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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicCovid-19 testing

Topic: Covid-19 testing

Why Delhi’s falling Covid positivity rate may not be good news just yet

Delhi's positivity rate was recorded at 16.4% Friday after highs of over 30% earlier this month. This appears to be a milestone but does not explain the whole story. 

Telangana says private labs’ incorrect protocol, data discrepancy behind high Covid numbers

The Telangana govt released an investigative report by health officials and microbiologists which stated there were data discrepancies in the information submitted by private labs.

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.

40 lakh households, 10 days, much confusion — inside Delhi’s mammoth Covid screening drive

Delhi kicked off a massive exercise Friday to screen lakhs of households for Covid-19 as pandemic war hits top gear in the national capital.

Hyderabad suspends Covid testing as sample backlog ‘runs into thousands’

Clearing the backlog is likely to take 2-3 days. Hyderabad has the lowest testing among big cities, but the Telangana capital has a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent.

India’s Covid testing has doubled in June, but positivity rate still around 7-8%

Experts say we do not know how much testing would be enough for Covid, so it’s tough to decide whether testing truly reflects the disease burden.

Assam’s ‘ruthless’ quarantine has paid dividends, testing rate very high: Health secretary 

In an exclusive interview, Assam Health Secretary Samir Sinha said despite bottlenecks posed by massive surveillance & testing exercise, it was important to keep the community safe.

Andhra Covid kits are better than antibody tests, cheaper & faster, says industries minister

AP's Industries and IT minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy said the state leveraged its medical devices manufacturing park to create the TruNat tests that can work with TB equipment.

Test police personnel, drivers, shopkeepers for Covid antibodies: New ICMR guidelines

ICMR has also allowed accredited private hospitals and laboratories to conduct rapid antigen tests that give results in less than half an hour.

Public lockdown discipline fast eroding, India risks becoming lax in Covid fight

Premature celebration and ‘success stories’ can be treacherous and must be avoided. Covid pandemic isn’t over till it’s over.

On Camera

A Donald Trump presidency threatens Indian economy. Just see his record

The chances of a trade war that raise inflation and reduce India’s economic growth are much higher under a Trump presidency.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.