Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya also asked the health officials to keep a close watch on the sick passengers travelling from the affected countries
The vaccines used in India -- Covaxin and Covishield -- have been reported to work against previously identified mutants from within India and other countries.
ICMR Director General, Dr Balram Bhargava on Thursday said that dengue vaccine has become an important agenda.
A survey has found that students missed out on social interactions, lacked physical activity, and had a sense of loosening the bonds of friendship due to prolonged school closures, mentioned the piece 'Reopening of schools during COVID-19 pandemic: A persistent dilemma'
The Centre said the guidelines and the circular have been issued in compliance with the June 30 judgment in the Reepak Kansal vs Union of India and others, and Gaurav Kumar Bansal vs Union of India and others cases.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday, the country saw a total of 37,681 discharges in the last 24 hours.
"On July 21, 2021, India had tested 45 cr COVID samples, which reached the 50-cr mark on Aug 18, 2021," the ICMR said.
B.1.617.2, or the Delta variant of covid causing Sars Cov2 was the dominant circulating strain and one of the primary drivers for the country's covid second wave.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday projected an export of 62 crore COVID-19 testing kits between July and September.
Cyrus Poonawalla on Friday strongly affirmed that mixing two different vaccines of COVID-19 is a very risky decision and it is must be discouraged.
ICMR said that mixing and matching of vaccines Covishield and Covaxin can yeild better results against Covid-19.
The World Health Organization identifies AMR as one of the significant threats to global health and estimates that it will contribute to 10 million deaths by 2050.
With 38,740 people discharged in the last 24 hours, the number of recoveries now stands at 3,04,68,079 across the country.
Head of epidemiology and infectious diseases at the ICMR, Dr Samiran Panda said, "It's very important for each state to examine the state level epidemic and take a call like some of them might be in a situation where they have the very low intensity of the first and second wave."
The trial -- 'India-UK RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 therapy)' -- will be a multi-centre, adaptive platform trial on Covid patients, ICMR said on Friday.
Briefing about the Delta Plus variant, Arora told IANS that it has emerged in several parts of the country and around 52 cases have been reported, including one in Faridabad. He, however, added that there was still very little knowledge about this new strain.
India reported 62,224 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours. The country reported 2,542 deaths in last 24 hrs, taking the toll to 3,79,573. 1,07,628 patients got recovered and discharged, taking overall recoveries to 2,83,88,100. Recovery rate increases to 95.80%, Weekly Positivity Rate drops to less than 5%. 26,19,72,014 vaccine doses have been administered across the country so far.
As per the schedule, the JRF exam will be conducted on September 12 in a single session from 3 to 4:30 pm. The online application process is likely to open from July 1. Interested candidates can apply through the websites- icmr.nic.in, pgimer.edu.in
Around 4K people above the age of 45 yrs who have taken either one or both doses of any of these two vaccines will be reviewed, according to Dr Tarun Bhatnagar, senior scientist at ICMR's NIE in Chennai.
According to doctors, cases of mucormycosis are being seen among Covid patients who were administered steroids to treat symptoms, and particularly among those who are suffering from diabetes and cancer.
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