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COVID-19-test

National 5 years ago

Bogor regency faces backlog of 1,000 unexamined COVID-19 swab samples

Bogor Regent Ade Yasin said the samples had begun piling up toward the end of September because of the laboratory's limited polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examination tools, urging the Bogor Health Agency to accelerate its handling of the samples.

City 5 years ago

Experts urge Greater Jakarta to improve testing, tracing

The unabated COVID-19 transmission in Greater Jakarta has forced authorities to expand restrictions, but experts doubt its efficacy as efforts are not implemented equally in each part of the region.

National 5 years ago

COVID-19 handling ‘not that bad’, Jokowi says as nation surpasses 300,000 cases

"In fact, it is quite good,” he added.

National 5 years ago

Use antigen tests for screening but with caution: Experts

Amid persistent COVID-19 testing constraints, the government appears to be looking into using rapid antigen tests, which are cheaper and faster although less accurate than the gold-standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. Experts are on board but urge caution.

World 5 years ago

Antigen tests: Blunt but fast COVID weapon

Less precise but faster than other forms of COVID-19 diagnosis, antigen tests -- such as the 150 million kits ordered by US President Donald Trump this week -- are another weapon in the pandemic battle, experts say.

World 5 years ago

WHO wants 120m rapid virus tests for poorer states

Some 120 million rapid tests for COVID-19 will be made available to poorer countries at $5 each, the World Health Organization announced Monday -- if it can find the money.

National 5 years ago

Research and Technology Ministry to launch rapid and PCR test kits

Research and Technology Minister and National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) head Bambang Brodjonegoro has said the ministry is developing COVID-19 test kits to improve screening for the virus.

National 5 years ago

Berau Regent H. Muharram dies after testing positive for COVID-19

Berau Regent H. Muharram died on Tuesday evening after undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Pertamina Hospital in Balikpapan.

National 5 years ago

Govt to periodically test medical workers fighting COVID-19

The government has committed to providing periodic COVID-19 tests for health professionals working closely with coronavirus patients.

World 5 years ago

90-minute British DnaNudge COVID-19 test is accurate, Lancet study finds

A British COVID-19 test known as DnaNudge that gives results in just over an hour and which requires no laboratory was accurate in almost all cases, an academic review in the Lancet has found.

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COVID-19-test

Bogor regency faces backlog of 1,000 unexamined COVID-19 swab samples

Experts urge Greater Jakarta to improve testing, tracing

COVID-19 handling ‘not that bad’, Jokowi says as nation surpasses 300,000 cases

Use antigen tests for screening but with caution: Experts

Antigen tests: Blunt but fast COVID weapon

WHO wants 120m rapid virus tests for poorer states

Research and Technology Ministry to launch rapid and PCR test kits

Berau Regent H. Muharram dies after testing positive for COVID-19

Govt to periodically test medical workers fighting COVID-19

90-minute British DnaNudge COVID-19 test is accurate, Lancet study finds

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