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government says it is changing how it tests people for COVID-19.Starting next week, Albertans who need a PCR test to inform their medical treatment must have a referral from a health-care professional.Clinicians are to determine the best testing option for their patients, which could include rapid testing at home or in a clinic, in-clinic swabbing with the sample sent to the lab for PCR testing or a referral to an Alberta Health Services site for testing.Physicians will also be required to request lab tests on their patients’ behalf while using the Alberta Health Services online appointment booking system. Canada lacks robust COVID-19 detection system amid 6th wave.

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Vice President Kamala Harris Tests Positive For COVID-19

Kamala Harris has tested positive for COVID-19.

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Pre-departure PCR tests reveal four Brier competitors positive for COVID-19

Tim Hortons Brier have yet to make the trip to Lethbridge, Alta., after testing positive for COVID-19 on their pre-departure PCR tests, Curling Canada said Friday in a statement.Each competitor plays on a different team, the federation said, without identifying any of the athletes. The players remain in isolation in their respective hometowns.Round-robin play was scheduled to begin Friday night at the Enmax Centre.

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Canada eases COVID border restrictions, removes PCR test requirement

As Canada’s COVID-19 situation stabilizes, the federal government is easing some testing and quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers. That includes removing the requirement for expensive and lengthy PCR tests before arriving in Canada.

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COVID-19: Canada scrapping pre-arrival PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers

Canada will eliminate its pre-arrival COVID-19 PCR test requirements for fully vaccinated travellers at the end of the month, Federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos announced on Tuesday. As of Feb.

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Feds scrapping pre-arrival COVID PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers

COVID-19 PCR test requirements for fully vaccinated travellers at the end of the month, officials say.“Today I’m announcing we are easing our border measures,” federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Tuesday in Ottawa. “It is time to adjust our approach.”As of Feb.

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Ontario child-care operators, staff call for access to PCR testing, more HEPA filters

Ontario child-care operators and staff are calling on the provincial government to take steps to make those settings safer during the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the sector’s long-term viability.One immediate step urged by the dozens of operators, labour groups and public health experts who have signed on to an open letter to the premier is to reinstate eligibility for PCR testing.Late last year in response to a surge in Omicron cases, the province limited access to PCR testing to high-risk settings, which doesn’t include child-care centres or schools, except if a student or staff member develops symptoms while at school.

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Covid X-ray could replace PCR tests as Scots scientists develop tech with results 'in minutes'

Scots scientists have developed "groundbreaking" X-ray technology that can detect Covid infection in 'just a few minutes'.

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Delhi fixes prices for RT-PCR, RAT Covid tests at private labs. Details here

₹300 and ₹500 for RT-PCR samples collected from home, the state health department said in a notification.

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Data still available to monitor COVID-19 trends despite lack of PCR testing in Alberta

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw is reassuring Albertans that despite limited eligibility for PCR testing, the province is still monitoring data from other sources to show trends in COVID-19 transmissions.

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Most Albertans no longer being eligible for provincial PCR testing leaves many with questions

New COVID-19 testing protocols in Alberta means the options have narrowed significantly for most of the population and many Albertans have found themselves in a confusing predicament: if they wake up feeling under the weather, what’s their next step? Morgan Black explains.

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Scottish Government confirms ONE death and 740 new Covid cases in Tayside

The Scottish Government has confirmed ONE new coronavirus death was reported in Tayside in the last 24 hours.

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PCR tests now required upon return to Canada for any length of travel amid Omicron

Canadians returning home from trips abroad regardless of length will now have to show proof of a negative PCR COVID-19 test to re-enter the country.

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Calls to release at-home COVID-19 rapid tests widely in Ontario

Medical experts and families in Ontario are calling on the Ford government to make rapid antigen tests available to every household in the province with the number of COVID-19 cases rising.

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Covid: India requests UAE to remove requirement for airport RT-PCR test

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COVID-19: Toronto public schools to get access to take-home PCR tests by end of week

COVID-19 test kits available by the end of the week.City officials say the take-home PCR kits can be used when a student shows symptoms of the virus or if another student or staff member in their class has tested positive.The test is administered by swabbing the tongue, cheek and inside the nostril, or through collecting saliva — as opposed to the nasopharyngeal swab commonly used for COVID-19 testing. Ontario lifts COVID capacity limits in restaurants, gyms, casinos Once the test is complete, families can drop off the COVID-19 test at a local pop-up testing site or select schools for processing and results, which can take 24 to 48 hours.PCR tests were distributed to some schools as part of a pilot project earlier this year.

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Rising Covid cases prompt mass PCR testing at school where teachers are striking

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Covid test booking 'quirk' means people told to travel miles for PCR test - when they don't have to

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ICMR issues RT-PCR testing guidelines amid second wave of Covid-19: Details here

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) issues advisory for COVID19 testing during the second wave of the pandemic; RTPCR test must not be repeated in any individual who has tested positive once either by RAT or RTPCR. pic.twitter.com/Tjkez7lmaLHowever, it added that non-essential travel or inter-state travel of symptomatic individuals should be avoided.

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Alberta increasing access to COVID-19 rapid testing program

COVID-19.Businesses and service providers that want to offer rapid testing will no longer need to have a health-care provider oversee their program. Edmonton airport staff being offered rapid COVID-19 testing through 8-week mobile lab program Organizations will be able to participate in the rapid testing program independently.

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Covid-19 RT-PCR test mandatory for people travelling to Kerala. Details here

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Kerala makes RT-PCR test mandatory even for people who got vaccinated for Covid-19

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Karnataka govt makes RT-PCR test must for people coming from Kerala amid Covid surge

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Need to stop second COVID-19 peak; 70% RT-PCR test must for states: PM Modi

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Hinshaw, Shandro to provide provincial COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

COVID-19 in the province and “the ongoing work to protect public health.”The chief medical officer of health and minister will be making their comments at 4 p.m. and you can watch them in this story.

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Maharashtra, Kerala need to substantially increase RT-PCR testing for COVID-19: Govt

Maharashtra and Kerala, two states that account for 72% of the total active coronavirus cases in India.Both the states have 61,550 and 37,383 active cases, respectively, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said."This accounts for 72% of the total active cases in the country," he said.When asked the reason for the high number of active cases in both the states, Rajesh Bhushan said one of the reasons could be a fall in the number of RT-PCR tests."Over a period of time, both in Maharashtra and in Kerala, the number of RT-PCR tests have gone down and there is a need to substantially increase RT-PCR tests; this is something we have shared with both the states," he said.Maharashtra registered 4,092 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday, which took the

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Coronavirus: PCR test required at all land border crossing as of next week

Ottawa is tightening requirements for people crossing into the country via the land border. And soon, those arriving there will need to present a negative COVID-19 test result. Andrea MacPherson has the latest.

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In effort to curb spread of COVID-19, rapid tests coming to 2 Montreal high schools

COVID-19.“The goal is to use them to test children with symptoms but also to do random testing in 25 per cent of the school every week to see if we’re able to catch earlier on those who could be asymptomatic carriers,” said Dr. Caroline Quach, pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Ste.

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Expediated COVID-19 airport testing set to launch February in Edmonton

Edmonton International Airport is two weeks away from launching the same COVID-19 testing pilot program that is already in place in Calgary.The expediated testing program initially launched at the Calgary International Airport and at the Coutts border crossing in November.“We’re working with the government now and Alberta Health Services with that implementation.”The program offers Canadians the option of getting a test when they arrive. They must then self-isolate for 24 to 48 hours while they wait for the results.If the results are negative, they can leave quarantine, but must monitor for symptoms daily and get a second swab within six to seven days of their arrival date.

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Premier League force Fulham to face Spurs this week after Aston Villa Covid outbreak

Premier League have made emergency change to their fixture schedule that has altered the immediate plans of Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea and Aston Villa.Spurs who were due to take on Villa on Wednesday, will now be coming up against Scott Parker’s men in a clash that was postponed from earlier in the month.That fixture was one of two that was pushed back for the west Londoners, and they have been ordered to fulfil it with just two days notice following a outbreak in Dean Smith’s squad.In addition, their clash against Chelsea has been pushed back from Friday to Saturday.The Athletic add that Fulham are not happy with facing Spurs at such short notice because they had not been preparing for a midweek game.Villa are the latest team to be

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Sold 782,000 Covid-19 RT-PCR tests in Dec: Kilpest India

₹120 per test, as against 610,000 tests in November. "As the restrictions for exports of RT-PCR Kits continues, Company has requested Govt.

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Managers debate mission 'impossible' amid Man City Covid-19 outbreak

straight to your inboxManchester City's Premier League rivals will be watching anxiously as news of the Covid-19 outbreak at the club unfolds.City 's scheduled fixture against Everton at Goodison Park was postponed on Monday after more coronavirus cases were identified.

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New research suggests Alberta COVID-19 R value currently too high to lift restrictions

new measures announced on Nov. 24.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Kenney said the province’s R value must be below one by Dec.

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PM asks CMs to bring Covid positivity rate below 5%, calls for more RT-PCR tests

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting with Chief Ministers of all States and UTs, via video conferencing, to review the status and preparedness of Covid-19 response and management, with special emphasis on eight states with higher caseload. These states were Haryana, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and West Bengal.

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Covid-19: Delhi govt launches free large-scale RT-PCR testing van

NEW DELHI : AAP MLA Raghav Chadha Sunday launched the Delhi government's large-scale RT-PCR testing drive from Old Rajinder Nagar through COVID-19 mobile testing vans.The mobile coronavirus testing vans would extend free COVID-19 testing facility to residents.At the mobile testing van launched at Old Rajinder Nagar Sunday, more than 170 people, including Chadha himself, got their RT-PCR tests done for COVID-19 in four hours."At the mobile van, a person is required to only share their name, phone number and address to register for the test.

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Covid-19 testing: RT-PCR tests exceed antigen tests for 1st time, says MHA

@AmitShah taking lead in ramping up medical infrastructure and leading new strategy to combat COVID surge in Delhi.For the first time number of RT-PCR tests in Delhi have exceeded Rapid Antigen Tests.

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Covid-19: ICMR increases RT-PCR testing capacity in Delhi on Shah's directions

Ministry of Home Affairs on Twitter.ICMR has increased RT-PCR testing capacity from 27,000 tests/day to 37,200 RT-PCR tests per day on directions of HM @AmitShah. 30,735 RT-PCR samples collected in Delhi on 19 Nov as compared to 12,055 RT-PCR samples on 15 Nov.#Unite2FightCorona @PIB_India @DDNewslive"ICU beds in Delhi have increased by 205 in Central Govt hospitals, Delhi Govt hospitals & pvt.

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RT-PCR tests to be doubled; 300 more ICU beds at DRDO facility: Shah's Covid measures for Delhi

Delhi's COVID-19 situation in the wake of recent spike in cases in the national capital.Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain and senior officers of the central government attended the meeting chaired by Shah.The home minister reviewed the situation arising due to the spike in COVID-19 cases in Delhi and discussed ways to deal with it, a home ministry official said.After the meeting, Amit Shah said that it has been decided that the number of RT-PCR tests to be doubled and 300 more ICU beds are to be set up at a DRDO facility in Delhi."Mobile Testing Vans of ICMR and Health Ministry to be deployed at vulnerable spots.

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Coronavirus: White House uses PCR test for COVID-19 testing

Appearing on CBS television show “Face the Nation,” LabCorp CEO Adam H. Schechter said on Sunday that the White House was using a PCR test as its form of coronavirus testing.

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Covid-19: RT-PCR test for symptomatic antigen negative patients in Delhi

New Delhi: The Delhi government has asked all districts to retest all symptomatic patients, who have tested negative for COVID-19 on rapid antigen test, using the more reliable RT-PCR method, after it found the process was not followed in over 1,400 cases."Total 1,437 antigen negative symptomatic who have not undergone RT-PCR. Kindly ensure that this is made NIL from today i.e.

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RT-PCR tests should be scaled up for Covid-19 testing: HC

New Delhi: The Delhi High court on Wednesday observed that RT-PCR tests for Covid-19 should be the way forward since the results of the tests conducted through RAT are accurate only to the extent of 60% thus leaving a great doubt about infection being carried by those persons who are asymptomatic. Since an Expert Committee has been constituted by the Lieutenant Governor, the court has requested that the said Committee to convene a meeting on priority to consider the extent to which capacity building for RT- PCR testing is required in the current scenario.The Committee shall also identify the areas of focus in Delhi for conducting testing through RT-PCR.

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Andhra Pradesh reports 9,597 new COVID-19 cases, 93 deaths in last 24 hours

ANDHRA PRADESH : A total of 9,597 new COVID-19 cases and 93 deaths were reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, according to the state COVID nodal officer."In the last 24 hours, 57,148 samples are tested in Andhra Pradesh. Of which, 9,597 samples tested COVID positive.

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MyLab launches ‘Compact XL’ RT-PCR system for covid-19 tests

NEW DELHI : New Delhi: Pune-based molecular diagnostics firm Mylab Discovery Solutions on Wednesday launched the ‘Compact XL’ system for conducting a wide range of tests, including RT-PCR tests for covid-19.The system can test 32 tests at a time on one system and there are options to connect multiple systems on one network, the company said in a press conference.

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Alberta investing in COVID-19 serology testing, Misericordia hospital outbreak and more

Julia Wong reports on Tuesday’s Alberta Health COVID-19 update, where the province said $10M is going to COVID-19 antibody serology testing, Dr.Deena Hinshaw said an outbreak has been declared at the Misericordia hospital in Edmonton, and 45 new COVID-19 cases were announced.

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ICMR validates country's 1,000th COVID testing lab, RT-PCR tests cross 7 million

COVID-19 testing laboratories, 730 are in government setups and 270 laboratories are in the private sector.According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 71,37,716 samples have been tested till June 22. As many as 1,87,223 samples were tested on Monday alone."This is an important milestone in the fight against coronavirus.

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What can a COVID-19 antibody test tell me?

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Seven test positive in rapid PCR tests; being tested again: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

PANAJI : Seven persons, including six members of a family who had travelled to Goa from Mumbai and a truck driver from Gujarat, have preliminarily tested positive for Covid-19 in the initial round of rapid tests, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday.

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Over 1 million RT-PCR tests for detection of Covid-19 conducted in India: ICMR

The number of RT-PCR test for detection of COVID-19 conducted in India crossed the one million mark on Saturday, ICMR officials said, as the total novel coronavirus infections rose to 37,776.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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