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  Coronavirus vaccine emergency authorisation could be considered by govt, says ICMR: What we know

  Good News | August 20, 2020 18:14 IST

  Coronavirus vaccine emergency authorisation could be considered if government decides, says ICMR top official on how long people will have to wait for the vaccine as they are in the trial period.

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  Emergency COVID-19 vaccine clearance after phase-3 trial only if govt decides: ICMR

  India | August 20, 2020 11:30 IST

  A top ICMR official told a parliamentary panel on Wednesday that phase-two clinical trial of two indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine candidates have almost been completed and emergency authorisation of a vaccine could be considered if the Centre decides so.

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  COVID-19: Oxford vaccine's late stage trials to start in a week in India, says ICMR

  News | August 04, 2020 18:47 IST

  Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr Balram Bhargava on August 04 stated that Oxford vaccine, being manufactured by Serum Institute of India, got approval for phase 2 and 3 clinical trials.

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  Not everyone in coronavirus-hit family prone to disease: Study

  India | August 02, 2020 18:15 IST

  The assumption that everybody is susceptible to coronavirus may not be true as 80 to 90 per cent people living in the same household where a member is diagnosed with COVID-19 do not get the disease, as per a study by the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar. 

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  ICMR plans to set up registry of hospitalised COVID-19 patients

  India | August 02, 2020 13:17 IST

   The ICMR in collaboration with the Health Ministry and the AIIMS is planning to set up the National Clinical Registry which will help researchers and policy makers understand effectiveness of investigational therapies, adverse effects taking place and generate evidence for improving the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

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  India's COVID-19 tally crosses 15 lakh mark

  News | July 29, 2020 13:03 IST

  India's COVID-19 tally reached 15.31 lakh on July 29.

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  PM Modi launches 3 new high-throughput labs of ICMR at Noida, Kolkata, Mumbai | 10 Points

  India | July 27, 2020 18:29 IST

  ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (Noida), ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (Mumbai) and ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (Kolkata) are the three facilities launched by the prime minister today.

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  Don't insist on mobile numbers, ID proof for COVID-19 testing of mentally ill homeless: HC to ICMR

  India | July 24, 2020 14:58 IST

  According to an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) advisory of June 19 every person who was to be tested for COVID-19 has to provide a government-issued identity proof and should have a valid phone number for tracing and tracking the individual and his/her contacts.

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  COVID-19: ICMR to conduct study on effectiveness of BCG vaccine among elders

  India | July 18, 2020 21:21 IST

  The study will be carried out in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi in approximately 1,500 healthy volunteers above 60-years of age, an ICMR scientist said.

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  Human clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine initiated in India: ICMR

  India | July 14, 2020 21:06 IST

  Human clinical trials for a vaccine for COVID-19 has been initiated in the country with approximately 1,000 volunteers participating in the exercise for each of the two indigenously developed vaccine candidates, the ICMR said on Tuesday.

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  ICMR: Scientists suggest COVID-19 might have airborne transmission with microdroplets

  News | July 14, 2020 21:05 IST

  Indian Council of Medical Research, DG Balram Bhargava informed that there might be a possibility that COVID-19 might have some airborne transmission.

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  Indiscriminate use of remdesivir, tocilizumab on COVID-19 patients can cause more harm than good

  India | July 11, 2020 20:38 IST

  The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have asked states to use drugs like remdesivir and tocilizumab, mentioned as investigational therapies, on COVID-19 patients strictly as per the laid down protocol as their "indiscriminate use or use in conditions for which they are not desirable may cause more harm than good".

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  Issue death certificates as per guidelines set by ICMR: West Bengal govt to COVID-19 hospitals

  India | July 07, 2020 8:38 IST

  The West Bengal government on Monday advised all COVID-19 hospitals in the state to issue death certificates according to the guidelines set by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

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  COVID-19: Testing lab in Aurangabad varsity gets ICMR approval

  India | July 04, 2020 20:00 IST

  The Indian Council of Medical Research has given sanction for coronavirus testing in a lab set up in Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Vice Chancellor Dr Pramod Yeole said on Saturday.

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  Don't second-guess our professionalism: ICMR defends fast tracking Covaxin

  India | July 04, 2020 18:51 IST

  The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday said the process to develop an indigenous vaccine to fight the coronavirus pandemic is as per globally accepted norms of fast tracking, and that the safety and interest of people of India the topmost priority.

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  WHO endorses tests by ICMR, 2 others for TB diagnosis, drug resistance detection

  India | July 03, 2020 18:57 IST

  ​The World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed tests by three research bodies, including ICMR, for initial diagnosis of tuberculosis and detection of resistance to a drug most commonly used to treat the disease.  

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  India reports highest single-day spike of 20,903 COVID cases, tally at 6.25 lakh

  News | July 03, 2020 12:49 IST

  After reporting stabilising numbers, although already on higher levels, India on July 03 once again saw steepest spike of 20,903 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Positive cases now stand at 6,25,544, which includes 2,27,439 active cases.

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  Covaxin: India plans to launch first coronavirus vaccine by August 15

  Good News | July 03, 2020 12:48 IST

  Covaxin - the first coronavirus vaccine for public health will be launched latest by August 15, 2020, once the clinical trials of the vaccine are completed, the ICMR has said. The final outcome of the vaccine will depend upon the cooperation of all clinical trial sites that are involved with the project, it stated.

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  COVID-19: Positive cases to cross 5.5 lakh mark in India

  News | June 29, 2020 13:34 IST

  COVID-19 cases continue to speed up in the country.

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  PGIMER to conduct clinical trial for rapid antigen detection

  India | June 28, 2020 19:59 IST

  The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has initiated a programme of clinical trials for rapid antigen detection for COVID-19 patients. The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) hospital is one among them, officials said on Sunday.