Ranchi: The testing capacity of state-run RT-PCR labs has taken a hit owing to manpower crisis amid a fresh surge in cases.
As per health department records, the total number of tests conducted in a single-day in this month hasn’t crossed the 20k-mark barring Tuesday when the total number of tests was 27,260. The testing numbers recorded in the first five days of April were 15,529, 16,943, 19,741, 12,072 and 18,230, respectively.
According to the directions of the health department, Covid-19 tests in the state are to be conducted in a 70:30 ratio wherein 70% of total tests have to be carried out through the RT-PCR method and the rest 30% through TrueNat and Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) kits. On April 6, a total of 19,082 RT-PCR tests were conducted across the state, but during the peak of the first wave this number had crossed a lakh.
Updated Jan 23, 2021 | 22:56 IST
An eight-member medical board is examining Lalu s health and he is likely to be shifted to AIIMS as soon as the experts submit their report. Ailing RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav bought to AIIMS, Delhi from RIMS hospital in Ranchi, Jharkhand. | Photo Credit: PTI
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RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav will be shifted to Delhi AIIMS as health worsens, says Dr Umesh Prasad, his physician in Ranchi
His son and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav arrives in Ranchi, says father s condition deteriorating, facing breathing difficulty
Ranchi: Ailing RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav shifted to All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi from RIMS hospital in Ranchi on the recommendation of the State Medical Board on Saturday. He has been admitted to the coronary care unit (CCU) of the cardiothoracic centre at the hospital.
Doctors treating the jailed RJD chief said that he has been having trouble breathing for the last two days and on Friday, he was diagnosed with pneumonia