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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

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.