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Travellers no longer need to produce PCR Covid test to enter China

China covid: Travellers can instead show a negative antigen test result taken within 48 hours before boarding.
Published on Apr 26, 2023 11:06 AM IST

Lucknow reports one death, 191 new Covid cases

In the state, 688 new cases were reported while 208 patients recovered. (Pic for representation)
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 12:47 AM IST

Four test positive for Covid-19 in Saharanpur

(Sourced pic for representation)
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:48 AM IST

486 fresh cases in capital, test positivity rate drops to 0.63%

The active cases tally on Thursday dropped to 4,168 from 4,481 the previous day.
Published on Jan 08, 2021 02:39 AM IST

Why Delhi may be on right track in Covid-19 fight

A health worker in PPE coveralls collects swab samples for Covid-19 test, at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, December 2, 2020.
Updated on Dec 03, 2020 07:20 AM IST

Delhi’s Covid-19 positivity rate dips to 5% in third wave: All you need to know

A health worker takes a nasal swab of a person for a Covid-19 test at a hospital in New Delhi.
Updated on Dec 02, 2020 04:13 PM IST

Bihar caps cost of Covid RT-PCR test at 800, down from 1,500

The test rates had been revised following a downward revision in other states, the order said. Delhi and Gujarat are among some states which have reduced charges of RT- PCR test.
Updated on Dec 02, 2020 07:02 PM IST

Govt lowers cap, RT-PCR tests for Rs 800 at private labs

Covid-19 tests at all government facilities in Delhi will continue to be free, the government said.
Published on Dec 01, 2020 02:56 AM IST

As daily Covid-19 cases decline, 10k+ hospital beds free in Delhi

Of 50,670 tests conducted on Sunday, more than half (52.6%) used the more accurate RT-PCR method, and of the total samples collected, 7.35% tested positive.
Updated on Dec 01, 2020 12:57 AM IST

Test frequency, not accuracy, may be key to controlling outbreak: Study

The researchers make a distinction on the need to test more people when they are contagious versus those who may merely be infected.
Updated on Nov 23, 2020 01:08 AM IST

3.7 lakh surveyed, first time RT-PCR tests more than antigen tests in Delhi

The house-to-house survey, as directed by Shah, has started in Delhi and till Friday, 3,70,729 people have been surveyed.
Published on Nov 22, 2020 02:02 PM IST

Number of Covid-19, ICU beds increased in Delhi hospitals, says Satyendar Jain

Delhi has 39,741 active Covid-19 cases till Saturday, as per the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW).
Updated on Nov 22, 2020 07:18 PM IST

Covid-19 negative report gives false hope, don’t go out yet: Experts

People wearing masks take a walk in Rome.
Updated on Nov 19, 2020 10:32 AM IST

Managing the crisis in Delhi | HT Editorial

There are also murmurs of a partial reimposition of restrictions — though not a lockdown — in Delhi if the case count continues on the same trajectory.
Updated on Nov 16, 2020 08:38 PM IST

Testing must for those negative on antigen test in Delhi: Harsh Vardhan

A man gives a swab sample for coronavirus detection tests, at Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Defense Colony, New Delhi on Thursday.
Updated on Jan 09, 2021 01:30 PM IST

Third wave: 6.7k new Covid-19 cases in Delhi

Passengers board a bus at Maharana Pratap ISBT Kashmiri Gate, after Delhi government on Monday announced resumption of inter-state bus services by allowing the three ISBTs to operate at 50 per cent of their pre-Covid capacity, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
Updated on Nov 04, 2020 01:10 AM IST

Is Tamil Nadu hitting a Covid-19 plateau?

Devotees wearing masks at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai.
Updated on Nov 01, 2020 06:33 PM IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

A health worker preserves a swab sample to test for coronavirus infection at Sector 49 in Chandigarh.
Updated on Oct 29, 2020 08:17 AM IST

India’s high use of antigen tests risks underestimating Covid-19 spread, says diagnostician

Whereas antigen tests typically detect the virus around 80% to 90% of the time, lab based tests detect the virus more than 95% of the time, say regulators and health experts in countries like the United States
Updated on Oct 28, 2020 06:09 PM IST

Single-day Covid-19 cases in Capital touch new peak

A health worker collects a swab sample for a Covid-19 test at New Ashok Nagar.
Updated on Oct 28, 2020 05:09 AM IST

Covid-19: Why Delhi needs to ramp up testing again

The average positivity rate over time dropped to as low as 5.3% for the week ending October 8.
Updated on Oct 27, 2020 09:02 AM IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

India itself has just around 650,000 active cases at this point.
Updated on Oct 27, 2020 03:06 AM IST

Daily cases stay above 4k in Capital

The first surge was in mid-June and the cases dipped to about 1,000 a day by the third week of July. At its peak, 3,947 cases were recorded in a day during the June-July surge.
Updated on Oct 24, 2020 11:49 PM IST

Spike again: Delhi sees 4,086 new cases in a day

The seven-day average of daily cases, also known as the case trajectory, now has been rising for 11 straight days – it has risen from 2,661 on October 12 to 3,421 on Friday.
Updated on Oct 24, 2020 12:20 AM IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

A health worker collects a swab sample during a medical screening for the Covid-19 Coronavirus, in Mumbai on October 3, 2020.
Updated on Oct 05, 2020 07:09 AM IST

Dip in infections raises hope of curve flattening in Haryana

A health worker collecting a swab sample at Bhagwati Vidya Mandir School in Madanpuri, Gurugram, on Tuesday.
Updated on Sep 30, 2020 12:50 AM IST

India’s Feluda Covid-19 test cheaper, faster alternative to RT-PCR, say scientists

Sensitivity is defined as the ability of a test to correctly identify individuals with the disease, while specificity is the ability of the assay to accurately identify those without the disease.
Updated on Sep 29, 2020 12:23 PM IST

Covid hospitals in Bengal to conduct rapid antigen tests on all patients in SARI wards

All Covid hospitals in West Bengal have been ordered to carry out Rapid Antigen Tests on all patients who show up with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI).
Updated on Sep 29, 2020 10:51 AM IST