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Covid among kids: Health experts say no need to panicThe health experts said consistent and appropriate use of masks, implementation of a standard protocol for sanitisation and hand washing ar...- Third wave to ebb by March: ICMR ADGAdditional director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Samiran Panda on Friday said the third wave of Covid was li...
- No scientific evidence in country underlines need for Covid-19 booster dose: ICMR's Dr Samiran PandaDr Samiran Panda who is the head of the Epidemiology and Infectious diseases division at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said...
- Many now have immunity against COVID-19 but don't lower guard, say expertsDr Yudhyavir Singh, who has been managing the COVID-19 ICU at AIIMS New Delhi, said it is important to lift a few restrictions to resume ec...
- P681R mutation in Delta key to severity, say new studiesThe P681R mutation, which is said to drive syncytium formation - fusing of infected lung cells - associated with severe forms of SARS-COV-2...
- Third wave may hit country around August end, says ICMR's Dr Samiran PandaSpeaking to ANI, Dr Panda said, "It is important for each state to examine pandemics and take a call regarding the COVID-19 situation there...
- Antibodies fall against Delta, may require booster: ExpertsThe ICMR study has indicated a 4.5-fold and 3.2-fold reduction in neutralising antibody levels against the Delta variant in those who were ...
- Don't panic by colour of fungus, look for causes, risks: Experts advise as mucormycosis cases riseHealth Minister Harsh Vardhan had said on Monday that 18 states have reported 5,424 cases of mucormycosis, a life-threatening infection, pr...
- DRDO's antiviral drug 2-DG unlikely to get quick nod for Covid treatmentExperts said the 2-DG drug had earlier been considered for treatment of influenza, way back in 1959, and subsequently for other infectious ...
- Covishield comprises over 90 per cent of 12.76 crore COVID vaccines administered so farGiving details, of the 127,605,870 COVID-19 vaccination jabs administered till now, 11,60,65,107 are of Covishield while 1,15,40,763 are of...
- COVID clinical symptoms, CT scans/X-rays should be used to rule out false negatives: ExpertsAccording to government data till April 15, a total of 1,189 samples have tested positive for 'variants of concern' of SARS COV-2 in India ...
- COVID-19: Recommendation of 3rd booster dose based more on conjecture than data, say expertsIndia is battling a massive surge in COVID-19 cases and health ministry data updated on Sunday showed that a record single-day rise of 2,61...
- Covaxin works on Brazil, South Africa strains, initial findings showA study in January had said the shot can protect against the UK variant. Dr Samiran Panda, head of the ICMR’s epidemiology and communicable...
- Can our coronavirus vaccine fight new strains? India to testThe ICMR had announced on Tuesday that Pune-based National Institute of Virology was in the process of isolating and culturing the South Af...
- India surpasses somber milestone of 1 crore Covid-19 cases as 25,152 infections added; 347 more dieThe country's COVID-19 case tally had surpassed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, and 40 lakh on September 5.
- Covid-19: Authorities still mum on month-old adverse event during vaccine trialThis is in sharp contrast to AstraZeneca and Oxford University going public when one of the trial participants in the vaccine trial in the ...
- India has scaled its medical infrastructure sufficiently: ET-ILC ForumThe lockdown gave the country and the medical fraternity enough time to prepare and scale infrastructure. The lockdown gave hospitals the t...
- ICMR, Biological E Ltd develop potential treatment for COVID-19The ICMR in collaboration with a Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company has developed "highly purified antisera" prepared by injecting i...
- Increased testing, opening economy, complacency among people behind Covid-19 case surge: ExpertsA record single-day spike of 78,761 cases took India's COVID-19 tally to 35,42,733, on Sunday, according to Union Health Ministry data upda...
- If everything goes well India would get COVID-19 vaccine by the year's end, says Dr Harsh VardhanThree COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including two indigenous ones, are in different phases of development in India.
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