New Delhi: In a historic achievement, India has maintained the steady trend of active cases below the 10 lakh mark for the 11th consecutive day, the government said on Friday. The number of active cases at present is 9.42,217. India’s COVID-19 count reached 63,94,069 with an increase of 81,484 new …
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NEW DELHI : The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said Thursday that it has developed highly purified ‘antisera’ for the prevention and treatment of the novel coronavirus pandemic. “ICMR and Biological E. Limited, Hyderabad have developed highly purified (animal-raised) antisera for the prophylaxis and treatment of COVID-19,” reads a …
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India is in the midst of a deadly pandemic, whose origins can be traced back to a wet seafood market in China. While there is evidence that the SARS-COV-2 virus originated in a Chinese laboratory, a new virus, ‘Cat Que’, could be another virus that could put lives in danger. …
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NEW DELHI: It was estimated that one in 15 people over the age of 10 would be exposed to Covid-19 by August 2020, according to the second ICMR national serum survey report released Tuesday. The survey showed that a sizeable population remains vulnerable and susceptible to coronavirus infection. Here are …
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The online portal available on the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) site will be a repository for all information related to vaccine development in India. You can access the website from here. “Everyone will be able to go online to that portal to find all the contemporary information related …
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The Union minister was interacting with people on social media during the third episode of Sunday Samvaad, adding that the cases of people contracting the deadly virus a second time after being cured were negligible at this time and were being studied by a panel of experts from India. Council …
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India’s COVID-19 case burden exceeded 58 lakh, while more than 47 lakh people have recovered from the disease, bringing the national recovery rate to 81.74%, according to Ministry data Union Health Department updated on Friday. Total coronavirus cases amounted to 58,18,570 with 86,052 infections reported in one day. The death …
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India is experiencing a rapid increase in cases in recent weeks. While we do not know when the COVID pandemic will end, thorough testing and prevention strategies are the only two keys to controlling the pandemic from the start. While experts emphasize the need to increase testing at high rates, …
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He was answering questions posed by his social media interactives on the Sunday Samvaad platform. These questions covered a multitude of queries related not only to the current Covid situation but also to the government’s approach to it. Speaking about the concrete measures that have been planned to handle such …
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NEW DELHI: Health researchers, apparently under instructions from ICMR chiefs, removed a crucial part of the first national serosurvey study conducted to assess the true extent of the spread of Covid-19 before it was finally published, it has compiled this newspaper. The omitted data showed that between 15 and 48 …
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