ICMR allots 800 bedded AIIMS Jhajjar exclusively for COVID-19 patients MD Bureau23 March 2020 2:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Making a move towards setting up standalone hospitals exclusively for the treatment of coronavirus patients, the government has now...
80% Of Coronavirus Patients Will Recover On Their Own: Dr Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR MD Bureau23 March 2020 2:19 PM ISTThe ICMR Director-General said that they have conducted 15,000-17,000 tests so far.
COVID Testing Private Labs capped at Rs 4500, Health Ministry spells out how to collect samples, testing and reporting guidelines Meghna A Singhania22 March 2020 12:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: Soon after including the private sector for the purpose of testing of Coronavirus in the country, ICMR has updated the guidelines for...
Even Asymptomatic Healthcare workers treating Covid-19 patients to be tested once once day 5 and day 14: ICMR issues New testing Guidelines Medical Dialogues Bureau21 March 2020 2:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: As the country saw its highest single-day jump in the positive cases of coronavirus on Friday, with at least 63 new cases reported in the...
UP applies to ICMR for Covid-19 testing facilities nod at SGPGI,BHU, Aligarh and Gorakhput Medical Dialogues Bureau20 March 2020 11:40 AM IST"We are working on a war footing to deal with the situation arising out of the coronavirus outbreak. We have a virology lab in Gorakhpur, and...
ICMR releases Strategy of COVID19 testing in India Hina Zahid18 March 2020 9:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: With the rising cases of coronavirus in the country and the government finally engaging private laboratories for its testing, the apex...
HIV drugs in coronavirus patients: ICMR scientists release protocol for restricted public health emergency use Dr. K B Aarthi16 March 2020 12:00 PM ISTLopinavir/ritonavir combination does not remain the mainstay treatment to COVID-19, researchers advise its usage in case of severe cases
ICMR clarifies on use of anti-HIV drugs on coronavirus-affected patients Medical Dialogues Bureau13 March 2020 4:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Health ministry officials said on Thursday the decision to administer a combination of anti-HIV drugs -- lopinavir and ritonavir -- on a...
ICMR researchers isolate novel coronavirus, begin work on vaccine Medical Dialogues Bureau13 March 2020 2:37 PM ISTCoronavirus isolated: Indian Council of Medical Research said on Thursday that it had managed to isolate novel coronavirus (COVID-19). ICMR has said...
ICMR identifies 52 labs for testing, 57 labs for sample collection of coronavirus Hina Zahid8 March 2020 5:30 PM IST New Delhi: With the spread of coronavirus across the world, the Indian Council of Medical Research/ Department of Health Reserach has identified 52...
Coronavirus Update: ICMR gets emergency CDSCO nod for use of cocktail of anti-HIV drugs on nCoV patients Farhat Nasim6 Feb 2020 11:54 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a significant move to battle the epidemic, the Central Drug Control Organisation (CDCSO) has given an emergency approval to India...
Molecular assay TrueNat recommended as initial test for TB and MDR-TB Hina Zahid16 Jan 2020 3:59 PM ISTIn a significant development, WHO Global TB Programme has included an Indian Molecular assay TrueNat as initial test for TB and MDR-TB in view of its...
