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    Rising number of COVID cases: UP Health Department fixes rates for RT-PCR, Antigen, and CT scan tests

    Rising number of COVID cases: UP Health Department fixes rates for RT-PCR, Antigen, and CT scan tests

    Lucknow: With the number of COVID-19 cases increasing every day, the State Health Department of Uttar Pradesh has fixed the rates of COVID 19 tests at private pathology and diagnostic centres. Issuing directions in this regard, the Health Department on Saturday asked all the private labs for conducting COVID tests including RT-PCR, Antigen, and CT scan […] More

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    New Chip-Based RT-PCR Test Can Diagnose H3N2/H1N1 In Just An Hour

    Since the beginning of this year, India has been witnessing a surge in influenza viral infections, mostly caused by the Influenza A virus subtype H3N2, followed by H1N1 subtype. These viruses can spread easily from an infected person through respiratory droplets, produced while coughing, sneezing ort talking. Early diagnosis of the H3N2/H1N1 infection is important […] More