Rapid antigen tests have reduced sensitivity against Omicron: US FDA
The findings are based on a study conducted by the FDA in collaboration with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The findings are based on a study conducted by the FDA in collaboration with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The order was signed by the 'Dy Chief Medical Officer of Health-II, Darjeeling.'
As of Tuesday, India has a total of 2506 molecular testing laboratories including RTPCR, TrueNat, CBNAAT and other platforms.
She said that Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Anil Kumar had demanded, as early as on 11 May that the Delhi government should conduct one lakh tests per day, but CM Kejriwal paid heed to his suggestion only on 15 November, when the pandemic had spread to frightening levels.
Amid the spurt in coronavirus cases in Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah took the lead in ramping up medical infrastructure and formulating a new strategy to combat the Covid-19 surge in the national capital.
Almost 15,000 RT-PCR tests were conducted in the VRDL in the MMCH in these days with an average of almost a thousand per day, while several others also underwent the rapid antigen tests.
The civic body has increased its testing in all the 16 boroughs of the KMC. Both RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests are being carried out by the health team of the civic body health department.
The tests are being conducted every day between 10.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the results are being given within half an hour.
