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States are stepping up antigen testing, but why reliability concerns remain

While antigen testing picks up a large number of positive cases quickly, some positive cases could remain undetected due to the antigen tests not being sensitive enough

Covid-19 spreads to new areas but 82% cases from 10 states, UTs: Govt

Giving a break-up of the mortality rate according to gender, Bhushan said about 68 per cent of Covid-19 deaths were reported among male patients and 32 per cent among female patients in India

Human trials of indigenously developed Covid vaccines move to Phase 2: ICMR

Bhargava said once a safe and effective vaccine is developed, the focus should be on prioritisation and its fair distribution, roll-out and cold chain logistics

Difficult to predict if India will witness second wave of Covid-19: ICMR DG

The Director-General of India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said apart from the scientific inputs, full participation of all citizens is essential to overcome the Covid-19 challenge

With over 100,000 cases in 2 days, India's Covid-19 tally crosses 1.8 mn

The number of Covid-19 tests carried out has crossed the 20 million-mark, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research

Covid-19 update: Recoveries top 900,000-mark, fatality rate dips to 2.28%

The case fatality rate for Covid-19 has been constantly falling in India and is currently at 2.28%, while the total recovered cases crossed 900,000 in the country

MyLab Discovery Solutions' Covid-19 antigen testing kits get ICMR nod

MyLab's kit named 'Pathocatch' will be available for orders immediately and will be priced at around Rs 450

Has ICMR become a super-regulator of sorts in the medical sector?

Clearly, the ICMR as a research body is not the best equipped to handle the role of a regulator for the sector. Yet it has become the most visible face of India's fight against Covid-19

India Covid recovery rate at 63% after record 28,472 recuperations in a day

The health ministry said that effective clinical management of Covid-19 cases has led to an improvement in recovery figures while case fatality has been falling continuously

India begins human trials of Coviaxin, hoping for Covid-19 vaccine success

Private and state-owned hospitals will test the potential vaccine on volunteers, aged between 18 and 55

13,072,718 samples tested for coronavirus till July 16, says ICMR

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday said that a total 1,30,72,718 samples have been tested to diagnose COVID-19 up to July 16

Pokhriyal launches world's most affordable Covid-19 diagnostic kit by IIT-D

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal virtually launched the world's most affordable RT-PCR-based Covid-19 diagnostic kit 'Corosure' developed by IIT Delhi, and approved by the ICMR and DCGI

Tamil Nadu to start administering BCG vaccine to the elderly on pilot basis

The vaccine shall be administered on trial basis on adults aged 60-95, with the aim of reducing the Covid mortality rate within this set

320,000 Covid-19 samples tested on Tuesday, highest in a day so far: ICMR

As many as 22 states are doing more than 140 Covid-19 tests per day per million in line with comprehensive testing guidance note by the WHO

Banaras Hindu University to study Use of Ashwagandha on Covid-19 warriors

IMS in BHU will study use of Ashwagandha as a test drug for prophylactic use among frontline health workers and Yashtimadhu for supplementary therapy as a standard treatment of Corona patients