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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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India 'pharmacy of the world', on fast-track mode to develop COVID-19 vacc
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): India is considered as the "pharmacy of the world". About 60 per cent of the drugs uitilised in the United States of America are of Indian origin. So, these are generic drugs produced in India where the country has established itself over the years. This is
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Tech Mahindra will organise COVID-19 testing of 20,000 vendors, employees
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): Tech Mahindra is rolling-out phase-wise testing for its third-party vendors, employees, customer and partner ecosystem. The company is arranging the COVID -19 testing of around 20,000 third-party vendors including people working in pantry, san
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Over 10 million COVID-19 tests done so far: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): India has conducted over 10 million (1 crore) tests to diagnose COVID-19 so far, officials from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, as the cases of coronavirus rose up to 6,97,413 in the country.
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Process to develop COVID-19 vaccine as per global norms: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday said that the process to develop an indigenous vaccine to combat COVID-19 is as per globally accepted norms to fast-track the vaccine development.
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Private labs should apply for NABL accreditation to initiate TrueNat/CBNAA
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has written to all states/UTs saying that all private laboratories in their state who intend to initiate TrueNat/CBNAAT based testing for COVID19 should be encouraged to immediately apply for NABL accreditation to ens
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DCGI gives nod to Bharat Biotech to conduct phase I & II Human clinica
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to conduct Phase I and II Human clinical trials to develop an indigenous vaccine for COVID-19 -- in the name COVAXIN.
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India now has 1,016 dedicated COVID-19 diagnostic labs: Centre
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The Central government on Friday informed that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has inducted 11 new diagonstic labs dedicated to COVID-19 in last 24 hours.
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India sees highest single-day spike of 17,296 COVID-19 cases, tally reache
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): With the highest single-day spike of 17,296 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count reached 4,90,401 on Friday, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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Over 69 lakh COVID-19 tests conducted till June 21: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday informed that over 69 lakh COVID-19 tests were conducted by various laboratories across the country, including 1,43,267 tests on June 21.
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Ramp up COVID-19 testing in containment zones, hospitals: ICMR to States
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Balram Bhargava, has directed all states to ramp up testing for COVID-19 in containment zones and hospitals.
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ICMR issues advisory on Antigen detection test for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended the use of Standard Q COVID-19 Ag detection assay (antigen detection test) as a point of care diagnostic assay for testing under certain settings in combination with RT-PCR test.
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