coronavirus ICMR vaccine

COVID management: ICMR finds plasma therapy ineffectiveness in reducing progression to severe disease

The decision has come in the backdrop of some clinicians and scientists writing to the Principal Scientific Advisor cautioning against the 'irrational and non-scientific' use of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 in India.

May 18, 2021, 08:07 AM IST

Whatever vaccine comes out now for coronavirus COVID-19 will work in future as well, says ICMR

The chief of Epidemiology and Communicable diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar, on Friday (April 17) said that 3,19,400 samples have been tested so far in the country and 28,340 coronavirus COVID-19 tests were conducted on Thursday (April 16). 

Apr 17, 2020, 17:10 PM IST