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A glimpse into the interiors of quarantine facility run by the Southern Naval Command to combat COVID-19 in Kochi. (PTI)

ICMR issues revised guidelines on home quarantine; asymptomatic...

However, immuno compromised patients (included HIV, transplant recipients, cancer therapy) are not eligible for home...

3 July 2020 1:06 PM IST

A medic wearing PPE suit distributes bananas to a teacher in Delhi. PTI photo

COVID-19 caseload in India crosses 30-lakh mark

The COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.86 per cent

23 Aug 2020 11:25 AM IST

Women wait in long queues to cast their vote at a polling station during Panchayati Raj elections, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, at Jhala ki Chauki village near Beawar, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. (PTI Photo)

One in 15 individuals exposed to COVID-19 by August: ICMR survey

According to ICMR, this shows that a considerable population is still susceptible to COVID-19.

30 Sept 2020 4:21 PM IST

A woman wearing white protective gear, mourns after taking a glimpse of her husbands body, a victim of COVID 19, at a cremation site in Guwahati on Sept. 10, 2020. Experts caution that Indias outbreak is entering a more dangerous phase as the virus spreads to smaller towns and villages. (AP)

ICMR shocker: India missed 80 corona cases for every one detected

By that reckoning, 40 per cent of the population has been exposed to the virus

12 Sept 2020 12:27 PM IST

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) DG Dr Balram Bhargava. (PTI file photo)

No scientific evidence to support need for booster vaccine dose...

The booster dose issue is likely to be discussed in the next meeting of the NTAGI

23 Nov 2021 1:08 AM IST

The mixing and matching of Covid-19 vaccines may possibly do more good than harm, a study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research has claimed. (Representational Photo:AP)

ICMR: Cocktail of Covaxin, Covishield is safe, better'

The study was done by ICMR on 18 individuals who were inadvertently given a shot of Covaxin after their first dose of...

9 Aug 2021 12:41 AM IST

People with moderate disease with SpO2 level 92-96 per cent (88-92 per cent in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) may take Methylprednisolone injection and Anticoagulation medicine. (ANI Photo)

ICMR drops Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine drugs from COVID treatment

The guidelines also said to take Methylprednisolone injection of 1 to 2 mg divide into two doses usually for a duration...

24 Sept 2021 6:36 PM IST

A COVID-19 IgG and IgM rapid test cassette is a take home test that can tell a person if they have coronavirus antibodies in their system, thus indicating that they have had the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

DC Edit: The perils of rapid testing in anti-coronavirus fight

The rapid antibody test will only be of utility after a minimum of seven days of onset of symptoms

21 April 2020 7:57 AM IST

A civic worker sprays disinfectant on beds at a special temporary hospital facility for COVID-19 patients in Mumbai on April 10, 2020. (AP)

945 new Covid-19 cases in a day, the highest so far

Health ministry still denies Stage-III transmission after sharp jump in numbers, 37 new deaths recorded

11 April 2020 7:47 AM IST

Doctors interact with people in a slum locality in Mumbai on April 6, 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic seems poised for a surge in India, medical authorities said they have decided to test everyone with flu-like symptoms in all hot spots of the outbreak. (AP)

ICMR's new strategy: In Covid-19 hotspots, test everyone with a runny...

Trials coming up: Critically ill corona patients to be given antigen-rich plasma from recovered cases

10 April 2020 12:04 AM IST

IIT Delhi develops Covid-19 test kit (ANI)

IIT-Delhi develops COVID-19 test kit, gets ICMR's approval

This is the first probe-free assay for Covid-19 approved by the ICMR

25 April 2020 9:28 AM IST

Health workers take samples of a person for a rapid test at mobile COVID-19 testing van, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic during the nationwide lockdown, in Chennai. PTI photo

ICMR to check quality of rapid antibody test kits

India procured five lakh rapid antibody test kits from two Chinese firms and they were distributed to states with rising...

22 April 2020 1:26 PM IST