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IMCT asks West Bengal to explain 'methodology' to ascertain deaths due to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 24 (ANI): The Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) on Friday wrote to West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha, asking him to explain the methodology used by 'committee of doctors' in the State to ascertain deaths due to COVID-19 and also if it is in lin
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Waiting for good kits from ICMR: Kerala Health Minister
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 24 (ANI): Kerala health Minister KK Shailaja on Friday said that her government is waiting for good kits from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to conduct antibody tests.
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ICMR approves IIT-Delhi's COVID-19 detection assay
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday approved detection assay for COVID-19, which has been developed by researchers at IIT-Delhi's Kusuma School of Biological Sciences (KSBS).
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COVID-19 positive cases reach 21,700 in country, 4325 patients cured, disc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 21,700 on Thursday with an increase of 1,229 new cases in the last 24 hours. Further, 4,325 patients have been cured, discharged or migrated, said the Union Health Ministry.
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ICMR team visits NCI-Jhajjar to validate Chinese rapid antibody test kits
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): A team of scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday visited AIIMS's National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Jhajjar in Haryana to conduct the field validation of Chinese manufactured rapid antibody testing kits.
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One more tests positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 23 (ANI): One more person has tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand to 47, the health bulletin by the state government said.
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COVID-19 growth curve has been flattened: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday said that the growth curve of COVID-19 has been flattened but it is difficult to tell when it will reach its peak.
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ICMR approves rapid test kits for Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 23 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved rapid testing kits from South Korea and the tests will be continued using these kits as per the protocol, said a government official.
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ICMR fresh guidelines suggest rapid antibody test only for surveillance, l
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has directed all States/UTs to follow fresh protocol under which the rapid antibody test should be used only for the surveillance purpose, while reiterating the RT-PCR tests must be continued vigorously as the p
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No ICMR, NICED supplied COVID test kits in West Bengal, says state health
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 22 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Wednesday said that it has zero kits supplied by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease (NICED) which can test COVID-19 patients as per the ICMR guidel
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Faulty Rapid Antibody Testing kits provided by two Chinese manufactures un
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Two Chinese manufactures of rapid antibody test, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co., Ltd. and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics Inc are now the subject of investigations by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) as the much-touted, rapid testing antibody kits o
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ICMR releases list of 87 private laboratories to conduct COVID-19 tests
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday released a list of 87 private laboratories to conduct COVID-19 tests.
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