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Centre on alert over HMPV outbreak in China

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) under the Union health ministry is closely monitoring respiratory and seasonal influenza cases in the country, and is in touch with international......

Explainer: What is HMPV and how does it spread?

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a globally recognised respiratory virus that recently gained attention after its outbreak was reported in China. Kindly note that this image has been posted for......

Why is govt not allowing private labs test H1N1?

Why is the government the sole tester for the H1N1 flu infection? Why is the health minister making claims of extraordinary costs for the test? Why is the curative vaccine only being sold by the......

Delhi detects 7 M pneumonia cases amid outbreak in China

Seven samples tested positive for infection caused by the mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria at AIIMS Delhi between April and September this year, while Singapore recorded the highest 172 cases in......

Indian HC rejects Pak media's claim of spouse of official tested +ve

The Indian High Commission in Islamabad on Monday clarified that an official's spouse, who was reported by the Pakistani media to have been tested positive for the coronavirus, has tested......

Labs bet on Covid tests for next growth phase

The bouquet of Covid-19 tests that most diagnostic labs are offering include antibody tests (blood tests), rapid antigen tests (point of care tests that detect the presence of an antigen from a......

Big drugmakers step in to develop, import test kits

Cadila, Biocon developing rapid antibody testing kits; Eris, Mylan, Gland importing. Indian pharma majors are gearing up to develop or import testing kits for the novel coronavirus as demand for......

Tata Trusts, private firm join hands to roll out coronavirus testing kits

The test - called the Truenat Beta CoV test - effectively enables same-day testing, reporting, and patient isolation initiation. IMAGE: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation taking the samples of a......

Gujarat firm gets licence to make covid-19 test kits

A joint venture of Synbiotics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises (ASE), and CoDiagnostics, CoSara Diagnostics is the first and only Indian company so far to receive a......

Health expenditure in April trebles to Rs 13,000 crore

Experts say a large part of the expenditure in April was spent on heads such as creating infrastructure for testing capacity and procuring testing kits, among other things. Expenditure by the......

Covid doesn't stop superstars from shooting!

Shooting is underway for Amitabh Bachchan's Goodbye, Shah Rukh Khan's Pathan, Salman Khan's Tiger 3 and Prabhas and Saif Ali Khan's Adipurush among other films. IMAGE: Akshay Kumar has been......

World Boxing to introduce mandatory sex testing for all boxers

IMAGE: World Boxing said Paris Olympics gold medallist Imane Khelif will not be allowed to compete until she undergoes a mandatory sex test. Photograph: Ramzi Boudina/Reuters World Boxing will......

Japan to explore 'simplified' Olympics

IMAGE: 3D printed Olympics logo is seen in front of displayed world map and 'Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)' words in this illustration taken. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Japan will......

COVID-19: Murray forced to wait for hip checkup

IMAGE: Andy Murray. Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty Images for Battle Of The Brits Andy Murray said a delay in receiving his COVID-19 test result on his return to Britain made him wait to seek......