The dry swab technique can be used for RT-PCR testing with sensitivity and specificity, similar to the current standard when automated RNA extraction is not available.
The Gujarat city Thursday recorded 246 cases of Covid — highest ever since 22 June. Ahmedabad is now under a weekend-long lockdown till Monday morning and also an indefinite night curfew.
The number of Covid tests in Pune steadily dropped from 41,996 in the 11-17 September week to just 13,536 in the 6-12 November week, just ahead of Diwali.
There are 4,43,794 active Covid-19 cases in the country, comprising 4.92 per cent of the total caseload. The Covid case fatality rate has further declined to 1.46 per cent.
The bench said it has been emphasising that number of asymptomatic persons was huge & govt should have been alive to the fact that testing through RAT was not serving the purpose.
In the past 24 hours, Delhi saw 99 deaths, taking its total Covid fatalities to 7,713. Its CFR stands at 1.58 per cent — higher than the national average of 1.47.
The centre along the national highway, at Chenani, Udhampur, offers free rapid antigen testing, with the union territory administration paying for the tests.
In the battle against Covid, rapid antigen tests are considered a part of ‘Swiss Cheese Model’, a popular term to describe a multipronged strategy to tackle a certain threat.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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