A nasopharyngeal swab sample was collected as part of routine severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) surveillance and tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

Source: https://en.mercopress.com/2023/04/24/chile-reports-first-human-case-of-avian-influenza-uruguay-begins-vaccination-in-commercial-poultry-farms?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss

֎ Fewer Indian tourists are arriving in Pattaya after the Indian government’s decision to require every air passenger to have a negative RT-PCR test before boarding their flight home.

Source: https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/pattaya-prowl-casinos-a-sure-bet-421773

Notably, TDB supported the manufacturing of India’s first RT-PCR Covid diagnostic kit and advanced SBRT-enabled Linear Accelerator, which obtained US FDA clearance.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/national-technology-day-india-8603770/

On 12 February 2023, one sample was confirmed positive for Marburg virus by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), at the Institute Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/disease-outbreak-news-marburg-virus-disease-equatorial-guinea/