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.
Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.
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.
In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced.
What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.
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