Covid Test  

While the fans gave positive feedback, many are now at risk of testing positive for Coronavirus as well. Asianet Newsable found near-zero adherence to Covid-19 protocols at movie halls. 

The Indian badminton players participate in the opening BWF tournament of 2021, the Thailand Open. The competition is off to a shocking start, with two Indians testing positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, Kidambi Srikanth has had a terrible experience with his testing.

Former actress Sana Khan who is out on honeymoon with husband in Kashmir shared her COVID test video

The former actress's reaction was just a sneeze as she felt uncomfortable when a tube was inserted in her nose.

Similarly, actress Pranitha Subhash underwent a test and she too felt the same.

However, in the case of Urvashi Rautela, the actress laughed and also made the health worker tremble before the test.

In all these cases, the process was simple and was done in seconds.

Here's a rewind of moments from around the world in the last 24 hours

India are touring Australia for a complete series, involving three ODIs and T20Is each, along with a four Tests. The tour is set to go on for two months. It is India's first international series in the pandemic, having last played in February, during their tour of New Zealand.

Karnataka recorded 3,681 new COVID-19 positive cases on Tuesday. Of these, 1874 new cases and 7740 discharges were reported from Bengaluru alone. Meanwhile the COVID-19 positivity rate has increased to 5.53% in the state. State witnesses drop in COVID-19 tests.

Doctor Amal Roy died of Covid-19 in Kolkata on Tuesday (October 27) morning. The doctor was first treated at a hospital in Bolpur but after his COVID test report came positive, he was shifted to Calcutta Medical College Hospital. He recovered from the hospital and went home. On Monday (October 26) night, his condition deteriorated. He was again taken to the hospital. On Tuesday (October 27) morning, he passed away. 

Due to increasing inflow of tourists for the 10-day Dasara Festival in the city, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), in an effort to control the spread of the deadly COVID-19, has formed mobile teams to conduct COVID-19 tests free of cost.

The West Bengal government in their report has made an assumption that the number of COVID cases may increase after Durga Puja. Therefore, District Magistrate of Purulia has found out all the places where public gatherings are most frequent. COVID tests were done at those places. However, the reports came mostly negative.
 

Thailand shops have started using new technology gates which detects body temperature and checks if a customer is wearing a mask while entering a shop.

With the spike of COVID-19 positive cases, the state government has decided to fine and imprison those who deny getting tested for the virus. The ones who deny testing will be fined up to Rs 50,00 and may have to serve a jail term of 6 months to 3 years.

With 828 tests/day per million population, India exceeds WHO advisory on Covid testing by almost six times, said Union Health ministry on Monday (October 5)

The test kit, based on Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), the gold standard for COVID-19 diagnosis, has been approved for use in authorised COVID-19 diagnostic labs by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Hospital worker allegedly harassed a student by repeatedly calling and texting. A student did a COVID test at a government hospital. After the test was done, hospital worker Rahul Banerjee demanded Rs 7,000 for the COVID test results. Opposing this, the student went to the hospital and protested the alleged actions of Rahul Banerjee.
 

Kingston (Jamaica): After Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), there was a scare among the Indian Premier League (IPL) fans as Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) batsman Chris Gayle had attended the multiple Olympic champion’s birthday bash last week.