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Govt, ICMR issue guidelines for private laboratories to test for Covid-19

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Govt, ICMR issue guidelines for private laboratories to test for Covid-19 The Ministry and ICMR have urged the laboratories to conduct Covid-19 tests for free Current Affairs   : The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday opened the testing of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases to private division indicative labs to improve the procedure of warm screening the nation over. The Ministry and ICMR have given rules for private research centers to direct Covid-19 tests and asked these foundations to lead the tests liberated from cost. The private places would work under the space of ICMR. The ICMR has additionally reexamined the criteria for testing coronavirus patients. As per theinstitution, an individual should home isolate himself/herself for 14 days on the off chance that they create indications. The ICMR is going to operationalise two quick testing research facilities, and 49 extra testing habitats before the c...

No community transmission yet, 500 samples test negative for Covid-19: ICMR

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No community transmission yet, 500 samples test negative for Covid-19: ICMR ICMR had collected 1020 random samples nationally between March 1 and 15. The results of the remaining 520 samples will be available Wednesday, March 18 Current Affairs   : The chief general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Balram Bhargava, said on Tuesday that the nation’s zenith wellbeing research body had not found any proof of network transmission of Covid-19 yet and that each of the 500 arbitrary examples had tried negative for coronavirus. “We at ICMR are consistently observing for network transmissions. Our labs are seeing irregular examples of patients who experience the ill effects of flu like ailments/serious intense,” he said. ICMR had gathered 1020 arbitrary examples broadly between March 1 and 15. The consequences of the staying 520 examples will be accessible Wednesday, March 18. Bhargava further said that ICMR has initiated more research centers to test for CO...