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Latest Updates

November 29, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Testing: Status Update
November 20, 2020

Performance evaluation of commercial kits for real time PCR for COVID-19 by ICMR identified validation centres
November 18, 2020

List of Rapid Antigen Test Kits for COVID-19, validated by ICMR
November 03, 2020

List of IgG ELISA/CLIA kits for COVID-19 validated by ICMR identified validation centres
November 17, 2020

Evidence Based Advisory to address Inappropriate Use of Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19 Patients
September 04, 2020

Advisory on Strategy for COVID-19 Testing in India (Version 6)
August 06, 2020

Invitation for submitting Letter of Intent for Participation in National Clinical Registry of COVID-19
July 16, 2020

Information for District-wise login credentials for rapid antigen testing for COVID-19
July 23, 2020

Establishing of a network of Biorepositories in India
June 18, 2020

Guidance for evaluation of novel applications for COVID-19
June 04, 2020

ICMR-DCGI Guidelines for Validation and Batch Testing of COVID-19 Diagnostic Kits
May 22, 2020

Enhancing India's Testing Capacity
November 26, 2020

Advisory on use of Dry Swab RNA Extraction Free RTPCR Method
November 10, 2020

Evidence based ICMR advisory on molecular testing of COVID-19: Availability of testing platforms and their recommended use
November 03, 2020

List of companies / vendors of Saliva Based Rapid Antigen test kits for COVID-19 validated / being validated by ICMR
October 22, 2020

Advisory on CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology-based SARS-COV-2 test
October 15, 2020

Advisory for use of Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT)
October 12, 2020

Inter Laboratory Quality Control (ILQC) for Molecular based Testing Laboratories for COVID-19
September 24, 2020

Revised Guidelines for TrueNat testing for COVID-19
August 19, 2020

Invitation for Expression of Interest for Validation of Rapid Antigen Detection Assays for COVID-19
August 05, 2020

Evidence Based Advisory on Correlation of COVID-19 Disease Severity with Ct Values of the Real Time RT-PCR Test
July 17, 2020

Joint Lettter for Enhancement of Testing Capacity-Reg
July 03, 2020

TRUENAT/CBNAAT expedited approval for private hospitals and private labs
July 01, 2020

Letter to Chief Secretary/ Administrator/ Advisor to Governor/ Advisor to Lt. Governor for Empowering citizens for testing of SARS-CoV-2 virus to save precious lives and contain the virus
June 25, 2020

Guidelines for storage of respiratory specimens collected for COVID-19 diagnosis by RT PCR platforms in Government laboratories
June 23, 2020

Newer Additional Strategies for COVID-19 Testing
June 14, 2020

Advisory on Use of Rapid Antigen Detection Test for COVID-19
September 15, 2020

ICMR Specimen Referral Form for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2)
May 06, 2020

Specimen Referral Form (SRF) ID information for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2), in RT-PCR app
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