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Three COVID-19 vaccines at clinical trial stage in India: ICMR DG
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Three COVID-19 vaccines are at a clinical trial stage in the country and two indigenous vaccine candidates have completed phase one trial, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) DG Dr Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday.
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Few states not utilising optimal capacity of RT-PCR tests to diagnose COVI
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Thursday said there are states where RT-PCR testing capacity for COVID-19 is not being utilised to its optimal capacity.
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Irresponsible people are driving the COVID-19 pandemic in India: ICMR DG
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) DG Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said that "irresponsible people" who were not following the norms to prevent the spread of COVID-19 were driving coronavirus pandemic in India.
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India's COVID-19 testing capacity 10 lakh per day through 1,524 labs: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): India's testing capacity has increased significantly from 10 tests to 10 lakh tests per day and all ministries have worked to achieve this, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday.
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Second national sero-survey should be completed in first week of September
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): The second national sero-survey should be completed in the first week of September, Prof (Dr.) Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday.
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India's three COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different phases of clinical
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): While as many as 141 COVID-19 vaccine candidates are being studied by the scientists across the globe, India has three vaccine candidates which are in different phases of the clinical study, top ICMR scientist (Prof) Balram Bhargava informed on Tuesday.
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ICMR chief directs states to analyse COVID-19 data to know epidemic
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has directed all state governments to "analyse the COVID-19 data to know the epidemic," said ICMR chief (Prof) Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday.
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COVID-19: Three Indian vaccines in different phases of clinical testing, s
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): At present, country has three Indian COVID-19 vaccines which are in different phases of clinical testing, said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday.
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Difficult to predict if India will see second wave of COVID-19: ICMR DG
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava said has said that it is difficult to predict whether or not India will see a second wave of COVID-19 infections and there will be smaller peaks at different times due to varied geography of the country
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COVID-19: Union Health Secy, ICMR ask states, UTs to ramp up testing capac
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General, Dr Balram Bhargava, have written to all states and union territories (UTs) to ramp up COVID-19 testing capacity.
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ICMR asks states, UTs to obtain district-wise login credentials for entry
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research has asked all States and Union Territories to apply to obtain district-wise login credentials for data entry of testing data into the ICMR portal.
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Two indigenous candidate COVID-19 vaccines get DCGI nod to start early pha
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Two indigenous candidate vaccines for COVID-19 have got DCGI clearance to start early phase human trials in the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday.
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