You Searched For "Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)"

India

COVID-19: India reports highest daily spike of over 1.26 lakh new...

A total of 1,66,862 deaths due to the disease have been reported so far in the country

8 April 2021 11:12 AM IST

India

India records 89,129 COVID-19 cases, 714 deaths in a day, highest in...

Corresponding to the rapid surge in cases, the number of active cases too have registered a steady increase for the 24th...

3 April 2021 11:23 AM IST

India

Top medical experts welcome move to remove plasma therapy from...

Earlier, as per the ICMR advisory on April 22, Convalescent plasma (Off label) was considered only when certain criteria...

18 May 2021 12:54 PM IST

India

India achieves milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests: ICMR

Prof Balram Bhargava said exponential increase in testing has led to early identification, prompt isolation and...

26 Jun 2021 1:03 PM IST

India

ICMR study reveals Delta variant majorly responsible for rising cases...

The Delta variant has been designated as a variant of concern due to increased transmission and higher immune evasion

16 July 2021 1:30 PM IST

Science

Final analysis of Covaxin efficacy out; 65.2 per cent effective...

The efficacy analysis demonstrates Covaxin to be 93.4 per cent effective against severe symptomatic COVID-19 cases

3 July 2021 10:50 AM IST

Life

ICMR study in Chennai shows vaccination reduces mortality due to Delta...

The prevalence of the Delta variant or B.1.617.2 was not different between the vaccinated and un-vaccinated groups

19 Aug 2021 1:00 PM IST

India

Over 50 crore samples tested for COVID-19 in India till now: ICMR

On July 21, 2021, India had tested 45 crore COVID-19 samples, which reached the 50-crore mark on August 18, 2021

19 Aug 2021 12:10 PM IST

India

India's drug regulator approves study on mixing of Covaxin and...

An expert panel of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation on July 29 had recommended granting permission for...

11 Aug 2021 11:36 AM IST

India

ZyCoV-D to be introduced in Covid vaccination drive shortly: Govt

ZyCoV-D has received the Emergency Use Authorisation from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)

30 Sept 2021 7:34 PM IST

India

India sees 90 per cent jump in daily COVID cases with 2,183 new...

The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.83 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.32 per cent

18 April 2022 10:34 AM IST

Life

'Clinical trials indicate India's vaccines will be effective against...

India had from the outset resisted the temptation of going for herd immunity unlike many European countries, including...

19 Feb 2021 12:45 PM IST