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Kolkata firm develops Rs 500 COVID testing kit
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 11 (ANI): A South 24 Parganas based private firm GCC Biotech India claimed it has developed indigenous 'real-time' COVID19 test kit costing only Rs 500 for a single test.
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Combating COVID-19: NIV-Pune develops India's first antibody testing kit -
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has successfully developed India's first indigenous antibody testing kit -- ELISA -- to combat COVID-19.
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387 COVID-19 patients to be discharged from home isolation in Gujarat
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 10 (ANI): As many as 387 COVID-19 patients in Gujarat will be discharged from home isolation as per the revised discharge policy issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Ahmedabad information department said on Sunday.
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India reliable partner of US, working on at least 3 COVID-19 vaccines: Amb
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): The Indian and American pharmaceutical companies are currently working together on at least three possible vaccines to fight the coronavirus, India Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, told ANI on Saturday.
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India, US working closely on at least three vaccines: Ambassador Sandhu
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): There is close cooperation between India and the United States over the exchange of information related to the development of vaccines to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu said on Saturday, and added that the Indian and th
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ICMR partners with BBIL for developing indigenous COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi, May 9 [India], May 9 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday announced that it has partnered with the Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to develop a fully indigenous vaccine for COVID-19 using the virus strain isolated at the National Institute o
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ICMR to conduct study in about 75 districts to check for community transmi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is all set to start a study in about 75 districts of the country that have the maximum number of COVID-19 cases to check whether community transmission in India has started.
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Indian Navy's PPE clears certification by INMAS
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), designed and produced by Indian Navy, has been tested by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) Delhi, a DRDO organization tasked with the testing and certification of PPE, and has been certified to be ma
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Combating COVID-19: Now 13 private labs in Delhi to conduct RT-PCR test
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has expanded the list of private laboratories performing real-time RT-PCR COVID-19 test in the national capital from eight to thirteen labs, said the Delhi's Directorate of Health Services on Thursday.
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Combating COVID-19: ICMR partners with India Post for delivery of testing
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has joined hands with the India Post for the delivery of kits from its 16 regional depots to 200 additional labs designated for COVID-19 testing across the country.
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National Research Development Corporation launches Compendium of Indian te
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) has prepared a 'Compendium of Indian Technologies for Combating COVID-19 (Tracing, Testing and Treating)'.
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COVID-19: India begins clinical trials of AYUSH medicines on health worker
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The clinical trials of Ayush medicines on health workers and those working in COVID-19 high-risk areas have begun today, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday.
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