Tag: Icmr

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has collaborated with tech giant IBM to bring its Artificial Intelligence-powered Watson virtual assistant on its portal to respond to queries from front-line staff and data entry operators across the country on COVID-19. The virtual agent has been deployed on protected pages of the ICMR website […]

New Delhi: Amid a spurt in COVID-19 cases, apex health research body ICMR has decided to conduct a study in 75 affected districts across the country to identify people who were exposed to the novel coronavirus infection and yet showed mild or no symptoms. The study can help ascertain whether there has been community transmission […]

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday partnered with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to develop a fully indigenous vaccine for coronavirus. According to a statement issued by the ICMR, the team will use the virus strain isolated at ICMR’s National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune. “The strain has been […]

The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Faridabad has released a notification related to the recruitment of teaching faculty and other posts. On its official website, ESIC has released details for candidates related to Document Verification/Interview. ESIC Recruitment 2020 Through the recruitment drive, ESIC is likely to fill as many as 105 vacancies, including six for […]

New Delhi: Four days after successfully developing the first indigenous anti-SARS-CoV-2A (COVID-19) human IgG ELISA test kit for antibody detection of the deadly virus, the ICMR on Thursday said that the first batch of the ELISA kits produced by Zydus Cadila has similar sensitivity and specificity of 98.7 per cent and 100 per cent, respectively. […]

New Delhi: Revising its strategy for COVID-19 testing, ICMR said on Monday that returnees and migrants who show symptoms for influenza-like illness will be tested for coronavirus infection within seven days of ailment and stressed that no emergency clinical procedure, including deliveries, should be delayed for lack of testing. The Indian Council of Medical Research […]

Nagpur: State governments can now directly procure rapid antibody test kits from the 13 validated Indian companies to carry out surveillance testing for COVID-19, Centre informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. Earlier, these kits had to be procured through the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Justice R B Deo of the HC’s Nagpur […]

New York: President Donald Trump says he began taking hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) “as a frontline defence” after his valet and Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary tested positive for COVID-19. After the two of them tested positive, “I thought, you know, from my standpoint, not a bad time to take it, because we had the combination […]

New Delhi: Nasal swab samples from bodies of suspected COVID-19 cases should be collected for testing of coronavirus infection at the emergency before moving the body to mortuary, the ICMR said. According to the ‘Standard Guidelines for Medico-legal autopsy in COVID-19 deaths in India’ released by the ICMR on Tuesday, if the COVID-19 test report […]

New Delhi: A revised government advisory on Friday recommended the use of hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medication for asymptomatic healthcare workers working in non-COVID-19 hospitals, frontline staff on surveillance duty in containment zones and paramilitary/police personnel involved in coronavirus infection-related activities. As was mentioned in the earlier advisory, the drug against the infection is also […]

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday said that India developed an Intelligent Testing Strategy to remain ‘ahead of the virus’ by developing testing infrastructure that is laboratories and other means of testing. According to ICMR, the country now has a capacity of testing 2 lakh samples per day. “India now has […]

New Delhi: No major side-effects of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been found in studies in India and its use should be continued in preventive treatment for COVID-19, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday. The ICMR’s statement came against the backdrop of the World Health Organization (WHO) suspending the testing of the drug […]

New Delhi: With the initial tests conducted and doubling rate of COVID-19 cases slowed nationally, the question that lingers is what’s next? In an attempt to decide the future course of action against the pandemic, the ICMR has given a detailed plan to all the states to measure coronavirus exposure in the general population as […]

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research has released a validated list of IgG ELISA kits to be used for sero-surveys to understand the proportion of the population exposed to COVID-19 including asymptomatic individuals. The IgG ELISA kits are the first indigenous antibody detection kits for coronavirus. The apex health research body has so […]

New Delhi: Google on Friday announced the launch of a new feature on Google Search, Assistant, and Maps for users in India to help them find information on Covid-19 testing centres near them. The search giant has partnered with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and MyGov to provide the information on authorised testing […]