Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi

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7,56,19,781

Cumulative total samples tested up to September 30, 2020

14,23,052

No of Samples Tested on September 30, 2020

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Latest Updates

October 01, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Testing: Status Update

September 29, 2020

Performance evaluation of commercial kits for real time PCR for COVID-19 by ICMR identified validation centres

September 25, 2020

List of Rapid Antigen Test Kits for COVID-19, validated by ICMR

September 21, 2020

List of IgG ELISA/CLIA kits for COVID-19 validated by ICMR identified validation centres

September 04, 2020

Advisory on Strategy for COVID-19 Testing in India (Version 6)

August 06, 2020

Invitation for submitting Letter of Intent for Participation in National Clinical Registry of COVID-19

July 16, 2020

Information for District-wise login credentials for rapid antigen testing for COVID-19

July 23, 2020

Establishing of a network of Biorepositories in India

June 18, 2020

Guidance for evaluation of novel applications for COVID-19

June 04, 2020

ICMR-DCGI Guidelines for Validation and Batch Testing of COVID-19 Diagnostic Kits

May 22, 2020

Enhancing India's Testing Capacity

September 24, 2020

Revised Guidelines for TrueNat testing for COVID-19

August 19, 2020

Invitation for Expression of Interest for Validation of Rapid Antigen Detection Assays for COVID-19

August 05, 2020

Evidence Based Advisory on Correlation of COVID-19 Disease Severity with Ct Values of the Real Time RT-PCR Test

July 17, 2020

Joint Lettter for Enhancement of Testing Capacity-Reg

July 10, 2020

Mapping of COVID-19 RT-PCR testing laboratories with quality control labs for ILQC activity

July 03, 2020

TRUENAT/CBNAAT expedited approval for private hospitals and private labs

July 01, 2020

Letter to Chief Secretary/ Administrator/ Advisor to Governor/ Advisor to Lt. Governor for Empowering citizens for testing of SARS-CoV-2 virus to save precious lives and contain the virus

June 25, 2020

Guidelines for storage of respiratory specimens collected for COVID-19 diagnosis by RT PCR platforms in Government laboratories

June 23, 2020

Newer Additional Strategies for COVID-19 Testing

June 14, 2020

Advisory on Use of Rapid Antigen Detection Test for COVID-19

September 15, 2020

ICMR Specimen Referral Form for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2)

May 06, 2020

Specimen Referral Form (SRF) ID information for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2), in RT-PCR app

May 09, 2020

Advisory for use of Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT) using Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV2