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Omicron is predominant circulating strain in India: Centre
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The new coronavirus variant, Omicron, is the predominant circulating strain in India, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Wednesday.
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Durability of immunity post-COVID-19 infection persists for 9 months: DG I
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): The durability of immunity after the COVID-19 infection persists for at least 9 months as per the evidence-based studies from different countries globally, said Dr. Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursd
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COVID vaccines are disease-modifying, don't prevent infection: ICMR
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): All COVID vaccines do not prevent infection and are primarily disease-modifying, said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday.
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Amid increasing COVID-19 cases, Uttarakhand Chief Secy instructs DMs to im
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 28 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Dr SS Sandhu on Tuesday instructed all the District Magistrates (DMs) to create containment zones and impose various restrictions on basis of population and population density in the view of an increase in COVID-1
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COVID-19 Omicron variant is milder than Delta in terms of severity, a few
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): The new COVID-19 variant Omicron is milder than the Delta variant in terms of severity and a few patients did not even witness fever so far, said Dr Manoj Sharma, Senior Consultant Internal Medicine at Delhi's Fortis Hospital on Tuesday.
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Longest drone flight delivers medical supplies from Nagaland's Mokokchung
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tuensang (Nagaland) [India], December 19 (ANI): The Indian Medical Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Drone Response and Outreach in North East (i-Drone) pilot project on Saturday made its final and longest drone flight from Nagaland's Mokokchung to Tuensang to deliver medical supplies.
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Omicron a serious issue, India has taken it very seriously: Dr Mohan Gupte
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Omicron is a differently mutated virus and India has taken the variant very seriously, said Dr Mohan Gupte (retd), the founder-director of ICMR Epidemiology Department in Chennai on Wednesday.
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ICMR designs kit to detect new COVID-19 variant Omicron in 2 hours
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], December 11 (ANI): Amid rising cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in Dibrugarh, Assam has designed a testing kit that will be able to detect the virus in two hours time.
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Global scenario on Omicron very disturbing; must follow COVID-appropriate
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Amid scares of COVID-19 resurge due to Omicron variant, Member, Health, NITI Aayog, Dr VK Paul on Friday warned Indians and said that wearing masks and following COVID Appropriate Behaviour are a must to avoid a surge in Covid cases similar to that durin
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COVID-19: Mask usage declining; WHO warning against it, says NITI Aayog's
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Dr VK Paul, Member-Health of NITI Aayog, on Friday expressed concern over the decline in the use of face masks in the country and said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against it as the global scene of the Omicron variant of COVID-1
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Delhi reports 41 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hrs
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Delhi reported 41 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours (further, 176 positive cases pertaining to earlier weeks added on ICMR portal Wednesday by ICMR-NICPR Noida).
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India conducts over 10 lakh COVID-19 tests in last 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Over 10 lakh samples were tested for COVID-19 across the country in the last 24 hours, informed the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday.
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