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India witnesses sharp decline in Covid cases; records 1,20,529 new infecti
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): India's daily new COVD-19 cases reported a sharp decline on Saturday as the country recorded 11,835 less cases as compared to Friday.
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Issues concerning mucormycosis discussed: ICMR to Delhi HC
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday told the Delhi High Court that the issues pertaining to mucormycosis management and treatment were extensively examined in the meeting held along with the National Task Force (NTF) on COVID-19 on June
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India's daily new COVID-19 cases decline by 1,790, over 1.32 lakhs fresh c
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): India's daily new COVD-19 cases reported a decline on Friday as the country recorded 1,790 less cases as compared to Thursday.
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India records 1.34 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): India reported 1,34,154 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the country's infection tally to 2,84,41,986, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
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Meril manufactures commercial kits for CCMB's dry swab direct RT-PCR tests
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 2 (ANI): A simple and fast method of dry swab-based direct RT-PCR has been developed by CSIR's constituent lab Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad.
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Pfizer, Moderna seek legal protection but no Indian company has paid indem
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Amid discussions over possible legal protection to Pfizer and Moderna over use of their COVID-19 vaccines in India, a former senior ICMR official has said that no company in India's vaccination history has ever paid indemnity and the government, which is the
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No shortage of vaccine in country, confident to inoculate whole population
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Underlining that there is no shortage of COVID-19 vaccine in the country, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday expressed confidence that India's entire population will be vaccinated by December 2021.
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Covid-19: HC notice to Centre, ICMR, Delhi Govt on advisory barring repeat
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the central government, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Delhi Government on a plea seeking to strike down advisory that states that Covid-19 RT PCR test must not be repeated in any individual.
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UP man alleges no antibodies developed post vaccine, lodges complaint agai
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 1 (ANI): A man in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow has filed a complaint against Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala and Dr. Balram Bhargava, head of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) after he alleged that no antibodies were formed in hi
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Lucknow man alleges no antibodies developed after taking Covishield shot,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 31 (ANI): A man from Lucknow has filed a police complaint against Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla, ICMR director-general Dr Balram Bhargava and others on Tuesday alleging that no antibodies against COVID-19 were developed in his body despi
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Monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID patients should always be used in pai
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Monoclonal antibodies, recently introduced in India as an antibody therapy to treat COVID-positive patients, are being used to minimise mutation formation and should always be used in a pair, said Dr Nirmal K Ganguly, former Director-General of the Indian Cou
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No evidence to indicate artificial or zoonotic origins of COVID-19: Ex ICM
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): There is no evidence to indicate if COVID-19 was zoonotic infection or it was artificially created, said Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar, former Head Scientist of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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