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  COVID-19: India in final stages of framing protocols for clinical trial of plasma therapy, says ICMR

  India | April 10, 2020 14:52 IST

  India is in the final stages of framing a protocol for conducting clinical trial for convalescent plasma therapy, which uses antibodies from the blood of cured patients, to treat severely-ill COVID-19 patients, a senior ICMR official said.

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  ICMR suggests containment in 36 districts after many with respiratory infection test COVID-19 +ve

  India | April 10, 2020 9:43 IST

  A total of 104 of the 5,911 patients with severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) tested positive for Covid-19, out of which 40 cases did not report any history of contact with a known case or international travel, according to the study which was conducted from February 15 to April 2.

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  ICMR study suggests 1 COVID-19 patient defying social distancing can infect 406 people in 30 days

  India | April 07, 2020 20:09 IST

  One coronavirus patient not practicing social distancing or defying lockdown rules can infect about 406 people in 30 days, an official of the Health Ministry said today quoting a recent ICMR study.

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  ICMR issues advisory for rapid antibody test at hotspots

  India | April 05, 2020 13:28 IST

  Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory for carrying out antibody testing for all symptomatic individuals in coronavirus hotspots in the country.

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  DBT, CSIR, DST, DAE labs can conduct COVID-19 testing: ICMR

  India | April 03, 2020 9:02 IST

  Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday approved laboratories under the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to conduct the COVID-19 testing.

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  COVID-19 Pandemic: State-wise list of private labs approved by ICMR for testing coronavirus

  Fyi | March 27, 2020 14:22 IST

  A total of 157 laboratories are gearing up to conduct testing for COVID-19. This includes both government and private labs, the official website of the ICMR showed on Friday. There are 35 private labs across the country for conducting these tests.

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  22 private lab chains registered with ICMR for coronavirus tests: Health ministry

  India | March 24, 2020 18:38 IST

  ​At least 22 private laboratory chains having around 15,500 collection centres spread all over the country have been registered with the Indian Council of Medical Research (CMR) till Tuesday for conducting COVID-19 tests, health ministry officials said.  

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  ICMR recommends hydroxychloroquine to treat high-risk Covid-19 cases

  India | March 23, 2020 19:21 IST

  The National Task Force for Covid-19 constituted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday recommended the use of anti-malaria drug hydroxy-chloroquine to treat the Covid-19 disease in high-risk cases albeit with utmost precaution.

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  ICMR caps cost of Coronavirus tests at private labs at Rs. 4500

  India | March 22, 2020 8:32 IST

  In a fresh guidelines for private labs, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has capped the cost of the tests at Rs. 4500 even as it urged the private players to do the tests free of costs 'in this hours of national public health emergency'.  

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  Private NABL-accredited labs will soon be operationalised for coronavirus tests: ICMR

  India | March 17, 2020 17:43 IST

  There are 72 functional Indian Council of Medical Research laboratories conducting tests for coronavirus and private NABL-accredited labs will soon be operationalised across the country, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said. 

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  Coronavirus isolated, work on vaccine on: Indian Council of Medical Research

  India | March 12, 2020 16:49 IST

  Coronavirus isolated: Indian Council of Medical Research said on Thursday that it had managed to isolate novel coronavirus (COVID-19). ICMR has said that it will take 1.5 to 2 years to develop a vaccine. Though the time frame appears long. This may be a vital step in fight against Coronavirus.

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  Delhi, Ahmedabad tops list of 7 cities in daily average consumption of 'added fat': ICMR survey

  India | February 21, 2020 15:50 IST

  Delhi and Ahmedabad topped the list of seven metro cities in daily average consumption of 'added fat' in dishes such as dal fry, stuffed paratha and mutton biryani, while Hyderabad was at the bottom of the list according to a recent survey.

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  AIIMS, ICMR working on technique for postmortem without dissecting body

  India | December 03, 2019 15:59 IST

  "The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) are working together on a technique for postmortem without incising/dissecting the body.

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  Zika virus cases reach 106 in Rajasthan, over 324 health teams deployed across state

  India | October 18, 2018 23:56 IST

  According to a Union Health Ministry official, 25 pregnant women are said to be affected out of the total number of patients.

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  Zika cases rise to 100 in Rajasthan, centre rushes special medical team

  India | October 17, 2018 20:48 IST

  Of all the affected people, twenty three are said to be pregnant women. A health ministry official in Delhi said that the 20 new Zika cases confirmed were from Jaipur and two neighbouring districts.

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  Know about Soumiya Swaminathan, the newly-appointed WHO Deputy Director General

  Health | October 04, 2017 20:21 IST

  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced Soumiya Swaminathan's appointment on Tuesday morning.