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ICMR launches course to improve prescription practices among medical grads

To improve prescription practices among the country's medical graduates, the Indian Council of Medical Research launched a free online course on Thursday on the occasion of World Patient Safety Day. The course on 'Prescribing Skills for Indian Medical Graduates' will be run by the National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE-ICMR), Chennai, the ICMR said in a statement. Launching the course, Prof Balram Bhargava, secretary, Department of Health Research (DHR) and director general, ICMR, said, "ICMR is committed to ensuring that the country's medical graduates are at par with their international counterparts. The Council, through its institute ICMR-NIE has successfully completed a basic course in Biomedical Research. "The course has now been made compulsory for postgraduates by the Medical Council of India. Building on the success, we will ensure that this digital course on Prescribing Skills for Indian Medical Graduates is effective." Dr Rajni Kaul, course coordinator, ICMR, informed th

DATA STORY: India now has over 1 mn active Covid-19 cases; global total tops 30 mn

India's doubling time for total cases stands at 35.9 days, for active cases at 49.5 days, and for deaths at 50.6 days

DATA STORY: India tally past 5-mn mark; fifth 1 mn cases came in just 12 days

The country again added over 90,000 cases in a day, with the highest single-day jump of 82,961 in recoveries. At 1,290, the number of deaths reported in 24 hours was also the highest so far

India's Covid-19 tally nears 5 mn with one-fifth of total cases active

India took six months to reach the first million covid cases and it has gone from four to 4.9 million in 11 days

DATA STORY: India's doubling time for total corona cases increases to 40.4 days

With 79292 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 78.28%; the fatality rate remains at 1.64%

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Country's size, diversity may be hindering peak

Punjab's oxygen demand spikes, Ventilator shortage in Karnataka and Bengaluru overtakes Mumbai on daily cases--news on how the country is dealing with the pandemic

DATA STORY: India has added 641,814, or 13.25% of all its cases, in past 7 days

With 77,512 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 78%; the fatality rate has come down to 1.64%

Storm surge in cases puts India on long road from pandemic to endemic

Unsurprised by the rising numbers, epidemiologists are concerned about the virus reaching rural and tribal areas

DATA STORY: India has added 640,545, or 13.5% of all its cases, in past 7 days

Delhi (4321), Chhattisgarh (3120), Haryana (2783), Madhya Pradesh (2347), J&K (1698), Gujarat (1365), Goa (740) and Himachal (445) reported their biggest respective single-day spikes on Sunday

Striking revelations in Covid serosurvey, community transmission, and more

The survey revealed that 0.73 per cent adults in India were exposed to coronavirus by early May. Tune in to the podcast for more

Bharat Biotech's Covaxin succeeds in challenge trials on Rhesus monkeys

The results showed protective efficacacy, increasing Sars-CoV-2 specific IgG and neutralising antibodies reducing the replication of the virus in the nasal cavity, throat and lung tissues of monkey

DATA STORY: India adds over 97,000 cases in a day; Maharashtra tally past 1 mn

With 81533 new daily recoveries, the most in a day so far, India's recovery rate has improved to 77.77%; the fatality rate has come down to 1.66%

55.1 million samples for coronavirus tested so far across India, says ICMR

The Indian Council of Medical Research announced that 1,091,251 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus on Friday, taking the cumulative total to 55.1 million samples, as of September 11

DATA STORY: Biggest 24-hr jump sees India tally rising by 96,551; active cases up by 24,462

Delhi, after a lull of over a month and a half, has added record case additions on consecutive days. On Friday it reported 4,308 new coronavirus cases

India had nearly 6.4 mn Covid infections by early May: National serosurvey

The findings of the first national serosurvey conducted by the ICMR indicated that 0.73% adults in India were exposed to SARS-CoV-2, amounting to a total of 6.4 million infections by early May

DATA STORY: India's biggest 24-hour jump in active and total Covid-19 cases, deaths

Delhi, which has reported high numbers in the past few days after a lull of over a month and a half has added 4,039 cases, its biggest single-day number, to take its tally to 201,174

Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing Covid-19 deaths: ICMR

The Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing death due to the coronavirus, the India Council of Medical Research revealed in a study

Syngene-HiMedia's Elisa test kit for Covid-19 gets ICMR approval

The product will be launched once it receives approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation next

DATA STORY: India reports its biggest single-day spike in recovered cases

India on Tuesday conducted 1,154,549 coronavirus tests and had a test positivity rate of 7.8%

Covid-19: India reports 89,706 fresh cases; death toll rises to 73,890

With 89,706 infections being reported in a day, India's tally went past 4.3 mn, while 3,398,844 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.77%