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ICMR approves new RT-PCR kit that detects Omicron variant in 45 minutes; know more
January 22, 2022 9:41 am
"The kit helps in identification of SARS-COV-2, Delta, and Omicron in one single test in a short time," Dr Naveen Kumar Venkatesan, Principal inventor of the Kit, chief scientist, said
Nitish in House: Closely tracking testing data
February 24, 2021 8:26 am
The Bihar government is “closely monitoring” Covid testing data in the state and has “taken appropriate action” in cases where irregularities have been found, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said in the Assembly Tuesday.
Testing gaps in Bihar: Bhagalpur to punish data entry operators, more to face action
February 19, 2021 2:39 pm
Bhagalpur Civil Surgeon Vijay Kumar Singh told The Indian Express that more irregularities have come to light in an inquiry, including the use of one phone number for 700 entries at the PHC in Bihpur.
Bihar tightens norms, ID card must for Covid tests
February 17, 2021 6:05 pm
The move comes after an investigation by The Indian Express found several gaps in Covid testing data compiled by Primary Health Centres and other facilities in at least four districts, including alleged large-scale fudging of contact details essential for tracing the entries.
Bhagalpur is latest on testing radar: 1,400 entries with gaping holes, string of zeroes
February 18, 2021 9:20 am
Data compiled by four Primary Health Centres and two government hospitals in Bhagalpur show 1,438 entries for RT-PCR tests with 10 zeroes listed as their numbers and incomplete addresses, making it virtually impossible to trace them.
Slipping up
February 17, 2021 6:05 pm
Bihar’s Covid containment measures lapsed into complacency. Irregularities must be probed, systemic deficits addressed.
0000000000 is also the cellphone number of those tested for Covid in Bihar
February 17, 2021 6:05 pm
Data entry staff at the district headquarters blame PHC staff at the ground level, claiming that they “have to enter 10 zeroes to upload and validate the data in the system in cases where PHCs do not fill in mobile numbers”.
Testing gaps in Bihar: Factors in fudge — a target, a profit motive and some reason to worry
February 17, 2021 6:05 pm
“Given the low case count anyway, few want to be tested and our staff come back empty-handed,” said a Jamui official involved with testing in the district. “But there is a pressure to meet the target.”
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