Dr Raman Gangakhedkar

Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, former head of epidemiology and communicable diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research, has discounted the need for the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given the current evidence about the coronavirus and its variants.

Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, a leading Indian epidemiologist, has been named to an expert group launched by the WHO that will examine origins of emerging and re-emerging pathogens of epidemic and pandemic potential, including SARS-CoV-2.

Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar, who had become the face of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) during the government's media briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, retired as the head of epidemiology and communicable diseases at the top health research body on Tuesday.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) won't recommend the BCG vaccine even to the healthcare workers till it doesn't get any definitive results, agency's chief scientist Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar said on Friday.

Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, former head of epidemiology and communicable diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research, has discounted the need for the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given the current evidence about the coronavirus and its variants.

Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, a leading Indian epidemiologist, has been named to an expert group launched by the WHO that will examine origins of emerging and re-emerging pathogens of epidemic and pandemic potential, including SARS-CoV-2.

Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar, who had become the face of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) during the government's media briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, retired as the head of epidemiology and communicable diseases at the top health research body on Tuesday.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) won't recommend the BCG vaccine even to the healthcare workers till it doesn't get any definitive results, agency's chief scientist Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar said on Friday.