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COVID Will Reach Endemic Stage In India, Annual Vaccination May Be Needed: ICMR

New Delhi: A senior official of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Friday that the coronavirus will subsequently…

July 9, 2021

ICMR Study: 56% Of COVID-19 Patients With Secondary Infections Have Died

New Delhi: An Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study has found that a worrying number of COVID-19 patients have…

May 28, 2021

Why Just A 4-Week Gap Between 2 Doses Of Covaxin? Here Is ICMR’s Explanation

New Delhi: There has been considerable debate over why the gap between doses of the Covishield vaccine has been changed…

May 21, 2021

No Need For RT-PCR Test For Domestic Travel If Healthy, Suggests ICMR

New Delhi: As coronavirus cases continue to surge in several hotspots, the demand for RT-PCR tests are multiplying and thereby…

May 4, 2021

COVID-19 In India: First Wave Vs Second Wave, ICMR Explains Difference

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought India's gross mismanagement of the whole situation to the fore. Amidst…

April 20, 2021

South African COVID-19 Variant Detected In Four Returnees: ICMR

New Delhi: Clearly, India cannot afford to let its guard down, for both the South African and Brazilian variants of…

February 16, 2021

Odisha To Get 2nd Consignment Of Covaxin In A Week

Bhubaneswar: The second consignment of Covaxin vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with  Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)…

January 22, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine: ICMR Scientist Vouches For Safety Of Covaxin

New Delhi: Amid criticism of what many consider to be ‘premature’ emergency use approval given to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, a…

January 13, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccination: Odisha Receives Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin

Bhubaneswar: A day after receiving the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield from the Serum Institute of India (SII), the…

January 13, 2021

Masks May Never Go: ICMR Chief

New Delhi: As India prepares for mass vaccination, ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava opined that masks will probably never…

January 4, 2021