Tag: ICMR

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday said school students are most likely to undergo mass testing for COVID-19. The Director of Medical Education & Training (DMET), CBK Mohanty, told the ...

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that India has successfully cultured the new COVID-19 strain that originated in the United Kingdom. The ICMR claimed via a ...

New Delhi: A day after the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) recommended granting permission for emergency use of the Oxford vaccine, ...

Bhubaneswar: Apprehending the spread of a mutated strain of SARs-CoV-2, the Odisha government on Thursday ordered the RTPCR test and genome sequencing of 43 persons who have returned to the ...

Cipla Limited has entered into a partnership with Premier Medical Corporation Private Limited for the commercialisation of the rapid antigen test kits to detect COVID 19 in India. The company ...

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech have not been granted emergency use authorisation of their coronavirus vaccine because of inadequate safety and efficacy data. According to ...

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a new COVID-19 testing method which has been formulated by Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad. ...

New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director general Balram Bhargava has said that wearing masks will be essential even after a COVID-19 vaccine is available. “Mask is like ...

New Delhi: Indiscriminate use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) should be avoided as it does not reduce mortality in COVID-19 patients, the India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on ...

New Delhi: With last-stage trials beginning this month, the Indian government-backed COVID-19 vaccine could be launched in February. Since studies so far show that it is safe and effective, it ...