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In certain situations, the dog provided a swift sniff to signal the presence of Covid-19 in a person, while in other cases, the dog was presented with a sweat sample for detection, which could take a few minutes.
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The updated guidelines have been made available on the official website of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare official website
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He also said that the Air Suvidha form filling to declare the current health status will also be made compulsory for international passengers arriving from these Asian countries.
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The decision to resume international flights will bring cheer to the sector but is not enough to bail out the struggling industry
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New Delhi: According to Agoda’s recent ‘India-genous Travel’ survey, 39 percent of Indians anticipate travelling internationally in 2022, while its Return to Travel survey found that their biggest concern to travel internationally was understanding restrictions and vaccination or quarantine requirements. Countries are now taking tentative steps to reopen borders, easing their entry restrictions and opening […]
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Hyderabad: In just a fortnight of launching the house-to-house fever surveys and special fever outpatient services at all government healthcare facilities in Telangana, field level workers from multiple government departments have covered a staggering 1 crore households and identified over 5 lakh individuals with Covid-like symptoms and distributed isolation medicine kits. Launched on January 21, […]
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Hyderabad: As Covid-19 infections continue to rise across the country due to the Omicron variant, travel curbs and other protocols have been put in place to control the spread. The Union Home Ministry has issued a general advisory for inter-State travel. According to the advisory, there shall be no bar on inter-State travel by air, […]
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Hyderabad: The novel house-to-house fever surveys and special fever outpatient services at all government healthcare facilities in Telangana, which completed one week on Friday, have strengthened efforts to ensure patients with Covid symptoms get timely appropriate care and treatment during the Omicron driven third wave, senior health officials here on Friday said. Launched last Friday, […]
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Hyderabad: The Task Force (South) along with the Malakpet police and Humayun Nagar police nabbed two gangs involved in preparing and providing fake RT-PCR certificates and fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates here on Friday. In the first case, two persons identified as P Laxman (30), owner of Home Care Diagnostics Services from Malakpet and Prabhath Kumar […]
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Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based USA headquartered company BioGenex Life Sciences Pvt Ltd has developed an RT-PCR kit which claims to detect SARS-CoV-2 and its many variants including Omicron. The kit named Triplex Covid-19 RT-PCR Direct is said to detect Omicron without RNA extraction in half the time than standard RT-PCR. The product was launched across the […]
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New Delhi: Delhi on Thursday reported 15,097 fresh Covid-19 cases, a significant rise of 41 per cent from the previous day. This is the highest single-day rise after May 8 when the tally was at 17,364. The new cases have pushed the total infection tally to 14,89,463 in the city. Total 6 Covid deaths have […]
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Kolkata: BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a city hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the cricket board sources said on Tuesday. Ganguly is double vaccinated and has been travelling extensively, taking part in all professional activities. The 49-year-old was rushed to a hospital late on Monday night as […]
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Many runs are being conducted virtually with a few physical events, thanks to Covid
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A parliamentary panel noted that the closure of schools has not only impacted social fabric of families in a negative manner, it has also increased involvement of children in household chores
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Meril’s Extraction-free Dry Swab Kit can be used to isolate the viral RNA from dry swab samples and then can be directly used for RT-PCR
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With employees working from home, cyber criminals using common phishing tactics to steal data, identity and money from individuals is on the rise
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Hyderabad: The Jawaharnagar police arrested a lab technician on charges of cheating a family by giving them a fake Covid positive (RT-PCR) test result report here on Friday. The arrested person was S Kiran Kumar (26), a resident of HMT Nagar in Nacharam of Uppal mandal. According to the police, Sunil Kumar, a pet shop […]
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He also spoke about empowering ASHA and Anganwadi workers with all necessary tools
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Irrespective of whether individuals have undergone RT-PCR or rapid antigen test, if they have Covid symptoms, they will be provided a Covid kit
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The dry swab-based direct RT-PCR method of Covid-19 testing developed by CCMB and approved by ICMR can now be adopted in testing labs of the country.