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Odisha School Students Likely To Undergo Mass Testing For COVID-19

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday said school students are most likely to undergo mass testing for COVID-19. The Director…

January 4, 2021

India First Nation To Isolate & Culture COVID-19 UK Variant: ICMR

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that India has successfully cultured the new COVID-19 strain that…

January 3, 2021

After Oxford Vaccine, Expert Panel Recommends Granting Approval To Covaxin

New Delhi: A day after the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)…

January 2, 2021

Govt Orders Genome Sequencing Of 43 UK Returnees To Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Apprehending the spread of a mutated strain of SARs-CoV-2, the Odisha government on Thursday ordered the RTPCR test and…

December 24, 2020

Cipla Launches Rapid Antigen Test Kits That Detect COVID-19 Within 15-20 Minutes

Cipla Limited has entered into a partnership with Premier Medical Corporation Private Limited for the commercialisation of the rapid antigen…

December 16, 2020

Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech Vaccines Not Cleared Yet, More Data Sought

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech have not been granted emergency use authorisation of their coronavirus…

December 9, 2020

ICMR Approves Dry Swab COVID-19 Testing Method

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a new COVID-19 testing method which has been formulated…

November 30, 2020

Mask Is Like A Fabric Vaccine, It’s Here To Stay: ICMR Chief Bhargava

New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director general Balram Bhargava has said that wearing masks will be essential…

November 29, 2020

Indiscriminate Use Of Convalescent Plasma Therapy For COVID Patients Not Advisable: ICMR

New Delhi: Indiscriminate use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) should be avoided as it does not reduce mortality in COVID-19…

November 18, 2020

Bharat Biotech’s COVID Vaccine Could Be Launched In Feb 2021: ICMR

New Delhi: With last-stage trials beginning this month, the Indian government-backed COVID-19 vaccine could be launched in February. Since studies…

November 5, 2020