Dubai reports 965 recoveries from 1,032 Covid-19 cases, no fatalities

The nation has already performed over 177.7 million PCR tests.

On Tuesday, the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention revealed that there had been 1,032 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, 965 recoveries, and no fatalities.

The nation has now performed over 177.7 million PCR tes...

MDS adopts blockchain to ensure authenticity in COVID-19 vaccination certificates

MDS Mexico, a Mexico-based healthcare firm has introduced a Covid-19 testing service to support blockchain technology. This ensures the authenticity of vaccination certificates. It is important to have a confirmation of a person's vaccination status, but people have been faking vaccination ce...

KAWASAKI’S ROBOT SYSTEMS CAN CONDUCT AROUND 2,500 PCR TESTS

Highlights –

• Kawasaki’s robot systems can conduct around 2,500 PCR tests.
• Kawasaki aims to have 50 of such systems installed by the end of March 2022.
• The system shortens the time from taking the samples to delivering the result...

COVID-19 SELF-TEST KITS GIVEN CONDITIONAL APPROVAL IN S. KOREA

Highlights –

• COVID-19 self-test kits given conditional approval in S. Korea.
• The test kits are developed by two biotech firms, SD Biosensor and Humasis.
• The tool however has a low accuracy rate compared to PCR tests.
• The te...

TESLA CEO ELON MUSK TOOK 4 COVID-19 TESTS: 2 POSITIVE, 2 NEGATIVE

Highlights

• Elon Musk on Thursday said he got tested for COVID-19 four times in a same day, and surprisingly two tests showed positive results while the other two were negative

• Tesla CEO also said that he was also undergoing polymerase chain reaction tests from se...

UAE AIRLINES TO DO MANDATORY PCR TESTS OF TRAVELERS FROM 1ST AUGUST

HIGHLIGHTS

• As the spread of the outbreak seems to have no limits across the world, to be on safer side UAE has declared to test all the passengers from certain countries to go for PCR test on arrival along with a negative certificate from their nation.