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COVID-19 tests in India cross two-crore mark; total tally at 18.03 lakh

The ICMR has now recommended that all labs/hospitals initiating testing through rapid antigen tests should ensure that symptomatic patients, who have tested negative in the rapid testing, should be referred for real-time RT-PCR testing also.

Aug 03, 2020, 11:04 AM IST

Number of coronavirus COVID-19 recoveries crosses 10 lakh mark in India: Health Ministry

The Health Ministry on Thursday (July 30, 2020) said that the number of coronavirus COVID19 recoveries has crossed the 10-lakh mark in the country. Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today informed that the total number of COVID19 samples tested up to July 29 is 1,81,90,382, including 4,46,642 samples tested yesterday.

Jul 30, 2020, 09:45 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi to launch 'high-throughput' COVID-19 testing facilities in three cities via video conference

The high-throughput COVID-19 testing facilities will be able to test over 10,000 samples in a day.

Jul 27, 2020, 07:36 AM IST

ICMR to launch study to evaluate efficacy of BCG vaccine against coronavirus COVID-19 in elderly

Amid the rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases in the country, the India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has decided to conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the BCG vaccination in preventing morbidity and mortality due to the highly contagious virus in elderly individuals between 60 to 95 years of age. The ICMR teams will conduct the study on the people living in COVID-19 hotspots across the country.

Jul 19, 2020, 06:30 AM IST

Largest human trial of India's coronavirus vaccine to begin at Delhi AIIMS from Monday

Largest human trial of the coronavirus vaccine being developed by the Indian agencies will begin from Monday at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). According to reports, Delhi AIIMS has obtained the required permission from the Centre for conducting the human trail of the indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine.

Jul 18, 2020, 21:35 PM IST

India’s coronavirus COVID-19 recoveries exceed active cases by 2.95 lakh: Health Ministry

India's actual COVID-19 caseload is 3,58,692, while close to 18,000 people have recuperated from the disease in 24 hours taking the number of recoveries to 6,53,750 which exceed active cases by 2,95,058, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday (July 18, 2020).

Jul 18, 2020, 18:12 PM IST

Patna AIIMS to start human trial of coronavirus vaccine on 18 volunteers from July 13

The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Patna will start the human trail of coronavirus vaccine from Monday (July 13, 2020). The trail will be conducted on 18 volunteers selected by the hospital authority.

Jul 13, 2020, 08:08 AM IST

India's COVID-19 cases, deaths per million population lowest in the world: Health Ministry

The Health Minister on Thursday said that India has not yet reached the community transmission stage of COVID-19 and there have been localised outbreaks of the pandemic in some pockets of the country.

Jul 09, 2020, 17:10 PM IST

Process to develop COVID-19 vaccine follows global norms: ICMR on Covaxin trials

The ICMR on Saturday said that 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.

Jul 04, 2020, 18:42 PM IST

ICMR writes to Centre, calls for ramping up COVID-19 testing by using rapid antigen test kits in Delhi containment zones, hospitals

In view of an unprecedented rise in the coronavirus cases in the national capital, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has written a letter to the Centre calling for ramping up testing for COVID-19 in Delhi containment zones and hospitals by use of rapid antigen detection test.

Jun 16, 2020, 15:36 PM IST

ICMR report on 'Corona peak by November' denied; PIB Fact Check finds news 'misleading'

The PIB conducted a Fact Check and said that "the news is misleading. The study to which the report is attributed is not carried out by ICMR & doesn't reflect the authentic information."

Jun 15, 2020, 16:10 PM IST

ICMR issues advisory on Antigen detection test for COVID-19

One of the brief descriptions of the Standard Q COVID-19 Ag detection is that the test can be interpreted as positive or negative after 15 minutes of putting the sample into the well by appearance of test and control lines, which can be read with a naked eye, requiring no specialized equipment.

Jun 15, 2020, 07:00 AM IST

ICMR guideline for testing COVID19 patient should be changed, says AAP MP Sanjay Singh

Aam Admi Party MLA Sanjay Singh onSaturday said that the ICMR guideline for testing COVID-19 patient should be changed as the need of the hour is to increase the number of testing in the national capital.

Jun 13, 2020, 12:40 PM IST

India's COVID-19 tally nears 2.9 lakh; almost 1 lakh cases in June so far

The nationwide COVID-19 tally neared 2.9 lakh on Thursday with a record single-day increase of nearly 10,000 cases taking the count of infections detected this month to almost one lakh.

Jun 11, 2020, 23:38 PM IST

Maharashtra to procure 10,000 vials of Remdesivir as COVID-19 cases reach 82,968

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra will purchase 10,000 vials of the drug Remdesivir for treating coronavirus patients. The announcement was made by state’s Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday.

Jun 06, 2020, 20:37 PM IST

Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital booked for 'violating' COVID-19 testing guidelines

Shortly after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal warned private hospitals in Delhi for not attending the coronavirus-infected persons, a case was registered against Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for allegedly violating ICMR guidelines on novel coronavirus testing.

Jun 06, 2020, 19:41 PM IST

ICMR urges private labs to reduce coronavirus testing price, writes letter to states, UTs

The Indian Council of Medical Research has appealed to the private labs to reduce the price for conducting the test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. Importantly, the ICM has made a similar appeal to all states and Union Territories calling for reducing the price for conducting the COVID-19 test.

May 27, 2020, 17:14 PM IST