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EFFORTS IMPACTING
COVID MITIGATION
The efforts made by various agencies, apex bodies, domain institutions, and so on, who are working in the STI ecosystem towards meeting the requirements posed due to the pandemic are compiled here for the consumption and benefit of the general public. These efforts are presented here in terms of deliverables, outputs, technologies, products, services, etc., which are impactful and bring in STI elements in the activities and initiatives.
SECTION GUIDELINES
CoviHawkes: An AI tool for COVID-19
Third COVID-19 wave likely to peak around late October; experts submit report to PMO
Agilent donates AriaMx Real-Time qPCR instruments to five hospitals for COVID-19 research
Of the fully vaccinated health care workers at a Delhi hospital 25 per cent got infected, but no hospitalisation
Indian scientist partners with BRICS group to set-up network of genomic surveillance and study the overlap of SARS-CoV-2 with tuberculosis
DBT-BIRAC supported ZyCoV-D developed by Zydus Cadila receives emergency use authorisation
DBT-BIRAC supported nation’s first mRNA-based vaccine found to be safe gets a nod from DCGI to move into phase II/III trial
National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad notified as Central Drugs Laboratory for testing and batch release of vaccines
Mission Sagar INS Airavat arrives at Thailand with COVID-19 relief supplies
DBT’s ‘Mission COVID Suraksha’ supported Biological E Limited’s novel COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CORBEVAX receives DCGI approval for two clinical trials