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...
05 Feb, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
Clinical protocol to remain same for Omicron tooExperts at the ICMR have been reviewing the clinical protocol, following the emergence of Omicron.
23 Dec, 2021, 06.35 AM IST
No need to panic over new variant, not enough data to show it's lethal: ICMRSamiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, at ICMR, said that mutations in SARS-COV2 via sequencing of genome are indicat...
28 Nov, 2021, 12.52 PM IST
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...
21 Nov, 2021, 03.48 PM IST
Covid-19: Key decision on booster dose likely to be taken this monthExperts are of the view that in diseases like cancer, the body of patients undergoing chemotherapy may not be able to generate enough immun...
20 Nov, 2021, 12.07 AM IST
HCQ, another drug dropped from Covid treatment protocolThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has removed usage of popular drugs Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) from the approved ...
24 Sep, 2021, 06.20 AM IST
ICMR removes Ivermectin and Hydroxycholoquine (HCQ) from Covid-19 treatment guidelinesExperts at India's health research body did not find enough evidence for Ivermectin and HCQ of a potential therapeutic effect against Covid...
23 Sep, 2021, 10.15 PM IST
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...
17 Jul, 2021, 01.08 PM IST
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 ...
07 Jul, 2021, 10.27 AM IST
HCQ out of DGHS Covid care list, but still present in ICMR protocolIndian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s leading health research body, however, has not yet revised its clinical guidance ...
08 Jun, 2021, 08.52 AM IST
India drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 management guidelinesExperts at the ICMR had been reviewing the available data and had not found any benefit. “The recovery trial document was examined and show...
21 May, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
Plasma therapy may be dropped from Covid care protocolAn updated advisory is likely this week on the use of plasma therapy. At present, plasma therapy is an investigational therapy permitted “o...
17 May, 2021, 07.49 AM IST
Post-inoculation possibility: May be many breakthrough cases, but mild, says ICMRSamiran Panda, head, epidemiology & infectious disease, ICMR said studies, although at initial stages, show that vaccines help reduce risk ...
07 May, 2021, 07.19 AM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
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...
18 Feb, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
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.
23 Aug, 2020, 04.28 PM IST
Apex health research body, ICMR developing portal for information on COVID-19 vaccineThe idea behind making the updates available in regional languages is to make sure every citizen is able to access the information. The por...
22 Aug, 2020, 11.12 PM IST