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government says it is changing how it tests people for COVID-19.Starting next week, Albertans who need a PCR test to inform their medical treatment must have a referral from a health-care professional.Clinicians are to determine the best testing option for their patients, which could include rapid testing at home or in a clinic, in-clinic swabbing with the sample sent to the lab for PCR testing or a referral to an Alberta Health Services site for testing.Physicians will also be required to request lab tests on their patients’ behalf while using the Alberta Health Services online appointment booking system. Canada lacks robust COVID-19 detection system amid 6th wave.

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Ontario likely won’t return to widespread COVID-19 PCR testing: health minister

COVID-19 testing.Christine Elliott made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Queen’s Park Thursday.“Unless we have a rapid surge in cases, it’s not anticipated that we will return to widespread PCR testing because we do have the rapid tests so conveniently available now,” Elliott said. Lecce defends end date for Ontario school mask mandate amid calls for more time But when there last was a rapid surge in cases at the beginning of the Omicron wave, that’s when PCR testing was restricted to higher-risk settings as the system came under immense strain.PCR tests are considered to be more reliable and accurate when compared with rapid tests.Eligibility has expanded slightly since then, but it remains restricted to certain individuals.

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Pre-departure PCR tests reveal four Brier competitors positive for COVID-19

Tim Hortons Brier have yet to make the trip to Lethbridge, Alta., after testing positive for COVID-19 on their pre-departure PCR tests, Curling Canada said Friday in a statement.Each competitor plays on a different team, the federation said, without identifying any of the athletes. The players remain in isolation in their respective hometowns.Round-robin play was scheduled to begin Friday night at the Enmax Centre.

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Canada eases COVID border restrictions, removes PCR test requirement

As Canada’s COVID-19 situation stabilizes, the federal government is easing some testing and quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers. That includes removing the requirement for expensive and lengthy PCR tests before arriving in Canada.

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COVID-19: Canada scrapping pre-arrival PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers

Canada will eliminate its pre-arrival COVID-19 PCR test requirements for fully vaccinated travellers at the end of the month, Federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos announced on Tuesday. As of Feb.

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COVID-19: Saskatchewan weekly report shows 5,401 new PCR-confirmed cases

In its weekly coronavirus update, the Province of Saskatchewan said there were 384 COVID-19 patients in hospital as of Wednesday, of which 206 were incidental infections.

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COVID-19: Saskatchewan weekly report shows 5,401 new PCR-confirmed cases

COVID-19 update since Sunday, the Saskatchewan government reported 5,401 provincial PCR confirmed cases and 22 new deaths between Jan. 30 and Feb.

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Alberta updates COVID-19 PCR testing eligibility for children under 2

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health announces expanded eligibility for children under two to receive COVID-19 PCR testing.

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Ontario child-care operators, staff call for access to PCR testing, more HEPA filters

Ontario child-care operators and staff are calling on the provincial government to take steps to make those settings safer during the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the sector’s long-term viability.One immediate step urged by the dozens of operators, labour groups and public health experts who have signed on to an open letter to the premier is to reinstate eligibility for PCR testing.Late last year in response to a surge in Omicron cases, the province limited access to PCR testing to high-risk settings, which doesn’t include child-care centres or schools, except if a student or staff member develops symptoms while at school.

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Delhi fixes prices for RT-PCR, RAT Covid tests at private labs. Details here

₹300 and ₹500 for RT-PCR samples collected from home, the state health department said in a notification.

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Data still available to monitor COVID-19 trends despite lack of PCR testing in Alberta

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw is reassuring Albertans that despite limited eligibility for PCR testing, the province is still monitoring data from other sources to show trends in COVID-19 transmissions.

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Hinshaw restricting PCR COVID-19 testing ‘not a decision that was taken lightly’

Dr. Deena Hinshaw discusses the decision to restrict access to PCR testing in Alberta.

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Covid: Maharashtra revises rates of RT-PCR tests at private labs

₹350 will be charged for samples taken from collection centres.

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COVID-19: Toronto public schools to get access to take-home PCR tests by end of week

COVID-19 test kits available by the end of the week.City officials say the take-home PCR kits can be used when a student shows symptoms of the virus or if another student or staff member in their class has tested positive.The test is administered by swabbing the tongue, cheek and inside the nostril, or through collecting saliva — as opposed to the nasopharyngeal swab commonly used for COVID-19 testing. Ontario lifts COVID capacity limits in restaurants, gyms, casinos Once the test is complete, families can drop off the COVID-19 test at a local pop-up testing site or select schools for processing and results, which can take 24 to 48 hours.PCR tests were distributed to some schools as part of a pilot project earlier this year.

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Anyone with negative COVID-19 PCR test can visit Maldives, says UNGA President-elect Abdullah Shahid

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Covid-19: Negative RT-PCR report mandatory for people entering Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh has continued to witness a decline in daily Covid-19 cases recently. Yesterday, the state reported 56 fresh Covid cases and seven deaths. UP's Covid caseload has surged to 17,07,847 while 22,721 have died due to the virus, so far.

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Goa unlock: Both Covid vaccine doses, RT-PCR report must for tourists. Details here

Covid-19 cases over the past few days, the state is planning to relax some restrictions and open up for travel.

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Why FELUDA, RAY tests for Covid-19 not as popular as RT-PCR: Delhi HC asks ICMR

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Covid-19: Uttarakhand govt revises RT-PCR testing charges. Check rates here

ANI reported. As per the orders, ₹400 will be charged when a sample is taken at a government hospital, while the same would cost ₹700 if the sample is sent by private hospitals to private labs.

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ICMR issues RT-PCR testing guidelines amid second wave of Covid-19: Details here

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) issues advisory for COVID19 testing during the second wave of the pandemic; RTPCR test must not be repeated in any individual who has tested positive once either by RAT or RTPCR. pic.twitter.com/Tjkez7lmaLHowever, it added that non-essential travel or inter-state travel of symptomatic individuals should be avoided.

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Ladakh Covid-19: Negative RT-PCR report mandatory for all passengers

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Uttarakhand makes Covid RT-PCR test mandatory for people arriving from 12 states

Dehradun: Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Uttarakhand government on Tuesday made it mandatory for people coming from a dozen states to furnish negative RT-PCR test reports not older than 72 hours on arrival.Issuing the advisory, Chief Secretary Om Prakash said the restriction would apply to those coming from Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan by road, air and trains from April 1.People coming from these states, including those residing in Uttarakhand, shall strictly adhere to the norms of safety and social distancing as per the guidelines of the Home Affairs and the Health ministries and that of the state government, the advisory

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Need to stop second COVID-19 peak; 70% RT-PCR test must for states: PM Modi

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Maharashtra, Kerala need to substantially increase RT-PCR testing for COVID-19: Govt

Maharashtra and Kerala, two states that account for 72% of the total active coronavirus cases in India.Both the states have 61,550 and 37,383 active cases, respectively, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said."This accounts for 72% of the total active cases in the country," he said.When asked the reason for the high number of active cases in both the states, Rajesh Bhushan said one of the reasons could be a fall in the number of RT-PCR tests."Over a period of time, both in Maharashtra and in Kerala, the number of RT-PCR tests have gone down and there is a need to substantially increase RT-PCR tests; this is something we have shared with both the states," he said.Maharashtra registered 4,092 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday, which took the

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Coronavirus: PCR test required at all land border crossing as of next week

Ottawa is tightening requirements for people crossing into the country via the land border. And soon, those arriving there will need to present a negative COVID-19 test result. Andrea MacPherson has the latest.

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Sold 782,000 Covid-19 RT-PCR tests in Dec: Kilpest India

₹120 per test, as against 610,000 tests in November. "As the restrictions for exports of RT-PCR Kits continues, Company has requested Govt.

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Sabarimala: Covid negative certificate after RT-PCR test must for devotees

Sabarimala must carry a Covid-19 negative certificate after undergoing an RT-PCR test, post December 26.

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To ramp up COVID-19 testing, ICMR approves dry swab-direct RT-PCR method. How it works

COVID-19 virus developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). "This method developed by CSIR-CCMB is a simple variation of the existing gold standard RT-PCR method," the ministry of science and technology said in a statement.The dry swab-direct RT-PCR testing method is aimed at scaling up the testing by two to three fold with no new investment of resources, the ministry said.

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Covid tests at 'saturation level', RT-PCR test results difficult on the same day: Satyendar Jain

NEW DELHI : Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the testing capacity for COVID-19 has reached the "saturation level" in the national capital and laboratories here are finding it difficult to release results of all RT-PCR tests within a day.As many as 61,778 tests, including 26,080 RT-PCR -- the highest till date for the city -- and 35,698 rapid antigen tests, were conducted on Tuesday for the detection of COVID-19."The testing has reached the saturation level… Many people now say they were tested just two to three days ago," Jain told reporters.The minister said the government had issued directions to increase the number of RT-PCR tests to 35,000, but the laboratories are now finding it difficult to release all test

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ICMR launches mobile RT-PCR Lab to make covid testing more accessible

New Delhi: For making covid-19 testing accessible for all, the government on Monday launched a mobile covid-19 RT-PCR Lab at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).The government said that it is planning to add more such labs to add more capacity to covid-19 testing. The lab is accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) and approved by the ICMR.

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Amit Shah inaugurates mobile RT-PCR lab for free Covid testing in Delhi

Amit Shah, inaugurated a mobile RT-PCR lab that could be used for Covid-19 testing in Delhi. The lab has been developed jointly by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and SpiceHealth.With an aim to make Covid-19 testing more affordable and accessible, the test will be provided for free to the citizens of Delhi with ICMR bearing the cost of ₹499 for each test.

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Covid-19: Delhi govt launches free large-scale RT-PCR testing van

NEW DELHI : AAP MLA Raghav Chadha Sunday launched the Delhi government's large-scale RT-PCR testing drive from Old Rajinder Nagar through COVID-19 mobile testing vans.The mobile coronavirus testing vans would extend free COVID-19 testing facility to residents.At the mobile testing van launched at Old Rajinder Nagar Sunday, more than 170 people, including Chadha himself, got their RT-PCR tests done for COVID-19 in four hours."At the mobile van, a person is required to only share their name, phone number and address to register for the test.

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Covid-19 testing: RT-PCR tests exceed antigen tests for 1st time, says MHA

@AmitShah taking lead in ramping up medical infrastructure and leading new strategy to combat COVID surge in Delhi.For the first time number of RT-PCR tests in Delhi have exceeded Rapid Antigen Tests.

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Covid-19: ICMR increases RT-PCR testing capacity in Delhi on Shah's directions

Ministry of Home Affairs on Twitter.ICMR has increased RT-PCR testing capacity from 27,000 tests/day to 37,200 RT-PCR tests per day on directions of HM @AmitShah. 30,735 RT-PCR samples collected in Delhi on 19 Nov as compared to 12,055 RT-PCR samples on 15 Nov.#Unite2FightCorona @PIB_India @DDNewslive"ICU beds in Delhi have increased by 205 in Central Govt hospitals, Delhi Govt hospitals & pvt.

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RT-PCR tests to be doubled; 300 more ICU beds at DRDO facility: Shah's Covid measures for Delhi

Delhi's COVID-19 situation in the wake of recent spike in cases in the national capital.Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain and senior officers of the central government attended the meeting chaired by Shah.The home minister reviewed the situation arising due to the spike in COVID-19 cases in Delhi and discussed ways to deal with it, a home ministry official said.After the meeting, Amit Shah said that it has been decided that the number of RT-PCR tests to be doubled and 300 more ICU beds are to be set up at a DRDO facility in Delhi."Mobile Testing Vans of ICMR and Health Ministry to be deployed at vulnerable spots.

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Coronavirus: White House uses PCR test for COVID-19 testing

Appearing on CBS television show “Face the Nation,” LabCorp CEO Adam H. Schechter said on Sunday that the White House was using a PCR test as its form of coronavirus testing.

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Reliance develops RT-PCR kit that can give covid results in 2 hours

New Delhi: Reliance Life Sciences has developed an RT-PCR kit that promises diagnosis of COVID-19 infection in about 2 hours, company sources said.At present, COVID-19 RT-PCR test, which is a real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) test for the qualitative detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, takes up to 24 hours to give a diagnosis.The sources said computational biologists at Reliance Life Sciences, a subsidiary of billionaire Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries Ltd, analysed more than 100 genomes of SARS-CoV-2 sequenced in India and designed unique RT-PCR primers for developing quantitative-Real Time PCR (RT-PCR) kit for COVID-19 detection.RT-PCR kit is so far considered as Gold standard.The kit,

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India’s Feluda Covid test cheaper, faster alternative to RT-PCR diagnosis

₹500 and can deliver a result in 45 minutes, is able to differentiate SARS-CoV-2 from other coronaviruses even if genetic variations between them are minute More accurate than a rapid antigen test and almost as quick, India’s CRISPR ‘Feluda’ COVID-19 test that changes colour on detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be a cheaper, faster and simpler alternative to an RT-PCR diagnosis, say scientists.Named after Satyajit Ray’s famed detective, the Feluda test, which is priced at ₹500 and can deliver a result in 45 minutes, is able to differentiate SARS-CoV-2 from other coronaviruses even if genetic variations between them are minute.The Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) Feluda test, developed by the New

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Covid-19: RT-PCR test for symptomatic antigen negative patients in Delhi

New Delhi: The Delhi government has asked all districts to retest all symptomatic patients, who have tested negative for COVID-19 on rapid antigen test, using the more reliable RT-PCR method, after it found the process was not followed in over 1,400 cases."Total 1,437 antigen negative symptomatic who have not undergone RT-PCR. Kindly ensure that this is made NIL from today i.e.

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India can produce 3.48 cr RT-PCR combo kits per month for covid testing: Govt

NEW DELHI : Indian manufacturers can produce around 3.48 crore RT-PCR combo kits per month, which gives the country a capacity to conduct around 11.35 lakh RT-PCR COVID-19 tests daily, the government said on Wednesday.The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has granted manufacturing licenses for RT-PCR kits to 30 companies and import licenses to 119 firms, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said in a written reply.Quoting an ICMR survey, he said Indian manufacturers can manufacture around 348.1 lakh RT-PCR test kits per month."During March to June 2020, around 60% of RT-PCR kits procured were from foreign manufacturers and the remaining 40% were from Indian manufacturers."However, currently, 100% procurement of

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Covid-19: Maharashtra govt reduces RT-PCR testing rates

₹2,000 from ₹2,500 Mumbai: With the testing kit production cost falling after Maharashtra eased lockdown norms, the state government on Monday further reduced the rates for RT-PCR COVID-19 tests conducted by private laboratories.According to the governments decision, the charges for picking test samples from collection sites have been reduced to ₹1,200 from ₹1,900 (which was fixed last month).Collecting samples from kiosks, COVID-19 care collection centres, hospitals, clinics, quarantine centres of laboratories will now cost ₹1,600 as against ₹2,200 earlier.The fees for collecting patient samples from his/her residence, their transport, testing and reporting of samples has been slashed to ₹2,000 from ₹2,500, the government said.The

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₹2,200.

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The Republic of Korea and WHO sign new Memorandum of Understanding, committing US$ 6 million in COVID-19 PCR test kits for 24 countries in the African region

On 14 August Korean Ambassador, Ms Ji-ah Paik and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with WHO in support of the Organization’s COVID-19 response efforts in the African region. The new MoU follows a recent call between Dr Tedros and Mr Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, during which WHO Director-General expressed the need for additional support to scale up the COVID-19 response in the African region.

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Research Use Only CDC Influenza SARS-CoV-2 (Flu SC2) Multiplex Assay Real-Time RT-PCR Primers and Probes

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MyLab launches ‘Compact XL’ RT-PCR system for covid-19 tests

NEW DELHI : New Delhi: Pune-based molecular diagnostics firm Mylab Discovery Solutions on Wednesday launched the ‘Compact XL’ system for conducting a wide range of tests, including RT-PCR tests for covid-19.The system can test 32 tests at a time on one system and there are options to connect multiple systems on one network, the company said in a press conference.

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Covid-19: HUL donates 74000 RT-PCR kits for testing

Govt of Maharashtra, has received about 28,800 RT-PCR testing kits, ICMR has received 20,160 kits and Metropolis Labs and Apollo Hospitals have been given 8,088 kits and 17,280 kits, respectively

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Seven test positive in rapid PCR tests; being tested again: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

PANAJI : Seven persons, including six members of a family who had travelled to Goa from Mumbai and a truck driver from Gujarat, have preliminarily tested positive for Covid-19 in the initial round of rapid tests, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday.

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Over 1 million RT-PCR tests for detection of Covid-19 conducted in India: ICMR

The number of RT-PCR test for detection of COVID-19 conducted in India crossed the one million mark on Saturday, ICMR officials said, as the total novel coronavirus infections rose to 37,776.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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