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TopicCovid-19 testing

Topic: Covid-19 testing

Cases, fatality rate or deaths per million, India in control of Covid: Niti Aayog expert

In an exclusive interview, Niti Aayog’s health and nutrition adviser Alok Kumar tells ThePrint that India has done way better than other countries with similar Covid numbers. 

Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital faces FIR for not using Centre’s Covid-testing app

The case has been registered against the hospital’s medical superintendent for not following the testing protocol. No arrests have been made yet.

India, China will have more Covid-19 cases than US if more tests are done: Donald Trump

According to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the US has nearly 1.9 million Covid cases while India and China stand at 2,36,184 and 84,177 respectively.

Sun Pharma gets approval to test plant-based dengue drug for Covid treatment

Sun Pharma said human safety study of AQCH already completed, clinical trials will be conducted across 12 centres on 210 patients. The treatment duration will be 10 days.

India can build the boat as it sails rough Covid crisis waters, but should know where to go

The govt needs to prepare in detail for all eventualities, and not seek refuge in ‘uncertainty’. It should trust and seek active public support.

Coronavirus isn’t getting weaker, it’s just that we’re fighting it better

Coronavirus may appear weaker in some parts of the world as expanded testing & surveillance are catching people earlier in the course of their illness.

Vitamin D, good hygiene — chief of India’s top nutrition body shares key Covid tips

Dr R. Hemalatha, director of ICMR’s National Institute of Nutrition, sheds light on the importance of nutrition, and other Covid questions.

‘Feel like criminals’: Why Mumbai doctors are angry over civic body’s strict Covid test rules

BMC guidelines say doctors have to physically check patients before prescribing tests, failing which they stand to lose their licence.

Bus equipped with Covid-19 test facility launches in Delhi, can conduct doorstep sampling

The bus is equipped with AI-enabled thermal testing facility, airtight separate cabins for doctors and technicians, and facilities for contactless testing of patients.

Woman scientist who took over at NIV just before Covid hit India & how she’s handling the crisis

In an exclusive interview with ThePrint, National Institute of Virology director Dr Priya Abraham talks about Covid characteristics & why it is difficult to predict how it will progress.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.