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COVID-19: Inquiry initiated against 8 Delhi labs for taking samples agains
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): An inquiry has been initiated against eight coronavirus-testing labs in Delhi for taking samples against ICMR protocol.
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1.37 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 in last 24 hours: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday said that a total 1,37,158 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of tests have reached 41,03,233 in the country.
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India testing 1.2 lakh COVID-19 samples daily, far from peak in cases: ICM
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Over one lakh samples are being tested every day to detect coronavirus infection, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday, adding that India is far from the peak of COVID-19.
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Senior ICMR scientist who came from Mumbai to Delhi tests positive for COV
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): A senior scientist of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) who came from Mumbai to Delhi two weeks ago has tested positive for coronavirus, ICMR officials told ANI on Monday.
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Four or more dosage of HCQ showed significant decline of covid19 among hea
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Citing noteworthy benefits of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) prophylaxis against coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that the consumption of four or more doses of the antimalarial drug- (HCQ), has shown a significant decline of C
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ICMR advises States to conduct sero-survey to measure coronavirus exposure
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday advised States to conduct sero-survey to measure coronavirus exposure in the population using IgG ELISA Test.
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ICMR writes to WHO disagreeing with HCQ assessment, officials say internat
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): After the Union Health Ministry expressed reservations about the World Health Organisation's (WHO) advisory to suspend hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) usage in treating COVID-19 patients, now, India's nodal government agency ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research)
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Pristyn Care resumes surgical operations across 17 cities; registers 200 p
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India] May 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): As per the MHA & MoHFW regulations in March, the hospitals had to postpone elective surgeries to reduce the risk of patients being exposed to the novel coronavirus.
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Prices of testing materials undergoing reduction; ICMR asks States, UTs to
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has asked all states and Union Territories to revise the cost of RT-PCR tests for coronavirus at private laboratories, saying the prices of testing materials are "undergoing reduction."
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Trust ICMR's judgement on hydroxychloroquine in covid treatment, says CSIR
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Shekher Mande, on Wednesday said the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) conclusion of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) having no major side-effects in the treatment of Covid-inf
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Decided not to deny health workers HCQ based on risk-benefit analysis: ICM
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Noting that a lot of drugs are being repurposed for treatment of COVID-19, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said that prophylactic use of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for health care workers had been recommended on the basis of risk-benefit a
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India disagrees with WHO suspension of HCQ usage, sends letter explaining
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Health Ministry of India has written to the World Health Organisation (WHO) after the global health body announced to temporarily suspend the clinical trials of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, sources told ANI.
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