The term of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava has been extended by three months until further orders, said sources.
The tenure of Dr Randeep Guleria as the director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences has been extended by three months.His present tenure as AIIMS Director is coming to an end on March 24."Dr Randeep Guleria was appointed as .
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India witnessed a 6.7 per cent jump in new Covid cases as it added 2.64 lakh new infections over the last 24 hours, the highest in 239 days. Deaths from Covid rose by 315, with total fatalities now at 485,350, the Health Ministry said.
Why the discharge policy and home isolation is set at 7 days - ICMR Chief replies - RT-PCR tests will continue to be positive even after day 8 as certain non-infective RNA particles will continue to shed causing results to be positive