Health ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal says India’s doubling rate has gone down to 10 days from 12 days, indicating a jump in the number of cases.
The health workers will be observed for up to 4 months in 5 cities. The study will estimate incidence rate of the infection & side-effects in health workers.
After an NGO wrote to Modi govt's Ministry of Jal Shakti claiming Gangajal could cure Covid-19 and it should be studied, ICMR had been requested to do ‘further research’.
People are looking at issues with ‘preemptive prejudice’, Chinese Embassy spokesperson says on ICMR asking states to not use test kits imported from 2 China firms.
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At ThePrint’s digital Off The Cuff, BMC Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi spoke in detail about how Mumbai is tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, including in Dharavi.
The ICMR said testing should be done in health facilities where the women are expected to deliver and samples should be collected and transferred to testing facilities.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
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Is distrust of every institution the basic requirement of good journalism?
ICMR must be transparent during pandemic. It should explain rationale behind its decisions.
Wonder if such aggressive language demeaning and accusing ICMR of deliberately not parting with information, is based on facts ?
When the whole world is quite ignorant about the Virus to suggest that ICMR knows something, known to THE PRINT TEAM, but is unwilling to share with the rest of us is difficult to digest.
Exactly where the transparency is required and the rationale behind which decision is desirable would have been a better question based on some knowledge and facts.
Is distrust of every institution the basic requirement of good journalism?
ICMR must be transparent during pandemic. It should explain rationale behind its decisions.
Wonder if such aggressive language demeaning and accusing ICMR of deliberately not parting with information, is based on facts ?
When the whole world is quite ignorant about the Virus to suggest that ICMR knows something, known to THE PRINT TEAM, but is unwilling to share with the rest of us is difficult to digest.
Exactly where the transparency is required and the rationale behind which decision is desirable would have been a better question based on some knowledge and facts.
The extreme reluctance to test more extensively remains an enduring mystery. It is bound to give rise to misgivings.