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.

A top epidemiology and communicable diseases expert on Monday said people should get themselves vaccinated at the earliest and not sit back thinking the Omicron variant of COVID is milder as the virus will hunt for the "unvaccinated

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) has announced that senior scientist Raman Gangakhedkar would retire today.

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.

A top epidemiology and communicable diseases expert on Monday said people should get themselves vaccinated at the earliest and not sit back thinking the Omicron variant of COVID is milder as the virus will hunt for the "unvaccinated

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) has announced that senior scientist Raman Gangakhedkar would retire today.

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.