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Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing COVID-19 deaths: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Convalescent Plasma (CP) therapy didn't help in reducing death due to the coronavirus, the India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed in a study.
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India overtakes Brazil as second-worst hit by coronavirus, tally crosses 4
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): India on Monday achieved a grim milestone after it replaced Brazil to become the second-worst country hit by COVID-19 as the national caseload crossed the 42 lakh-mark with a spike of 90,802 new cases.
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With spike of 90,802 new cases, India's COVID-19 tally crosses 42-lakh mar
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): India's COVID-19 case tally crossed the 42 lakh-mark with a spike of 90,802 new cases in the last 24 hours.
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Kerala performing well on all COVID-19 parameters as decided by WHO, ICMR,
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 5 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said that the State is doing well on all COVID parameters as decided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) despite the rising number of ne
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Pooling five COVID-19 samples may not lead to much loss of sensitivity eve
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): A study done by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that pooling five samples to detect coronavirus by RT-PCR may be an acceptable strategy without much loss of sensitivity even for low viral loads, while with 10-sample pools there
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With highest single-day spike of over 86,000 cases, India's COVID-19 tally
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): India registered the highest single-day jump of 86,432 new coronavirus cases taking the national caseload past 40-lakh mark, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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ICMR issues advisory allowing on demand testing for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday issued an advisory allowing on-demand testing for individuals who wish to get themselves tested and those undertaking travel to countries or Indian states mandating a negative Covid-19 test at the p
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India's COVID-19 tally crosses 39-lakh mark
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): As many as 83,341 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 tally crossed 39-lakh mark on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Few states not utilising optimal capacity of RT-PCR tests to diagnose COVI
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Thursday said there are states where RT-PCR testing capacity for COVID-19 is not being utilised to its optimal capacity.
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With highest single-day spike of 83,883 cases, India's COVID-19 tally cros
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): India reported the highest single-day spike of 83,883 new coronavirus cases, taking the national caseload past 38-lakh mark, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's data released on Thursday.
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India conducts over 11.7 lakh COVID-19 tests in last 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): A total of 11,72,179 samples were collected for COVID-19 testing on Wednesday, taking the total number of samples tested for coronavirus in the country to 4,55,09,380, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed.
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India registers 78,357 new coronavirus cases, tally crosses 37-lakh mark
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): India recorded a single-day spike of 78,357 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours taking the tally past 37-lakh mark, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on Wednesday.
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