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ICMR to conduct study on effectiveness of BCG vaccine against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will conduct a study by next week, to identify the effectiveness of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry officials said on Friday.
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India working with global partners to develop vaccines to fight COVID-19:
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday said that India is working with global partners so that effective vaccines can be developed to fight against COVID-19.
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Won't recommend BCG vaccine even for health workers till we don't have def
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday said it won't recommend the BGC vaccine even to the healthcare workers till ICMR doesn't have any definitive results.
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Where to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The world is suffering daily tragic killings at the hands of this unknown enemy COVID-19. When and how the war against this virus would end is still all in the realm of speculations. This war would only be won on the day our medical researchers come up with
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COVID-19 crisis: Over 117 million children at risk of missing out on measl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 15 (ANI): As coronavirus pandemic deepens, over 117 million children in 37 countries are expected to miss out on receiving live-saving measles vaccine, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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PM Modi requests young Indian scientists to work towards coronavirus vacci
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday requested young scientists of the country to come forward and take the lead in developing a vaccine for novel coronavirus which has claimed over one lakhs lives worldwide.
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WHO does not recommend BCG vaccination for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 14 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday played down studies suggesting that the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine may be effective in the prevention of the highly contagious coronavirus infection.
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Vaccine yet to be developed to treat COVID-19 patients: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Sunday said that no vaccine has yet been developed for the treatment of coronavirus.
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Ministry of Science and Technology with WHO striving to develop vaccine fo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the Ministry of Science and Technology with the World Health Organisation (WHO) is striving to develop the vaccine to treat COVID-19 patients.
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Coronavirus vaccines are moving towards clinical trials
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 9 (ANI): Just three months after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, several biotech companies in the United States have ramped up their efforts to fight the disease with accelerated schedules for creating new vaccines and beginning clinical trials for potential t
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Countries with mass BCG immunization likely to show better resistance agai
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Gobardhan Das, Professor at Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has said that countries with mass BCG immunization are "likely to have better resistance" to coronavirus compared to other parts of the world.
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Hyderabad based firm to lead research collaboration to develop vaccine for
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 7 (ANI): Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), a vaccines manufacturing company, has announced that it is set to commence research for developing a vaccine for COVID-19, which has claimed the lives of 124 people in the country.
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