up with a method for drones to deliver COVID-19 testing kits aboard trucks, whic...
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2021 Covid Mistakes Being Repeated, Avoid Unnecessary Medicines, Tests: Doctors To Government
As many as 32 prominent doctors from India and abroad have written a letter to the Union as well as state governments and warned about "inappropriate" diagnostic methods and medications being used to deal with the current wave of the pandemic.
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Method Found To Accurately Detect COVID-19 From Mobile Phone Swabs: Study
Researchers have developed a non-invasive and low-cost method that can accurately and rapidly detect COVID-19 using samples taken from the screens of smartphones.
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In Big U-Turn, Government's 70% RT-PCR Test Goal Becomes 40%
RT-PCR tests - widely believed to be the most accurate method to detect COVID-19 - will be cut to 40 per cent of total tests by the end of next month, far from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to raise it to 70 per cent, the government announced o
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New COVID-19 Testing Method Gives Result In 1 Second, Say Scientists: Report
Scientists have developed a novel sensor system that can detect the novel coronavirus from saliva samples in one second, which is way faster than current COVID-19 diagnostic methods.
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Mumbai To Randomly Test For Covid At Crowded Places Without Consent
Mumbai will test people for COVID-19 randomly at crowded places without their consent, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai said in an order today. The strict move to test people using the rapid antigen method comes amid Maharashtra, among other states, reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Portable Smartphone-Linked Covid Testing Method Developed: Report
Scientists have developed a portable saliva-based smartphone testing platform for COVID-19 which they claim can provide results within 15 minutes without the need for resource-intensive laboratory methods.
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Scientists Develop Method To Detect Single Virus Particles, May Lead To Faster Covid Test
Scientists have developed a new method for identifying single virus particles based on changes in electrical current when they pass through ultrasmall pores, an advance which they claim may lead to new rapid COVID-19 tests.
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Top Medical Body Approves Dry Swab Testing For COVID-19
The Indian Council of Medical Research has approved a dry swab RNA- extraction-free testing method for the COVID-19 virus developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CCMB said here on Friday.
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Tata Group Launches 90-Minute Test Kits To Detect COVID-19
Tata Group launched a COVID-19 test kit on Monday that it says will process results more easily and faster than the RT-PCR method considered the gold standard for detection, at a time when cases are still rising in the country.
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Researchers Develop New Covid Test That Doesn't Use Scarce Reagents
Scientists have developed a new method of testing for COVID-19 that doesn't make use of key reagents but still delivers an accurate result, an advance that may lead to an inexpensive diagnosis technique in developing countries where chemical supplies are in short supply.
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Retest Symptomatic People Cleared By Covid Antigen Test: Delhi Government
The Delhi government has asked all districts to retest all symptomatic patients, who have tested negative for COVID-19 on rapid antigen test, using the more reliable RT-PCR method, after it found the process was not followed in over 1,400 cases.
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Increase Rapid-Antigen Testing In Uttar Pradesh : Yogi Adityanath
People who have shown suspected symptoms of COVID-19 during house-to-house screenings should be tested using the rapid-antigen method, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday.
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IIT Delhi To Give Non-Exclusive Open Licence To Companies For Its COVID-19 Test
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, which has become the first academic institute to develop a COVID-19 testing method, is planning to give non-exclusive open licence to companies for commercialising the test but with a price rider.
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Coronavirus: IIT-Delhi's COVID-19 Test Approved, Can Reduce Cost Significantly
A method to detect COVID-19 which will significantly reduce the cost of testing, making it affordable for a large population in the country, developed by IIT Delhi has got the approval from ICMR, officials said on Thursday.
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Using Drones to Deliver COVID-19 Diagnostic Kits Could Help Reduce Risk of Transmission, Researchers Say
During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, delivering COVID-19 home testing kits have helped to reduce the spread of the virus. However, delivering these kits could also carry a certain level of risk. Researchers at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health have come up with a method for drones to deliver COVID-19 testing kits aboard trucks, whic...
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2021 Covid Mistakes Being Repeated, Avoid Unnecessary Medicines, Tests: Doctors To Government
As many as 32 prominent doctors from India and abroad have written a letter to the Union as well as state governments and warned about "inappropriate" diagnostic methods and medications being used to deal with the current wave of the pandemic.
-
Method Found To Accurately Detect COVID-19 From Mobile Phone Swabs: Study
Researchers have developed a non-invasive and low-cost method that can accurately and rapidly detect COVID-19 using samples taken from the screens of smartphones.
-
In Big U-Turn, Government's 70% RT-PCR Test Goal Becomes 40%
RT-PCR tests - widely believed to be the most accurate method to detect COVID-19 - will be cut to 40 per cent of total tests by the end of next month, far from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to raise it to 70 per cent, the government announced o
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New COVID-19 Testing Method Gives Result In 1 Second, Say Scientists: Report
Scientists have developed a novel sensor system that can detect the novel coronavirus from saliva samples in one second, which is way faster than current COVID-19 diagnostic methods.
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Mumbai To Randomly Test For Covid At Crowded Places Without Consent
Mumbai will test people for COVID-19 randomly at crowded places without their consent, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai said in an order today. The strict move to test people using the rapid antigen method comes amid Maharashtra, among other states, reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Portable Smartphone-Linked Covid Testing Method Developed: Report
Scientists have developed a portable saliva-based smartphone testing platform for COVID-19 which they claim can provide results within 15 minutes without the need for resource-intensive laboratory methods.
-
Scientists Develop Method To Detect Single Virus Particles, May Lead To Faster Covid Test
Scientists have developed a new method for identifying single virus particles based on changes in electrical current when they pass through ultrasmall pores, an advance which they claim may lead to new rapid COVID-19 tests.
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Top Medical Body Approves Dry Swab Testing For COVID-19
The Indian Council of Medical Research has approved a dry swab RNA- extraction-free testing method for the COVID-19 virus developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CCMB said here on Friday.
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Tata Group Launches 90-Minute Test Kits To Detect COVID-19
Tata Group launched a COVID-19 test kit on Monday that it says will process results more easily and faster than the RT-PCR method considered the gold standard for detection, at a time when cases are still rising in the country.
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Researchers Develop New Covid Test That Doesn't Use Scarce Reagents
Scientists have developed a new method of testing for COVID-19 that doesn't make use of key reagents but still delivers an accurate result, an advance that may lead to an inexpensive diagnosis technique in developing countries where chemical supplies are in short supply.
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Retest Symptomatic People Cleared By Covid Antigen Test: Delhi Government
The Delhi government has asked all districts to retest all symptomatic patients, who have tested negative for COVID-19 on rapid antigen test, using the more reliable RT-PCR method, after it found the process was not followed in over 1,400 cases.
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Increase Rapid-Antigen Testing In Uttar Pradesh : Yogi Adityanath
People who have shown suspected symptoms of COVID-19 during house-to-house screenings should be tested using the rapid-antigen method, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday.
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IIT Delhi To Give Non-Exclusive Open Licence To Companies For Its COVID-19 Test
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, which has become the first academic institute to develop a COVID-19 testing method, is planning to give non-exclusive open licence to companies for commercialising the test but with a price rider.
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Coronavirus: IIT-Delhi's COVID-19 Test Approved, Can Reduce Cost Significantly
A method to detect COVID-19 which will significantly reduce the cost of testing, making it affordable for a large population in the country, developed by IIT Delhi has got the approval from ICMR, officials said on Thursday.
