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India hits 50 cr COVID-19 testing milestone
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): India has achieved the milestone of conducting a cumulative of 50 crore COVID-19 tests across the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research [ICMR] informed on Thursday.
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Cabinet approves MoU concerning antimicrobial resistance research
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): The Union Cabinet was on Wednesday apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the GARDP Foundation on antimicrobial resistance research and innovation to promote mutual cooperation.
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Centre restricts export of COVID-19 rapid antigen testing kits amid third
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The government on Monday imposed restrictions on the export of COVID-19 rapid antigen testing kits at the time when several experts have been warning of a possible third wave of coronavirus in the country.
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Delhi HC seeks report from ICMR over regulation, appointment of online hea
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought a detailed report from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) regarding the regulation and appointment of online health service aggregators.
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Mix of Covishield, Covaxin yields better results: ICMR Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed in its study that the combination of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines, the two main vaccines of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, conducted on 18 people, has elicited better safety and immunogen
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COVID-19 recovered individuals with both doses of Covishield have higher i
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
A study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has found that Covid-19-recovered individuals with both doses of Covishield have higher immunity against the Delta variant.
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Kerala follows ICMR, WHO guidelines to report Covid deaths, says Health Mi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 4 (ANI): The Kerala government is following the ICMR and WHO guidelines to report covid deaths in the state, Veena George Kerala Health Minister said on Wednesday in the Assembly over the allegations of discrepancies in covid related deaths acro
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Centre rushes high-level team to Maharashtra to support state in effective
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday decided to depute a high-level multidisciplinary team to Maharastra after the state reported its first Zika virus case in Pune.
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Covaxin is effective against Delta Plus variant of Covid-19, says study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin has shown less reduction in 'neutralizing activity' while comparing with Delta and Delta AY.1 (Delta plus) variants in those who are fully vaccinated with the vaccine according to a study by the Indian Council of
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Centre reviews situation in 10 states reporting upsurge in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): The Centre on Saturday reviewed the Covid-19 situation in ten states that are witnessing an upsurge in Covid cases and Test Positivity Rate (TPR).
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Conduct sero surveys to generate district-level data: Centre to States, UT
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Central government on Wednesday advised all States and Union Territories (UTs) to conduct sero-prevalence surveys in consultation with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to generate district-level data.
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India reports 41,383 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate below 3 pc
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): With 41,383 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India's daily positivity rate remained less than 3 per cent for 31 consecutive days.
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