The study will be carried out in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi in approximately 1,500 healthy volunteers above 60-years of age, an ICMR scientist said.
Human clinical trials for a vaccine for COVID-19 has been initiated in the country with approximately 1,000 volunteers participating in the exercise for each of the two indigenously developed vaccine candidates, the ICMR said on Tuesday.
Indian Council of Medical Research, DG Balram Bhargava informed that there might be a possibility that COVID-19 might have some airborne transmission.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have asked states to use drugs like remdesivir and tocilizumab, mentioned as investigational therapies, on COVID-19 patients strictly as per the laid down protocol as their "indiscriminate use or use in conditions for which they are not desirable may cause more harm than good".
The West Bengal government on Monday advised all COVID-19 hospitals in the state to issue death certificates according to the guidelines set by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The Indian Council of Medical Research has given sanction for coronavirus testing in a lab set up in Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Vice Chancellor Dr Pramod Yeole said on Saturday.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday said the process to develop an indigenous vaccine to fight the coronavirus pandemic is as per globally accepted norms of fast tracking, and that the safety and interest of people of India the topmost priority.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed tests by three research bodies, including ICMR, for initial diagnosis of tuberculosis and detection of resistance to a drug most commonly used to treat the disease.
After reporting stabilising numbers, although already on higher levels, India on July 03 once again saw steepest spike of 20,903 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Positive cases now stand at 6,25,544, which includes 2,27,439 active cases.
Covaxin - the first coronavirus vaccine for public health will be launched latest by August 15, 2020, once the clinical trials of the vaccine are completed, the ICMR has said. The final outcome of the vaccine will depend upon the cooperation of all clinical trial sites that are involved with the project, it stated.
COVID-19 cases continue to speed up in the country.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has initiated a programme of clinical trials for rapid antigen detection for COVID-19 patients. The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) hospital is one among them, officials said on Sunday.
A seroprevalence survey conducted via random and rapid tests -- the IgM and the IGg -- indicate the rate of transmission in a community and whether it has started developing herd immunity to a virus.
COVID-19 cases continue to surge in India.
Expanding the testing criterion for coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research has said it should be made widely available to all symptomatic individuals across the country.
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country. Delhi reported fresh 3947 cases with 68 deaths today.
Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases and a day after the Supreme Court expressed concern over fewer coronavirus tests in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain Saturday put the onus on the ICMR, saying its guidelines should be changed for the testing to increase.
A senior scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has tested positive for novel coronavirus following which the entire ICMR building is being sanitised, sources said.
Sustained intake of anti-malarial drug hyrdoxychloroquine (HCQ) along with appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE) led to a significant decline in the odds of healthcare workers getting infected with the coronavirus infection, a study has indicated.
The ICMR has asked the state governments to begin the deployment of sero-surveys in order to track the exposure to coronavirus of the recovered, asymptomatic and high-risk patients
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