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COVID-19: Indiscriminate use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy not ad
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): The Country's top medical research body--India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday said that indiscriminate use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) should be avoided as it does not reduce mortality in COVID-19 patients.
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Delhi Health Minister asks ICMR to not remove plasma therapy from
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): After an India Council of Medical Research(ICMR) made an announcement that it may remove plasma therapy from COVID-19 national treatment protocol, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain asked the council to not do so.
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Plasma therapy may be removed from national Covid-19 treatment gui
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Convalescent Plasma Therapy may be removed from the national guideline for the treatment of novel coronavirus after an India Council of Medical Research study revealed that it did not help in reducing mortality or slow the progression of Covid-19, the ICM
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COVID-19: 'Antisera' an efficient alternative to convalescent plas
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): In a breakthrough, the country's top medical research body - the India Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has developed highly purified antisera (raised in animals), which may be an efficient alternative to convalescent plasma for prophylaxis and treatmen
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Second sero-survey reveals 1 in 15 individuals aged 10 years or ab
Updated : 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): One in 15 individuals aged 10 years or above were estimated to be exposed to SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) by August 2020, according to the findings of India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) second sero-survey, said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General
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ICMR launches dedicated vaccine portal and national clinical regis
Updated : 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI) The India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday launched a dedicated vaccine portal and national clinical registry of COVID-19 to address queries of the people on vaccine development and unveiled the historical timeline of ICMR since its inceptio
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Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing COVID-19 death
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Convalescent Plasma (CP) therapy didn't help in reducing death due to the coronavirus, the India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed in a study.
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Irresponsible people are driving the COVID-19 pandemic in India: I
Updated : 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) DG Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said that "irresponsible people" who were not following the norms to prevent the spread of COVID-19 were driving coronavirus pandemic in India.
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ICMR set to start multi-centric study to evaluate efficacy of BCG
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is all set to conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the BCG vaccination in preventing morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 in elderly individuals between 60 to 95 years of age living in COVID-19 hots
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Over 5 million COVID-19 tests done: ICMR
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Over five million RT-PCR tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus behind COVID-19 pandemic - have been done in the country, India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said.
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Combating COVID-19: India still under 'local transmission' phase,
Updated : 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): India is currently in the 'local transmission stage' phase of COVID-19 and if it reaches the stage of 'community transmission, then we will admit it," clarified the Health Ministry on Monday.
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ICMR finds 10% SARI patients positive for COVID-19, no community t
Updated : 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) found at least 10 per cent people have tested positive for Covid-19 due to severe acute respiratory illness (SARI), and also said that there is no community transmission of the virus so far.
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