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Modi also warned against any complacency in the face of the decline and called for continued efforts to contain the pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that every step in the logistics, delivery and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine must be rigorously implemented and must include advanced planning of …

Indian health authorities have decided to revise the protocol currently being followed for the treatment of Covid-19 after interim results of a large World Health Organization trial found that four of the drugs used common provide little or no benefit in reducing deaths in hospitalized patients. These include the antiviral …

India completed its 100 millionth test for Covid sometime on Friday, according to the HT panel. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research tally, the number was slightly lower, 92.25 million tests (ICMR has a tally protocol that not all states follow), which means that the 100 million mark …

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which is studying reinfection among coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, has identified three to date that are being investigated, said Dr. Balram Bhargava, director general (DG ) of the ICMR. . “We are studying the cases of reinfection. So far, three such cases have been …

The government said on Tuesday that there are some new coronavirus reinfection cases identified in the country. Re-infection cases are those in which people contract the deadly virus a second time after being cured. The first instance of coronavirus infection was recorded in Hong Kong when a 33-year-old man who …

Harsh Vardhan said that “the authorization of emergency use for the COVID-19 vaccine will depend on data from clinical trials.” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday that his ministry will soon launch the FELUDA paper strip test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. This has been developed by CSIR-IGIB …

Up to 18 states and Union Territories have recorded recovery rates above the national average, the ministry said. Active COVID-19 cases in India stayed below the nine lakh mark for the second day in a row and now constitute only 12.65 percent of the total number of cases, the Union …

In the last 24 hours, India recorded 70,496 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) and 964 deaths, bringing the overall count and death toll to 6,906,151 and 106,490, respectively. The country’s active cases, which have been below a million for 17 consecutive days, fell further below 900,000 on Friday, while more …

Plasma therapy may not have shown any benefit during recent trials, but the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s biological research regulator, has received approval from the national drug controller to conduct a clinical trial. on animal derived antibodies against Sars-Cov. -2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease …

The country reported the lowest number of new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in at least a month, with 59,980 new infections reported on Monday. India has reported 6,681,937 Covid-19 cases to date, according to data collected by the HT panel. On Monday, 903 recent deaths from Covid-19 were reported, …