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Decades worth of experience of Universal Immunisation Programme helped Hea
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): As India achieved the landmark of inoculating 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, the Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Balram Bhargava said that the decades worth of experience gained through the Universal Imm
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Health Ministry planning to do rigorous trials of dengue vaccines, says IC
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Indian Council for Medical Research Director-General Balram Bhargava on Thursday said that many companies have conducted their phase one trials of dengue vaccines abroad and that the Health Ministry is planning to do more rigorous trials.
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Focus is to fully vaccinate adult population, booster dose not pertinent a
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research Director-General Balram Bhargava on Thursday said that the main focus is to fully vaccinate the adult population of the country, adding that the issue of booster dose is not pertinent at the moment.
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Avoid non-essential travel, observe low-key festivity this year: ICMR DG
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Ahead of the festive season, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Balram Bhargava on Thursday made a fervent appeal to people to avoid non-essential travel and to observe a low-key festivity "at least this year".
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Centre to launch Vaccine tracker giving week-by-week update about Covid va
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Centre is soon going to launch a Vaccine tracker that will give synergized data with a week-by-week update about Covid vaccine doses.
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D2 strain of dengue can cause fatal haemorrhage, says ICMR DG
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The majority of deaths in Mathura, Agra and Firozabad districts of Uttar Pradesh were due to dengue fever caused by D2 strain and it can cause haemorrhaging that could be fatal, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Thursday.
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COVID-19: Practice responsible rather than revenge travel, says Centre ahe
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Ahead of major festivals beginning with Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri and Dusshera, the Centre has urged people to go in for low-key celebrations to prevent the spread of Covid-19, stating that the country is still in the grip of the second wave of the pand
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COVID-19: Would be wise to open primary schools first before opening secon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday suggested to reopen primary schools first before secondary schools in India.
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4th round of National Sero Survey conducted; overall seroprevalence is 67.
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry of Tuesday informed that the fourth round of the National Sero Survey has been conducted and the overall seroprevalence in the country is at 67.6 per cent.
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Help us help you, comply with Covid appropriate behavior as virus hasn't g
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Pointing to the flouting of rules by people who are travelling to hill stations after easing of restrictions in Himachal Pradesh, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, urged the people to 'help the government in helping them' in battling the
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No shortage of vaccine in country, confident to inoculate whole population
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Underlining that there is no shortage of COVID-19 vaccine in the country, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday expressed confidence that India's entire population will be vaccinated by December 2021.
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UP man alleges no antibodies developed post vaccine, lodges complaint agai
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 1 (ANI): A man in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow has filed a complaint against Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala and Dr. Balram Bhargava, head of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) after he alleged that no antibodies were formed in hi
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