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Zydus supplies first batch of 30,000 Covid Kavach Elisa tests to ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 21 (ANI): The first batch of 30,000 Covid Kavach Elisa tests manufactured by Zydus Diagnostics has been supplied to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) free of cost.
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ICMR begins community based sero-survey to estimate prevalence of SARS-CoV
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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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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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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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60 out of 62 samples test negative for COVID-19 in Goa: Vishwajit Rane
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 1 (ANI): Sixty out of 62 samples which were tested for COVID-19 at Virology Lab in Goa Medical College (GMC), turned out to be negative, state health minister Vishwajit Rane said on Friday.
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Goa to procure PCR machine in fight against COVID-19: state Health Ministe
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 27 (ANI): The Goa Health Ministry is in the process of procuring the latest polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine to speed up its process to test 450-1000 swabs in the fight against COVID-19, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said.
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U'khand CM inaugurates Virology Lab through video conferencing
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 26 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday inaugurated the Virology Lab at the Government Medical College, Dehradun through video conferencing.
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Institute of Advanced Virology at Thiruvananthapuram gets GVM membership,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 21 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said that the Institute of Advanced Virology (IAV) here has got membership in the Global Virus Network (GVN).
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India's COVID-19 testing capacity to reach 1 lakh per day by May 31: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research on Sunday said that India's COVID-19 testing capacity is expected to reach 1 lakh per day by the end of May.
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Amarinder offers free land to Central govt for Rs 550 crore Virology centr
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 10 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday proposed to the central government a Rs 550 crore project for setting up an 'Advanced Centre for Virology' in the state and offered land to centre with zero cost.
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8 out of 16 antibody based rapid tests validated at NIV found satisfactory
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday said that 16 antibody-based rapid tests have been validated at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, so far and eight of them were found satisfactory.
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National Institute of Virology validates 7 antibody-based rapid tests for
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): As the country battles the COVID-19 crisis, National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has validated seven antibody-based rapid tests for COVID-19 and has found them to be satisfactory.
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