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After PM Modi, Jaishankar receives first jab of Bharat Biotech's 'Covaxin'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday received the first dose of Covaxin, India's indigenous coronavirus vaccine developed by biotechnology firm Bharat Biotech and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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PM Modi addresses vaccine hesitancy, gets Bharat Biotech's Covaxin jab
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 01 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took the first dose of Covaxin, India's homegrown coronavirus vaccine developed by biotechnology firm Bharat Biotech and Indian Council of Medical Research, addressing the hesitancy over the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Clinical trials indicate India's vaccines will be effective against COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 19 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday said interim results of the ongoing clinical trials indicated that the indigenous COVID-19 vaccines would be effective against the mutated virus strains reported from the Unit
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21.4 pc sero-prevalence among population of over 18 years: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): The sero-prevalence in the population above the age of 18 years was 21.4 per cent in the third sero-survey conducted from December 17, 2020 to January 8, 2021, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday.
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COVID-19 pandemic helped India to scale up its healthcare infrastructure,
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): While India has been successful in controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, it also turned out to be a huge opportunity for the country to scale up its healthcare infrastructure, said Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Balram Bhar
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Covax firms urge DCGI to change fact sheet on blood thinners: ICMR chief
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): India's drug regulatory body has received requests from both Pune based Serum Institute of India and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech to make necessary changes in the vaccine fact sheet to allow people using blood thinners to get inoculated against Covid-19
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Covaxin effective on UK virus strain of COVID-19: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], 27 January (ANI): An Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study on Covaxin shows a comparable neutralization activity of the vaccinated individuals against UK-variant strain.
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Exhorted ICMR-NCDIR to help deliver benefits of their research to common p
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday urged the Indian Council of Medical Research - National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (ICMR-NCDIR) to help deliver benefits of their research to the common people.
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COVAXIN shows high safety, immunogenicity during phase 1 clinical trial: L
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): In a remarkable finding, India's indigenous Covid-19 vaccine--COVAXIN developed by the Bharat Biotech and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has shown high safety and immunogenicity during the phase 1 clinical trial, according to the findings of th
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COVID-19: Recipients to be followed-up for 3 months after 2nd dose of Cova
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Following the administration of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin', the recipients will remain at the vaccination site for at least 30 minutes of the observation to record any adverse event, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in its guidelines for
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Emergency use of vaccine is based on safety, immunogenicity data, says ICM
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said that in a pandemic situation, restricted emergency use of the vaccine is considered based on phase 2 safety and immunogenicity clinical trial data while phase thre
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Masks probably may never even go, says ICMR chief Balram Bhargava
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Hours after two vaccines were approved under restricted use and emergency use authorisation by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), on Sunday said masks may never g
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