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India reports 43,893 new COVID-19 cases, tally stands at 79,90,322
Updated : 2 hours, 34 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): With 43,893 new COVID-19 infections, India's total cases surged to 79,90,322 on Wednesday, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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Children can be spreaders or super-spreaders of COVID-19: ICMR
Updated : 13 hours, 50 min 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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Prioritisation has to be done on criteria for COVID-19 vaccinatio
Updated : 15 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Amid claims of various state governments that it would provide free Covid-19 vaccinations, the Union government's expert group on vaccines on Tuesday said that they should wait for a clearer picture to emerge on vaccine prioritisation.
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ICMR issues advisory on CRISPR technology-based SARS CoV-2 test
Updated : 5 days, 11 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday issued an advisory on the CRISPR SARS CoV-2 test that has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India for COVID-19 detection.
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India's current case fatality rate of 1.51 pc one of the lowest in
Updated : 5 days, 14 hours ago IST
Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): With a spike of 55,838 new COVID-19 cases and 702 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count crossed 77-lakh mark and reached 77,06,946 on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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'Too early to say', AIIMS on ICMR observation on discontinuing pl
Updated : 5 days, 14 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Even as the Indian Council of Medical Research announced that plasma therapy may soon be discontinued from the Covid-19 national treatment protocol, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi's Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday said th
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India has conducted 10 crore COVID-19 tests: ICMR
Updated : 5 days, 15 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): India has achieved the milestone of conducting 10 crore COVID-19 tests, ICMR said on Thursday noting that the figure was achieved after over 10 lakh samples were tested on average per day for the past 17 days.
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Rahul takes dig at BJP over COVID-19 vaccine promise in poll-bound
Updated : 5 days, 18 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a dig at the BJP over its promise that people in poll-bound Bihar will get vaccine against coronavirus free after it is cleared by ICMR and said the Centre has announced its COVID "access strategy" and that pe
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BJP manifesto promises free COVID vaccination for all in Bihar
Updated : 6 days, 1 hour ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released its manifesto for three-phased Bihar elections and promised that after the approval of the coronavirus vaccine from ICMR, every person in the State will get vaccinated free of cost.
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With spike of 55,838 cases, India's COVID-19 tally crosses 77-lakh
Updated : 6 days, 3 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): With a spike of 55,838 new COVID-19 cases and 702 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count crossed 77-lakh mark and reached 77,06,946 on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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IIT Kharagpur's low cost COVID-19 testing method gets ICMR nod
Updated : 6 days, 12 hours ago IST
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], October 22 (ANI): A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur has developed a low-cost portable unit for rapid diagnostics of coronavirus, which produces results in under an hour.
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Delhi Health Minister asks ICMR to not remove plasma therapy from
Updated : 6 days, 15 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): After an India Council of Medical Research(ICMR) made an announcement that it may remove plasma therapy from COVID-19 national treatment protocol, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain asked the council to not do so.
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