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January 22, 2022

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Testing: Status Update
January 14, 2022

Clinical Guidance for Management of Adult COVID-19 Patients
January 05, 2022

Home Isolation & Care for COVID-19 (Available in English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil & Telugu)
January 10, 2022

Advisory on Purposive Testing Strategy for COVID-19 in India (Version VII, dated 10th January 2022)
January 21, 2022

List of Rapid Antigen Test Kits for COVID-19, validated by ICMR
January 06, 2022

Performance evaluation of commercial kits for real time PCR for COVID-19 by ICMR identified validation centres
January 13, 2022

Advisory for COVID-19 Home Testing using Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs)
January 15, 2022

ICMR Approved real time PCR (RT-PCR) assays for detection of Omicron variant of SARS-COV-2
May 09, 2021

Evidence Based Advisory in the Time of COVID-19 : Screening, Diagnosis & Management of Mucormycosis (Available in English & Hindi)
November 03, 2020

List of IgG ELISA/CLIA kits for COVID-19 validated by ICMR identified validation centres
April 30, 2021

Access to COVID-19 Health and Scientific Data
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)
May 03, 2021

Remembering Our Colleagues
May 05, 2021

Manual for “Health Care Professionals” in providing “Psychosocial Support” to family members in bereavement in the time of COVID-19
April 30, 2021

Guidance document for psychosocial counselling for COVID-19 positive patients and their family members
June 29, 2021

Guidance Document for the Psychosocial Support for Health Care Workers during COVID-19 pandemic
July 10, 2021

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
July 16, 2020

Information for District-wise login credentials for rapid antigen testing for COVID-19
January 06, 2022

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January 06, 2022

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January 18, 2022

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August 13, 2021

Invitation for Expression of Interest for Validation of Rapid Antigen Detection Assays for COVID-19
June 18, 2021

Guidance to enhance availability of COVID-19 testing kits and newer innovative testing solutions in India
April 20, 2021

Advisory on use of Dry Swab RNA Extraction Free RTPCR Method
February 12, 2021

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January 14, 2020

Inter Laboratory Quality Control (ILQC) for Molecular based Testing Laboratories for COVID-19
November 10, 2020

Evidence based ICMR advisory on molecular testing of COVID-19: Availability of testing platforms and their recommended use
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)
September 24, 2020

Revised Guidelines for TrueNat testing 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 03, 2020

TRUENAT/CBNAAT expedited approval for private hospitals and private labs
June 25, 2020

Guidelines for storage of respiratory specimens collected for COVID-19 diagnosis by RT PCR platforms in Government laboratories
June 14, 2020

Advisory on Use of Rapid Antigen Detection Test for COVID-19

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