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ICMR begins community based sero-survey to estimate prevalence of SARS-CoV
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday announced that it is conducting a community based sero-survey to estimate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Indian population.
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Pakistan: Hospitals begin clinical trials of plasma therapy as first Covid
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): Pakistan's top hematologist said that three hospitals in the country have started clinical trials for passive immunisation with the support of National Institute of Blood Disease (NIBD) to treat the Covid-19 patients
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Combating COVID-19: NIV-Pune develops India's first antibody testing kit -
Updated : 6 years, 1 month 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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India, US in 'close cooperation' on COVID-19 information exchange: Ambassa
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI): Asserting that India and the United States are engaged in "close" cooperation on exchange of information regarding COVID-19, Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu has highlighted that there are at least three possible vaccines for coronavirus on which Indian and Ame
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ICMR partners with BBIL for developing indigenous COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 6 years, 1 month 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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Pakistan becomes 29th country with over 500 COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): With a surge in the number of COVID-19 related cases and deaths in the past week, Pakistan has now become the 29th country in the world where more than 500 deaths have been reported due to the novel coronavirus.
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Antiviral drug -- Remdesivir -- is next big thing in fight against COVID-1
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Since the onset of global coronavirus pandemic, scientists, experts and medical practitioners are vigorously engaged in researching for the most effective treatment of COVID-19 patients. As per the experts, antiviral drug -- Remdesivir -- could be the answe
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SCTIMST hails Health Ministry guidelines on Plasma Therapy
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 29 (ANI): Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), the first national institute in the country to get nod from Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for conducting Plasma Therapy, has welcomed the new guideli
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29 staff members of Delhi's Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital test COVID-19 pos
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): At least 29 healthcare workers, including doctors, nurses, paramedics and other staff of Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital here have tested positive for COVID-19, as per a report of National Institute of Biologicals, Noida.
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'Saturday Night Live' home edition returns with Brad Pitt as Dr. Anthony F
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 26 (ANI): Seems like the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -- Dr. Anthony Fauci's wish came true!
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Beggars can't be choosers: How Imran Khan sold Pakistani citizens to a Chi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], April 25 (ANI): A letter dated April 21, 2020, arrived at the desk of Major General Aamir Ikram, executive director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), a 40-year-old vaccine research and manufacturing facility located in Chak Shezad in Islamabad.
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No ICMR, NICED supplied COVID test kits in West Bengal, says state health
Updated : 6 years, 1 month 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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