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The Union Health Ministry has relaxed COVID-19 guidelines for international travellers, removing the previous requirement for RT-PCR testing of a random 2% of visitors to India. However, precautionary measures, such as in-flight announcements and isolation of symptomatic passengers as per protocol, shall still be followed. All travellers are advised to preferentially receive full vaccination as per their countrys primary schedule and self-monitor their health post-arrival.

India's Union Health Ministry has further eased Covid-19 guidelines for international visitors, dropping the earlier requirement for RT-PCR based testing o..

MyJournals.org - Science - Evaluation of droplet digital qRT-PCR (dd qRT-PCR) for quantification of SARS CoV-2 RNA in stool and urine specimens of COVID-19 patients (Frontiers in Medicine)

According to Union Ministry of Science and Technology, it can detect the RBD antigen of the SARS-CoV-2 at an early stage of infection with a visual line of detection (LOD)., Health News, Times Now

The LocalCircles survey received 11,449 responses, out of which, 12% admitted to having taken a RT-PCR and another 12% having taken both RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Test

So far 10 of the 24 samples tested by the Health Ministry have been confirmed, Dr Sameer Kumar Adhikari, deputy spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, said.According to the ministry, to identify the molecular genetic changes in COVID-19, 24 PCR, and antigen-positive samples were collected in March at the National Public Health Laboratory through random sampling.Of the 24 samples collected, two tested positive for BA.1.1, two for BA.

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The Ministry of Health has revised travel guidelines after the six places saw a significant decline.

Delegates, investors, and participants arriving in India to participate in the two global events-- Global Investors Summit, and G20 meeting-- in Uttar Pradeshs capital, will go through an RT-PCR Covid test, according to Chief Medical Officer, Lucknow.

Locally Developed PCR Test KIT: A team of local researchers have developed a low-cost RT-PCR kit that they say is capable of detecting coronavirus infection in the human body more accurately and even before any symptoms arise.