"Covaxin is successful in tackling UK strain," informs ICMR
News | January 28, 2021 19:15 ISTIndian Council of Medical Research DG, Balram Bhargava announced that the Covaxin is successful in tackling UK strain.
Indian Council of Medical Research DG, Balram Bhargava announced that the Covaxin is successful in tackling UK strain.
The ICMR's National Institute of Virology scientist performed the plaque reduction neutralization test using sera collected from the 26 recipients of Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine (COVAXIN) against UK-variant strain.
India on January 08 reported 18,139 new COVID-19 infections, taking the country's count to over 1.04 crores.
India on January 07 reported 20,346 new COVID-19 cases, 19,587 recoveries in last 24 hours, taking the country's count to more than 1.03 crore. The total number of COVID-19 cases now stands at 1,03,95,278, which includes 2,28,083 active cases.
As per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on January 03 reported single-day spike of 18,177 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
India has successfully cultured the new 'more infectious' coronavirus strain, which had originated in the United Kingdom, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Saturday.
India has successfully cultured the new 'more infectious' coronavirus strain, which had originated in the United Kingdom, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Saturday.
Balram Bhargava, who is also a cardiologist, is recovering well and likely to be discharged soon.
As per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on December 15 reported single-day spike of 26,382 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
Covaxin, the COVID vaccine candidate by Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech Limited, being developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is likely to be available for use of the general public by the end of February 2021, Dr Sanjay Roy, principal investigator (PI) heading its clinical trial at AIIMS, told IANS on Tuesday.
The ICMR released its findings from a case-control study conducted on the sudden increase in the detection of HIV among attendees of an Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) located in a district hospital in Unnao in 2017.
ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on December 1 said that the adverse events occur with drugs or vaccines or any other health intervention.
The first Americans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine could get it as soon as December 11 or 12, the White House vaccine czar said on Sunday.
As per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on November 13 reported single-day spike of 44,878 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
As per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on October 30 reported single-day spike of 48,648 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
As per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on October 29 reported single-day spike of 49,881 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
India records lowest 24-hour spike in 3 months with 39, 469 new COVID infections.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday issued an advisory for the use of indigenously developed Feluda paper strip test, which is based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, by the laboratories.
India has conducted last 5 crore sample testing in only 45 days, Lokesh Sharma, scientist and media coordinator at ICMR said.
'COVIRAP,' the diagnostic machine developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur researchers, has been successfully validated for its efficacy in Covid-19 detection by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Institute said on Wednesday.
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