Coronavirus | ICMR says no payment made for Chinese test kits supplies
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | ICMR says no payment made for Chinese test kits supplies

The Hindu  

India does not stand to lose a single rupee, said the Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday in response to a clarification sought on the alleged profiteering by distributors, exposed through a legal dispute between an importer and a distributor, in the delivery COVID-19 rapid antibody testing kits to it. The matter came to light when Rare Metabolics Life Sciences Pvt Ltd and Aark Pharmaceuticals, distributors of Chinese Wondfo Biotech’s kits imported by Matrix Labs, approached the High Court recently to get delivery/payment disputes cleared. Advisory to States ICMR noted that the States have been advised to stop using the kits procured from Wondfo and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics after it found wide variation in their sensitivity despite early promise of good performance for surveillance purpose. “Several States have procured rapid antibody test kits and on their demand, ICMR has also provided these kits with clear instructions that they are to be used only for surveillance purpose. ICMR, thereafter, evaluated the kits in field conditions and the results have shown wide variation in their sensitivity despite early promise of good performance for surveillance purposes.

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Send details of buyers of self-test kits, BMC tells chemists
2 years, 6 months ago

Send details of buyers of self-test kits, BMC tells chemists

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai As Covid cases are on a rise in the city, chemists are selling more and more self-test kits. Prasad Danave, joint secretary, Maharashtra State Chemists & Druggists Association said that unlike the third wave, people are buying home testing kits more from online sites than from chemists/pharmacists “Considering the sudden rise of Covid cases, we have directed manufacturers, chemists/pharmacists …

每日新闻播报（April 18）
2 years, 8 months ago

每日新闻播报（April 18）

China Daily  

>Airlines bank on upgraded services to boost revenue 航空公司推出'行李到家'服务 Passengers board a flight at the Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, Aug 12, 2021. 据了解，海南航空“行李到家”服务费用为85元/件起，购买公务舱机票旅客可免费体验“行李到家”服务，为1件不超过30公斤的行李办理此项服务。 >Biden’s big-spending policies helped fuel inflation 拜登政府万亿刺激计划导致美国高通胀 Consumers shop at a grocery store in Washington, D.C., the United States, March 10, 2022. 据旧金山联邦储备银行称，拜登政府的万亿美元财政刺激政策导致美国的通胀率高于其他西方国家。 A report released by the bank said the …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Posts mislead on PCR test development
2 years, 10 months ago

Posts mislead on PCR test development

Associated Press  

CLAIM: COVID-19 PCR tests weren’t developed using samples of the coronavirus and instead detect “something else.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: Partly false. THE FACTS: Misleading posts circulating widely online in recent days are using technical documents from one COVID-19 PCR test to falsely claim that such tests don’t actually detect the coronavirus – with some users going so far as to suggest …

New testing kit able to detect 15 strains of novel coronavirus
2 years, 11 months ago

New testing kit able to detect 15 strains of novel coronavirus

China Daily  

Guo Yong, professor at Tsinghua's School of Medicine, talks about the new COVID-19 testing kit on camera. China approved a new COVID-19 testing kit on Saturday that can accurately diagnose 15 common strains of the novel coronavirus, including the Delta and Omicron variants, according to kit developer Tsinghua University. The kit, which was approved by the National Medical Products Administration, …

ICMR approves India-made kit to detect Omicron
3 years ago

ICMR approves India-made kit to detect Omicron

The Hindu  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has approved a testing kit for detecting the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Responsibility for batch-to-batch consistency lies with the manufacturer.” The kit currently in use to detect Omicron in India has been developed by the U.S.-based scientific instrumentation company Thermo Fisher. India’s COVID-19 tally continued its rise on Tuesday with the country …

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says
3 years ago

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says

Dutch News  

Dutch public health institute RIVM has carried out experiments with coronavirus self testing kits and did not find a difference in the ability to detect Delta and Omicron variants of the virus, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. The FDA said in a statement that antigen tests ‘do detect the Omicron variant, but may have reduced sensitivity,’ which means the tests …

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says
3 years ago

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says

Dutch News  

Dutch public health institute RIVM has carried out experiments with coronavirus self testing kits and did not find a difference in the ability to detect Delta and Omicron variants of the virus, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. The FDA said in a statement that antigen tests ‘do detect the Omicron variant, but may have reduced sensitivity,’ which means the tests …

ICMR designs kit for Omicron detection; invites EOI from manufacturers for its commercialisation
3 years ago

ICMR designs kit for Omicron detection; invites EOI from manufacturers for its commercialisation

The Hindu  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has designed a diagnostic kit for detection of Omicron variant of the coronavirus and has invited Expression of Interest from in vitro diagnostics kit manufacturers for undertaking transfer of technology for its development and commercialisation. ICMR is lawfully entitled to enter into any form of non-exclusive license agreements with selected manufacturer/manufacturers, including transfer of …

ICMR approves indigenously developed kit to detect current COVID-19 variants
3 years ago

ICMR approves indigenously developed kit to detect current COVID-19 variants

The Hindu  

The CoviDelta diagnostics kit developed indigenously by Pune-based GenePath Diagnostics has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research, company sources said on Friday. The kit detects all current variants of COVID-19 and flags presumptive Delta and Omicron variants in a single test, said Dr. Nickhil Jakatdar, CEO, GenePath Diagnostics. “This kit is capable of detecting all important COVID-19 …

Home testing kit for Covid-19 gets ICMR nod. Watch how to test yourself
3 years, 7 months ago

Home testing kit for Covid-19 gets ICMR nod. Watch how to test yourself

India Today  

ICMR has approved a home-based testing kit for Covid-19. It is a home rapid antigen testing kit, which is advisable only for symptomatic individuals and people who have come in contact with lab-tested Covid positive people. WATCH HOW TO TEST USING THE SELF-TESTING KIT So far, only one company --- Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd --- has been approved in India. …

Covid-19: Hyderabad-based CCMB Develops Dry Swab RT-PCR Kit, Method Can Ramp up Testing
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Hyderabad-based CCMB Develops Dry Swab RT-PCR Kit, Method Can Ramp up Testing

News 18  

A dry swab-based direct RT-PCR method of COVID-19 testing, developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, and approved by ICMR can now be adopted in testing labs of the country. The method is easier to carry out than the current procedures, and can ramp up testing by two three fold using the current infrastructure in the testing labs. …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Coronavirus self test kits could be in the shops next month, says health minister
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus self test kits could be in the shops next month, says health minister

Dutch News  

Fast coronavirus tests which don’t require medical supervision could be available in supermarkets and pharmacies by next month, health minister Hugo de Jonge said on Friday. Fast tests, which people can take themselves, could be used by employers, and at schools and universities to making working conditions safer, De Jonge is quoted as saying by broadcaster NOS. ‘That is why …

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO

India Today  

A World Health Organisation expert said Tuesday the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species. WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek made the assessment in a summation of a WHO team's investigation into the possible origins of the coronavirus in the central Chinese …

Coronavirus Today: The threat of viral variants
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Today: The threat of viral variants

LA Times  

I’m Amina Khan, and it’s Tuesday, Feb. 2. “Age is not only efficient, it’s easy for the vaccination sites to confirm.” In other news, state corrections officials ignored the warnings of front-line health workers and pressured them to transfer 189 potentially coronavirus-infected people incarcerated in a Chino men’s prison to San Quentin State Prison last May — triggering a deadly …

ICMR approves 'simple and fast' Covid-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR tests
4 years, 1 month ago

ICMR approves 'simple and fast' Covid-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR tests

India Today  

The Indian Council for Medical Research has approved a simple and fast method for Covid-19 testing, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research said on Saturday. The method -- Dry Swab-Direct RT-PCR -- developed by CSIR's Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, is a variation of the existing gold standard RT-PCR method and can easily scale up the …

ICMR approves CCMB Hyderabad's new Covid-19 testing method
4 years, 1 month ago

ICMR approves CCMB Hyderabad's new Covid-19 testing method

India Today  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has approved a dry swab, RNA extraction-free testing method for Covid-19 that has been developed by the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad. In the conventional testing method, nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab samples are transported to testing centres, sometimes even hundreds of km away. CCMB researchers found that VTM can be totally …

Almost a million people have been given an experimental Chinese coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 1 month ago

Almost a million people have been given an experimental Chinese coronavirus vaccine

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Almost a million people have been given an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Sinopharm as part of an emergency-use program authorized by Beijing, the Chinese pharmaceutical giant’s chairman said. No serious adverse effects have been reported from vaccine recipients so far, Sinopharm said Wednesday in an article on social media platform WeChat, citing Chairman Liu Jingzhen. …

COVID-19 testing kit COVIRAP by IIT-Kharagpur gets ICMR approval, to cost ₹500
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 testing kit COVIRAP by IIT-Kharagpur gets ICMR approval, to cost ₹500

Live Mint  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has recently approved COVIRAP, a low-cost locally made device for detecting coronavirus. "This innovation has made high-quality and accurate COVID testing affordable for the common people with a testing cost of around ₹500 which can further be reduced through government intervention," Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said. "This machine can be developed at a …

Coronavirus | ICMR approves low-cost testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus | ICMR approves low-cost testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur

The Hindu  

A new coronavirus diagnostic method, using a low-cost portable unit developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research after testing with patient samples showed an accuracy level slightly lower than the gold standard RT-PCR method at a fraction of the cost. In parallel testing with 200 samples containing …

In China's Qingdao, authorities check over 3 mn swabs for COVID-19 in two days after minor outbreak
4 years, 2 months ago

In China's Qingdao, authorities check over 3 mn swabs for COVID-19 in two days after minor outbreak

Firstpost  

The move to conduct tests of around 9.4 million population within five days comes after the detection of a dozen cases linked to a hospital on Sunday Beijing: More than three million swabs have been taken in a matter of days in Qingdao, the Chinese port city where a minor coronavirus outbreak elicited a sweeping health response. Following country’s first …

Covid-19 vaccine latest: China in talks with WHO to assess its vaccines for global use, and more
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 vaccine latest: China in talks with WHO to assess its vaccines for global use, and more

India Today  

A World Health Organisation official has said China is in talks to have its locally produced Covid-19 vaccines assessed by the WHO to make them available for international use. Read: New coronavirus can last 9 hours on skin; breathing with mask does not alter oxygen level ‘MAY TAKE 2 MORE YEARS TO PROVIDE COVID-19 VACCINE TO 70% OF WORLD’S POPULATION’ …

Nigerian scientists develop cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kits
4 years, 3 months ago

Nigerian scientists develop cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kits

CNN  

CNN — Scientists in Nigeria have developed a cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kit that will enable testing to be ramped up in a place that has faced kit shortages and chronic under-testing of a massive population, according to the country’s health authorities. Although Salako added that the detection rate of the NIMR test kit is “a bit lower than …

Coronavirus Found on Seafood Importer's Packages in China, Two Handlers Test Positive
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Found on Seafood Importer's Packages in China, Two Handlers Test Positive

News 18  

Beijing: Health authorities in China’s eastern city of Qingdao have found coronavirus contamination on some packages stored by a seafood importer after two of its handlers tested positive for the virus but displayed no symptoms. Thursday’s results came during a routine test of the company’s staff, although none of the two affected men’s 147 close contacts tested positive, the Qingdao …

China coronavirus vaccine may be ready for public in November
4 years, 3 months ago

China coronavirus vaccine may be ready for public in November

India Today  

Coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. Phase 3 clinical trials were proceeding smoothly and the vaccines could be ready for the general public in November or December, CDC chief biosafety expert Guizhen Wu said in …

High Hopes in Small Vials: China Firms Display Coronavirus Vaccines for First Time
4 years, 4 months ago

High Hopes in Small Vials: China Firms Display Coronavirus Vaccines for First Time

News 18  

China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic. High hopes hang on the small vials of liquid on show at a Beijing trade fair this week — vaccine candidates produced by Chinese companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm. The potential …

ICMR Allows 'Testing On Demand' as India Adds 10 Lakh Coronavirus Cases in 13 Days
4 years, 4 months ago

ICMR Allows 'Testing On Demand' as India Adds 10 Lakh Coronavirus Cases in 13 Days

News 18  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued an advisory on COVID-19 testing strategy, allowing ‘testing on demand’ for individuals but left it to states to modify the approach as per their discretion. Under the category of ‘routine surveillance in containment zones and screening at points of entry’, the advisory recommended testing of all asymptomatic high-risk individuals in containment zones. …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31
4 years, 4 months ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the August 31 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY India becomes the world’s third deadliest Covid-19 country India reported 971 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 64,469 and surpassing Mexico as the country with the third highest number of Covid-19 deaths globally, according to the latest data …

Coronavirus: Sinovac's vaccine candidate approved for emergency use in China
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus: Sinovac's vaccine candidate approved for emergency use in China

India Today  

Sinovac Biotech Ltd's coronavirus vaccine candidate CoronaVac was approved in July for emergency use as part of a programme in China to vaccinate high-risk groups such as medical staff, a person familiar with the matter said. China National Biotec Group, a unit of state-owned pharmaceutical giant China National Pharmaceutical Group, also said it had obtained emergency use approval for a …

Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for?
4 years, 4 months ago

Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for?

CNN  

CNN — Move over, slowpoke coronavirus tests that take a week or more to return a result – there’s a new generation of rapid tests coming to town – some are already here – and they’re poised to transform the landscape. Compared to the most commonly used type of coronavirus test in the country – molecular diagnostic tests, also called …

Coronavirus | China administering COVID-19 vaccines since July, says official
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus | China administering COVID-19 vaccines since July, says official

The Hindu  

China has since July 22 been administering its domestically-developed COVID-19 vaccines to a broad range of people whose number may soon be in the hundreds of thousands, including medical workers, the armed forces, and employees of companies who are working overseas on Belt and Road Initiative projects, said a health official on August 22. “The number of people being vaccinated …

China approves emergency usage of coronavirus vaccines: Official
4 years, 4 months ago

China approves emergency usage of coronavirus vaccines: Official

India Today  

China has authorised emergency usage of Covid-19 vaccines developed by some select domestic companies, a Chinese health official has said. "We've drawn up a series of plan packages, including medical consent forms, side-effects monitoring plans, rescuing plans, compensation plans, to make sure that the emergency use is well regulated and monitored," Zheng Zhongwei, head of China's coronavirus vaccine development task …

China approves human testing for Covid-19 vaccine cultivated within insect cells
4 years, 4 months ago

China approves human testing for Covid-19 vaccine cultivated within insect cells

India Today  

China has approved human testing for a potential coronavirus vaccine cultivated within insect cells, local government in the southwestern city of Chengdu said on Saturday. Using insect cells to grow proteins for the coronavirus vaccine - a first in China - could speed up large-scale production, the city government of Chengdu said in a notice on social media WeChat. The …

Rapid Antigen Test Results Not Credible, Centre Shouldn't Waste Money on Them: Raj Health Minister
4 years, 4 months ago

Rapid Antigen Test Results Not Credible, Centre Shouldn't Waste Money on Them: Raj Health Minister

News 18  

Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Friday said that the Centre should not waste money on rapid antigen tests for coronavirus as their results are not credible. Opening a debate on COVID-19 management and economic impact of lockdown in the state assembly which resumed a week after a trust vote was passed, the minister said that the accuracy level of …

ICMR looks at private medical colleges to ramp up Covid-19 testing infra
4 years, 4 months ago

ICMR looks at private medical colleges to ramp up Covid-19 testing infra

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Council of Medical Research is ramping up molecular testing for the coronavirus disease by approving medical colleges, including private ones, with labs that have the capacity to do Reverse-Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction testing, the most accurate way to diagnose the viral disease. Among the 47 labs that are currently under various stages of receiving ICMR approvals to conduct Covid-19 …

Coronavirus | ICMR fast-tracks approvals for Israeli research coordinated by DRDO
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus | ICMR fast-tracks approvals for Israeli research coordinated by DRDO

The Hindu  

The government has pulled all stops to help Israel conduct COVID-19 research on patients admitted to four Delhi hospitals, including transfer of saliva samples and patients’ data to Israel, The Hindu has learnt. Ministry nod The trial obtained “expedited approval” by the Health Ministry’s Screening Committee chaired by Dr. Balram Bhargava of the Indian Council of Medical Research on July …

Coronavirus: ICMR plans to test 10 lakh samples each day
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: ICMR plans to test 10 lakh samples each day

India Today  

The Indian Council of Medical Research is planning to facilitate and exponentially ramp up testing to 10 lakh samples a day, sources in the council said. With that in vision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to virtually inaugurate three novel coronavirus testing laboratories in 3 institutes, National Institute of Research in Reproductive Health in Mumbai, the National Institute …

ICMR approves IIT-Delhi's low-cost COVID-19 test kit Corosure, will cost Rs 650 and delivers results in three hours
4 years, 5 months ago

ICMR approves IIT-Delhi's low-cost COVID-19 test kit Corosure, will cost Rs 650 and delivers results in three hours

Firstpost  

IIT Delhi has given non-exclusive open licence to 10 companies for commercialising the test with a price rider of R 500 for the assay needed for testing. HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched the test kit named “Corosure” which will now be available for use at authorised testing labs. IIT Delhi, which became the first academic institute to get ICMR …

MyLab launches ‘Compact XL’ RT-PCR system for covid-19 tests
4 years, 6 months ago

MyLab launches ‘Compact XL’ RT-PCR system for covid-19 tests

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Pune-based molecular diagnostics firm Mylab Discovery Solutions on Wednesday launched the ‘Compact XL’ system for conducting a wide range of tests, including RT-PCR tests for covid-19. “Compact XL will replace the need of 700 sq ft of clean room lab with a 4x3 benchtop machine and reduce the need of 3-4 expert technicians to just one, thus saving …

Coronavirus vaccine: Three companies now in late stage trials
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus vaccine: Three companies now in late stage trials

Live Mint  

China's Sinovac Biotech is starting Phase III trials of its potential coronavirus vaccine in Brazil, it said on Monday, becoming one of three companies to move into the late stages in the race to develop an inoculation against the disease. Sinovac said the study, which will be done in partnership with Brazilian vaccine producer the Instituto Butantan, would recruit nearly …

China's Sinovac Biotech starts late stage trials for its coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 6 months ago

China's Sinovac Biotech starts late stage trials for its coronavirus vaccine

India Today  

China's Sinovac Biotech is starting Phase III trials of its potential coronavirus vaccine in Brazil, it said on Monday, becoming one of three companies to move into the late stages in the race to develop an inoculation against the disease. Sinovac said the study, which will be done in partnership with Brazilian vaccine producer the Instituto Butantan, would recruit nearly …

Chinese firm says coronavirus vaccine candidate shows promise in human test
4 years, 6 months ago

Chinese firm says coronavirus vaccine candidate shows promise in human test

India Today  

China National Biotec Group said on Sunday that early human test results for a coronavirus vaccine candidate suggested it could be safe and effective, the second vaccine candidate from the firm to show encouraging results in a clinical trial. The experimental shot, developed by a Beijing-based unit of CNBG, has induced high-level antibodies in all the inoculated participants in a …

Eighth coronavirus vaccine goes into human trial in China
4 years, 6 months ago

Eighth coronavirus vaccine goes into human trial in China

Live Mint  

A Chinese military research institute has been approved to test its second experimental coronavirus vaccine in humans, the eighth candidate in clinical trials for China as it emerges as a front-runner in the global fight against COVID-19. The new drug is developed by the Academy of Military Science, a research institute affiliated with the People's Liberation Army, and was approved …

ICMR validates country’s 1,000th COVID testing lab, RT-PCR tests cross 7 million
4 years, 6 months ago

ICMR validates country’s 1,000th COVID testing lab, RT-PCR tests cross 7 million

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an aim to intensify COVID-19 testing across the country, the ICMR on Tuesday validated the 1,000th testing laboratory, while the number of RT-PCR tests for detection of the disease crossed the seven million-mark. Out of these 1,000 COVID-19 testing laboratories, 730 are in government setups and 270 laboratories are in the private sector. Through increased testing, we …

Change in ICMR rules stalls COVID-19 test kits from government labs
4 years, 6 months ago

Change in ICMR rules stalls COVID-19 test kits from government labs

The Hindu  

COVID-19 testing kits developed by labs of the Department of Science and Technology and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research are yet to make it to the market thanks to a change in rules by the ICMR that now requires additional data and not just results from laboratory-controlled conditions from research labs. The FELUDA kit, which uses a CRISPR-cas9 …

Corona test result in 30 minutes: ICMR approves new test
4 years, 6 months ago

Corona test result in 30 minutes: ICMR approves new test

India Today  

Ramping up tests has been an obstacle in India's fight against Covi-19 pandemic. Now, the Indian Council of Medical Research has given its nod an antigen-based coronavirus test kit that can deliver Covid-19 positivity in just 30 seconds. The new Corona test kit has definite advantage over the existing testing method, RT-PCR, which takes 2-3 hours in delivering results. According …

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