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  India records over 44 lakh vaccination till date

  News | February 04, 2021 13:20 IST

  As per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), India on February 04 reported single-day spike of 12,899 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.

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  "Covaxin is successful in tackling UK strain," informs ICMR

  News | January 28, 2021 19:15 IST

  Indian Council of Medical Research DG, Balram Bhargava announced that the Covaxin is successful in tackling UK strain.

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  Covaxin effective on UK virus strain of COVID-19: ICMR

  India | January 27, 2021 14:20 IST

  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.

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  COVID: Active cases dip to 2.25 lakh in India

  News | January 08, 2021 12:29 IST

  India on January 08 reported 18,139 new COVID-19 infections, taking the country's count to over 1.04 crores.

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  India's COVID-19 recoveries cross 1 crore mark

  News | January 07, 2021 12:32 IST

  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.

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  COVID-19: Over 99 lakh recovered in India

  News | January 03, 2021 12:20 IST

  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.

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  India successfully cultures UK coronavirus variant

  News | January 02, 2021 19:56 IST

  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.

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  Big achievement by Indian scientists, successfully cultures new strain of coronavirus first reported

  India | January 02, 2021 20:11 IST

  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.

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  ICMR chief Balram Bhargava tests Covid positive, shifted to AIIMS Trauma Centre

  India | December 18, 2020 20:33 IST

  Balram Bhargava, who is also a cardiologist, is recovering well and likely to be discharged soon.

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  COVID-19: Over 10 lakh samples tested in last 24 hours

  News | December 16, 2020 12:41 IST

  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.

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  Covaxin likely to be available for public use by February end

  Good News | December 08, 2020 21:55 IST

  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.

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  HIV surge in UP's Unnao caused by unsafe injection exposure: ICMR

  India | December 05, 2020 20:20 IST

  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.

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  Adverse events occur with vaccines, regulator's role to ascertain link between event, intervention: ICMR

  News | December 01, 2020 20:58 IST

  ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on December 1 said that the adverse events occur with drugs or vaccines or any other health intervention.

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  COVID-19 shots could reach first Americans by December 11: Top health official

  News | November 23, 2020 12:15 IST

  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.

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  COVID-19: India reports 44,878 new cases

  News | November 13, 2020 12:28 IST

  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.

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  COVID-19: India's testing capacity currently increased to more than 10.65 crore

  News | October 30, 2020 17:20 IST

  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.

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  COVID-19: India records over 73 lakh recoveries with 56,480 new discharges

  News | October 29, 2020 16:35 IST

  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.

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  India records lowest 24 hour spike in last 3 months, daily death toll below 500

  News | October 27, 2020 16:33 IST

  India records lowest 24-hour spike in 3 months with 39, 469 new COVID infections.

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  Govt, private labs can use Feluda paper strip test for RT-PCR based testing: ICMR issues advisory

  India | October 23, 2020 10:34 IST

  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.

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  India crosses 10 crore-mark in conducting COVID-19 tests: ICMR

  India | October 23, 2020 7:52 IST

  India has conducted last 5 crore sample testing in only 45 days, Lokesh Sharma, scientist and media coordinator at ICMR said.