The Gujarat government on Thursday reduced the rates for COVID-19 tests conducted at private laboratories from ₹4,000 to ₹2,500. "The charges will be ₹3,000 if a laboratory assistant is called home to collect samples," Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said, adding that the new fee

Scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have released the blueprint, via an open-source licence, for a wearable that warns users against touching their faces to help cut the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Called "PULSE", the necklace detects when a wearer's hand is approaching their

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that hospitals are facing a shortage of oxygen concentrators needed to support the breathing of COVID-19 patients suffering from respiratory distress. "Many countries are now experiencing difficulties obtaining oxygen concentrators

India has recorded its biggest one-day rise in coronavirus cases as 17,296 people tested positive in the last 24 hours. The total cases have increased to 4,90,401 and the death toll in the country has risen to 15,301. While the number of people who have

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said it's not certain that scientists will be able to create an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19. "We never had a vaccine for a coronavirus

As many as 30 European countries have seen a rise in coronavirus cases over the past two weeks since they began easing restrictions, the WHO said. "In 11 of these countries, accelerated transmission has led to very significant resurgence that if left unchecked will push

Indian Council of Medical Research has said that over 73.5 lakh samples have been tested for COVID-19 till June 23, of which 2.15 lakh were examined on Tuesday, the highest in a day since the beginning of the pandemic. ICMR, who validated the 1,000th testing

Family members of over 50 Covid-19 patients who have been discharged are refusing to take them back home, said Dr Prabhakar Rao, nodal officer for Covid-19 at Hyderabad's Gandhi Hospital. "All of them are healthy and have no symptoms. We have

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that a total of one crore coronavirus cases is expected to be reached globally within the next week. He added, "In the first month of this outbreak, less than 10,000 cases were reported to WHO. In the

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has said that he wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah to revoke the mandatory clinical assessment rule for COVID-19 patients. "I had requested Lieutenant Governor to change the rule under which every COVID-19 patient is required to visit a quarantine