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  IIT Kharagpur's 'COVIRAP' gets ICMR certification

  Business | October 21, 2020 14:27 IST

  '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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  Coronavirus can hit recovered patients once antibodies start depleting: ICMR

  India | October 20, 2020 18:48 IST

  Patients who have recovered from Covid-19 can again get infected by the virus once the antibodies of the viral disease starts depleting, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday.

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  India crosses 75-lakh mark with 55,722 new COVID-19 cases

  News | October 19, 2020 16:40 IST

  India crossed 75 lakhs mark with 55,722 new COVID-19 cases and 579 deaths in last 24 hours on October 19.

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  ICMR, Biological E Ltd develop potential treatment for COVID-19

  India | October 02, 2020 17:17 IST

  The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in collaboration with a Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company has developed a "highly purified antisera" prepared by injecting inactivated SARS-CoV2 in horses, which can be a potential treatment for the coronavirus.

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  India's COVID tally crosses 63-lakh mark with 86,821 new cases

  News | October 01, 2020 18:04 IST

  With a spike of 86,821 new cases, India's COVID-19 tally crossed 63-lakh mark on October 01.

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  Cat Que Virus: Amid fight against COVID-19, ICMR flags chances of another Chinese virus in India

  India | September 29, 2020 12:22 IST

  According to the seven researchers at the Indian Council of Medical Research's National Institute of Virology in Pune, the presence of Cat Que Virus in Culex mosquitoes and pigs has been reported in China and Vietnam. They added that due to the spread of similar species of the Culex mosquitoes in India, there is a need to understand the replication kinetics of this virus.

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  Harsh Vardhan releases 100-year timeline of ICMR's history

  News | September 28, 2020 19:24 IST

  Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on September 28 released 100-year timeline of history of Indian Council of Medical Research within its premises. Dr. Vardhan called it a historic day for ICMR. Health Minister said.

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  COVID-19: India crosses 55-lakh mark with 75,083 new infections

  News | September 22, 2020 16:04 IST

  India's COVID tally crossed 55-lakh mark on September 22 after the country reported a spike of 75,083 new COVID-19 cases. Total COVID case tally stands at 55, 62,664, including 9,75,861 active cases, 44,97,868 discharged.

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  Govt cancelled ICMR's purchase orders from China for COVID-19 test kits: MoS Health

  India | September 18, 2020 22:18 IST

  The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had placed purchase orders for COVID-19 antibody test kits to Indian firms which were cancelled subsequently with no payment made to any Chinese company.

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  COVID-19: No shortage of oxygen in country, says Health Ministry

  News | September 15, 2020 21:06 IST

  Union Health Ministry Secretary, Rajesh Bhushan on September 15 denied the shortage of oxygen in the country and said there is sufficient oxygen for the patients.

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  Coronavirus lockdown was effective, India did not witnessed huge peak at all: ICMR

  India | September 15, 2020 19:09 IST

  Applauding the nation-wide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said that the country distributed the Covid-19 curve in such a way that it did not have many deaths and did not witness a huge peak. 

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  Two indigenous COVID-19 vaccines candidate revealed 'excellent safety' during Phase-I trials: Govt

  India | September 15, 2020 16:34 IST

  Phase-I clinical trials have revealed "excellent safety" of the two candidate vaccines indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR and Cadila Healthcare Ltd and their immunogenicity testing is now in progress, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

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  ICMR recommends 'test on-demand' for Covid-19

  India | September 05, 2020 8:32 IST

  The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory on the strategy for Covid-19 testing in which it has recommended "testing on demand".

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  Irresponsible people without masks are driving pandemic in India: ICMR

  News | August 25, 2020 19:28 IST

  Indian Council of Medical Research, Director General Balram Bhargava when asked on who is diving the pandemic, said, "Irresponsible, less cautious people who are not wearing masks are driving the pandemic in India."

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  Coronavirus vaccine emergency authorisation could be considered by govt, says ICMR: What we know

  Good News | August 20, 2020 18:14 IST

  Coronavirus vaccine emergency authorisation could be considered if government decides, says ICMR top official on how long people will have to wait for the vaccine as they are in the trial period.

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  Emergency COVID-19 vaccine clearance after phase-3 trial only if govt decides: ICMR

  India | August 20, 2020 11:30 IST

  A top ICMR official told a parliamentary panel on Wednesday that phase-two clinical trial of two indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine candidates have almost been completed and emergency authorisation of a vaccine could be considered if the Centre decides so.

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  COVID-19: Oxford vaccine's late stage trials to start in a week in India, says ICMR

  News | August 04, 2020 18:47 IST

  Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr Balram Bhargava on August 04 stated that Oxford vaccine, being manufactured by Serum Institute of India, got approval for phase 2 and 3 clinical trials.

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  Not everyone in coronavirus-hit family prone to disease: Study

  India | August 02, 2020 18:15 IST

  The assumption that everybody is susceptible to coronavirus may not be true as 80 to 90 per cent people living in the same household where a member is diagnosed with COVID-19 do not get the disease, as per a study by the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar. 

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  ICMR plans to set up registry of hospitalised COVID-19 patients

  India | August 02, 2020 13:17 IST

   The ICMR in collaboration with the Health Ministry and the AIIMS is planning to set up the National Clinical Registry which will help researchers and policy makers understand effectiveness of investigational therapies, adverse effects taking place and generate evidence for improving the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

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  India's COVID-19 tally crosses 15 lakh mark

  News | July 29, 2020 13:03 IST

  India's COVID-19 tally reached 15.31 lakh on July 29.