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ICMR is also planning to start work on developing a vaccine against the viral disease.
The Indian Medical Association, on the other hand, has advised against the indiscriminate use of antibiotics amid rising cases of cough, cold and nausea across the country.
The ICMR guidelines stated that antibiotics should be prescribed for a duration of five days for skin and soft tissue infections, five days in case of community-acquired pneumonia and eight days for hospital-acquired pneumonia.
India so far has reported ten cases of monkeypox.
The test is a rapid point-of-care nasopharyngeal swab test that directly detects the presence or absence of coronavirus antigen in the patient's body.
Hydroxychloroquine has been described as an essential drug by Health Ministry to meet the requirements of any emergency arising due to COVID-19 pandemic and its sale and distribution have been restricted.
The leading vaccine maker had announced on June 29 that it successfully developed Covaxin in collaboration with the ICMR and National Institute of Virology.
After rigorous testing with patient samples by an authorized ICMR laboratory, ICMR has now granted certification for this Covid-19 Diagnostic Test.
According to researchers, in Indian context, data showed that mosquitoes such as Ae. aegypti, Cx. quinquefasciatus and Cx. Tritaeniorhynchus were susceptible to CQV.
The apex body of medical research in the country added that the ongoing study of the second serosurvey would offer a comparison with the results of the first survey.
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