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COVID-19: India reports 44,878 new cases
News | Nov 13, 2020, 12:28 PM ISTAs per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on November 13 reported single-day spike of 44,878 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
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COVID-19: India's testing capacity currently increased to more than 10.65 crore
News | Oct 30, 2020, 05:20 PM ISTAs per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on October 30 reported single-day spike of 48,648 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
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COVID-19: India records over 73 lakh recoveries with 56,480 new discharges
News | Oct 29, 2020, 04:35 PM ISTAs per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on October 29 reported single-day spike of 49,881 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
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India records lowest 24 hour spike in last 3 months, daily death toll below 500
News | Oct 27, 2020, 04:33 PM ISTIndia records lowest 24-hour spike in 3 months with 39, 469 new COVID infections.
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Govt, private labs can use Feluda paper strip test for RT-PCR based testing: ICMR issues advisory
India | Oct 23, 2020, 10:34 AM ISTThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday issued an advisory for the use of indigenously developed Feluda paper strip test, which is based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, by the laboratories.
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India crosses 10 crore-mark in conducting COVID-19 tests: ICMR
India | Oct 23, 2020, 07:52 AM ISTIndia has conducted last 5 crore sample testing in only 45 days, Lokesh Sharma, scientist and media coordinator at ICMR said.
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IIT Kharagpur's 'COVIRAP' gets ICMR certification
Business | Oct 21, 2020, 02:27 PM IST'COVIRAP,' the diagnostic machine developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur researchers, has been successfully validated for its efficacy in Covid-19 detection by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Institute said on Wednesday.
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Coronavirus can hit recovered patients once antibodies start depleting: ICMR
India | Oct 20, 2020, 06:48 PM ISTPatients who have recovered from Covid-19 can again get infected by the virus once the antibodies of the viral disease starts depleting, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday.
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India crosses 75-lakh mark with 55,722 new COVID-19 cases
News | Oct 19, 2020, 04:40 PM ISTIndia crossed 75 lakhs mark with 55,722 new COVID-19 cases and 579 deaths in last 24 hours on October 19.
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ICMR, Biological E Ltd develop potential treatment for COVID-19
India | Oct 02, 2020, 05:17 PM ISTThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in collaboration with a Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company has developed a "highly purified antisera" prepared by injecting inactivated SARS-CoV2 in horses, which can be a potential treatment for the coronavirus.
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India's COVID tally crosses 63-lakh mark with 86,821 new cases
News | Oct 01, 2020, 06:04 PM ISTWith a spike of 86,821 new cases, India's COVID-19 tally crossed 63-lakh mark on October 01.
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Cat Que Virus: Amid fight against COVID-19, ICMR flags chances of another Chinese virus in India
India | Sep 29, 2020, 12:22 PM ISTAccording to the seven researchers at the Indian Council of Medical Research's National Institute of Virology in Pune, the presence of Cat Que Virus in Culex mosquitoes and pigs has been reported in China and Vietnam. They added that due to the spread of similar species of the Culex mosquitoes in India, there is a need to understand the replication kinetics of this virus.
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Harsh Vardhan releases 100-year timeline of ICMR's history
News | Sep 28, 2020, 07:24 PM ISTUnion Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on September 28 released 100-year timeline of history of Indian Council of Medical Research within its premises. Dr. Vardhan called it a historic day for ICMR. Health Minister said.
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COVID-19: India crosses 55-lakh mark with 75,083 new infections
News | Sep 22, 2020, 04:04 PM ISTIndia's COVID tally crossed 55-lakh mark on September 22 after the country reported a spike of 75,083 new COVID-19 cases. Total COVID case tally stands at 55, 62,664, including 9,75,861 active cases, 44,97,868 discharged.
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Govt cancelled ICMR's purchase orders from China for COVID-19 test kits: MoS Health
India | Sep 18, 2020, 10:18 PM ISTThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had placed purchase orders for COVID-19 antibody test kits to Indian firms which were cancelled subsequently with no payment made to any Chinese company.
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COVID-19: No shortage of oxygen in country, says Health Ministry
News | Sep 15, 2020, 09:06 PM ISTUnion Health Ministry Secretary, Rajesh Bhushan on September 15 denied the shortage of oxygen in the country and said there is sufficient oxygen for the patients.
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Coronavirus lockdown was effective, India did not witnessed huge peak at all: ICMR
India | Sep 15, 2020, 07:09 PM ISTApplauding the nation-wide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said that the country distributed the Covid-19 curve in such a way that it did not have many deaths and did not witness a huge peak.
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Two indigenous COVID-19 vaccines candidate revealed 'excellent safety' during Phase-I trials: Govt
India | Sep 15, 2020, 04:34 PM ISTPhase-I clinical trials have revealed "excellent safety" of the two candidate vaccines indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR and Cadila Healthcare Ltd and their immunogenicity testing is now in progress, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
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ICMR recommends 'test on-demand' for Covid-19
India | Sep 05, 2020, 08:32 AM ISTThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory on the strategy for Covid-19 testing in which it has recommended "testing on demand".
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Irresponsible people without masks are driving pandemic in India: ICMR
News | Aug 25, 2020, 07:28 PM ISTIndian Council of Medical Research, Director General Balram Bhargava when asked on who is diving the pandemic, said, "Irresponsible, less cautious people who are not wearing masks are driving the pandemic in India."