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TopicAntigen test

Topic: Antigen test

Delhi withdraws order roping in mohalla clinics for Covid tests, but doctors still anxious

Delhi govt says it needs to train the staff first. Mohalla clinic doctors worried about safety, say they don’t have adequate protective gear and space to conduct Covid tests.

Experts back Delhi’s focus on antigen tests for Covid, call it best way to utilise resources

Concerns have been raised that asymptomatic cases are being missed in Delhi, but Deputy CM Manish Sisodia says antigen tests have helped curb spread of Covid.

India’s Covid-positivity rate jumps to 11.4% but that means more testing, fewer ‘missing’ cases

On Sunday, the positivity rate was 11.4%, higher than the usual 7-8% and also higher than the Sunday rate of around 9%. But experts attribute this to ramping up of testing capabilities.

RT-PCR, antigen, antibody, TrueNAT — all you need to know about the different Covid tests

Each kind of test has different processes, prices & also purposes — antigen tests can identify positive cases, while antibody tests can screen a wide area.

How a breakthrough Covid-19 antigen test could help countries ease out of lockdown faster

In episode 467 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains what antigen tests are and how FDA's breakthrough test can aid economies as lockdowns ease across the world.

India’s high number of asymptomatic cases worrying, and herd immunity is far off

India cannot repetitively search and sieve entire population to identify asymptomatic persons through Covid testing. So, practice social distancing and personal hygiene.

On Camera

Game on in Gujarat — Ahmedabad is building India’s new sports economy

The massive success of the IPL is a watershed moment in Indian sports. It proved that sports could be an incredibly profitable commercial venture. The glamour, the glitz, and the spectacle of it didn’t go unnoticed.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.