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COVID vaccines are disease-modifying, don't prevent infection: ICMR
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): All COVID vaccines do not prevent infection and are primarily disease-modifying, said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday.
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Decades worth of experience of Universal Immunisation Programme helped Hea
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): As India achieved the landmark of inoculating 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, the Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Balram Bhargava said that the decades worth of experience gained through the Universal Imm
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D2 strain of dengue can cause fatal haemorrhage, says ICMR DG
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The majority of deaths in Mathura, Agra and Firozabad districts of Uttar Pradesh were due to dengue fever caused by D2 strain and it can cause haemorrhaging that could be fatal, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Thursday.
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No shortage of vaccine in country, confident to inoculate whole population
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Underlining that there is no shortage of COVID-19 vaccine in the country, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday expressed confidence that India's entire population will be vaccinated by December 2021.
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UP man alleges no antibodies developed post vaccine, lodges complaint agai
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 1 (ANI): A man in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow has filed a complaint against Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala and Dr. Balram Bhargava, head of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) after he alleged that no antibodies were formed in hi
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Lucknow man alleges no antibodies developed after taking Covishield shot,
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 31 (ANI): A man from Lucknow has filed a police complaint against Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla, ICMR director-general Dr Balram Bhargava and others on Tuesday alleging that no antibodies against COVID-19 were developed in his body despi
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Oxygen utilization more in second wave of COVID-19, says ICMR DG
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava has said that oxygen utilization has been more in the second wave of COVID-19.
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Second wave of COVID-19 'less severe' than the first: ICMR DG
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Dr Balram Bhargava, Director-General (DG) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday said that the ongoing second wave of the novel coronavirus in India is 'less severe' than the previous one.
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Emergency use of vaccine is based on safety, immunogenicity data, says ICM
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said that in a pandemic situation, restricted emergency use of the vaccine is considered based on phase 2 safety and immunogenicity clinical trial data while phase thre
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Masks probably may never even go, says ICMR chief Balram Bhargava
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Hours after two vaccines were approved under restricted use and emergency use authorisation by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), on Sunday said masks may never g
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Non-judicious use of therapies for COVID-19 leads to virus mutations: ICMR
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Non-judicious use of therapies that have not been established for COVID-19 treatment are responsible for putting "immune pressure on virus" and leads to virus mutations, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday.
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Children can be spreaders or super-spreaders of COVID-19: ICMR
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Children can be spreaders or super-spreaders of COVID-19, said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), on Tuesday.
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