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Over 5 million COVID-19 tests done: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Over five million RT-PCR tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus behind COVID-19 pandemic - have been done in the country, India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said.
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Conduct thorough contact tracing of COVID-19 patients, follow ICMR guideli
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday directed the administration of the national capital to conduct thorough contact tracing of COVID-19 patients and testing for the virus as per the guidelines of the Indian Council of Medical Research.
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Indigenous ELISA kits 92.37% sensitive, 97.9% specific for COVID-19 testin
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 5 (ANI): Indigenous IgG-based ELISA kits for COVID-19 testing have been found to be sensitive and specific for the detection of coronavirus infection in human serum samples.
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1.37 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 in last 24 hours: ICMR
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday said that a total 1,37,158 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of tests have reached 41,03,233 in the country.
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India testing 1.2 lakh COVID-19 samples daily, far from peak in cases: ICM
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Over one lakh samples are being tested every day to detect coronavirus infection, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday, adding that India is far from the peak of COVID-19.
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Senior ICMR scientist who came from Mumbai to Delhi tests positive for COV
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): A senior scientist of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) who came from Mumbai to Delhi two weeks ago has tested positive for coronavirus, ICMR officials told ANI on Monday.
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Four or more dosage of HCQ showed significant decline of covid19 among hea
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Citing noteworthy benefits of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) prophylaxis against coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that the consumption of four or more doses of the antimalarial drug- (HCQ), has shown a significant decline of C
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ICMR advises States to conduct sero-survey to measure coronavirus exposure
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday advised States to conduct sero-survey to measure coronavirus exposure in the population using IgG ELISA Test.
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ICMR writes to WHO disagreeing with HCQ assessment, officials say internat
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): After the Union Health Ministry expressed reservations about the World Health Organisation's (WHO) advisory to suspend hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) usage in treating COVID-19 patients, now, India's nodal government agency ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research)
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Prices of testing materials undergoing reduction; ICMR asks States, UTs to
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has asked all states and Union Territories to revise the cost of RT-PCR tests for coronavirus at private laboratories, saying the prices of testing materials are "undergoing reduction."
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Trust ICMR's judgement on hydroxychloroquine in covid treatment, says CSIR
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Shekher Mande, on Wednesday said the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) conclusion of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) having no major side-effects in the treatment of Covid-inf
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LifeCell is now an ICMR recognized lab for COVID-19 testing to strengthen
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] May 26 (ANI/PRNewswire): LifeCell International, India's premier umbilical cord blood bank and diagnostics services provider, has been recognised by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) vide registration no LIKTN, to join the Government's fight against Covid
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