The National Task Force for Covid-19 constituted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday recommended the use of anti-malaria drug hydroxy-chloroquine to treat the Covid-19 disease in high-risk cases albeit with utmost precaution.
In a fresh guidelines for private labs, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has capped the cost of the tests at Rs. 4500 even as it urged the private players to do the tests free of costs 'in this hours of national public health emergency'.
There are 72 functional Indian Council of Medical Research laboratories conducting tests for coronavirus and private NABL-accredited labs will soon be operationalised across the country, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said.
Coronavirus isolated: Indian Council of Medical Research said on Thursday that it had managed to isolate novel coronavirus (COVID-19). ICMR has said that it will take 1.5 to 2 years to develop a vaccine. Though the time frame appears long. This may be a vital step in fight against Coronavirus.
Delhi and Ahmedabad topped the list of seven metro cities in daily average consumption of 'added fat' in dishes such as dal fry, stuffed paratha and mutton biryani, while Hyderabad was at the bottom of the list according to a recent survey.
"The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) are working together on a technique for postmortem without incising/dissecting the body.
According to a Union Health Ministry official, 25 pregnant women are said to be affected out of the total number of patients.
Of all the affected people, twenty three are said to be pregnant women. A health ministry official in Delhi said that the 20 new Zika cases confirmed were from Jaipur and two neighbouring districts.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced Soumiya Swaminathan's appointment on Tuesday morning.
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