National Centre for Disease Control

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The National Centre for Disease Control is an institute under the Indian Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It was established in July 1963 for research in epidemiology and control of communicable diseases and to reorganize the activities of the Malaria Institute of India. It has eight branches at Alwar, Bengaluru, Trivandrum, Calicut, Coonoor, Jagdalpur, Patna, Rajahmundry and Varanasi to advise the respective state governments on public health. The headquarters are in Sham Nath Marg, in New Delhi.

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70% of COVID samples sent to Delhi had UK variant: PGIMER Chandigarh Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Director Professor Jagat Ram informed that 70% of COVID-19 samples sent to the National Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC), Delhi in.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:19Published 2 days ago

771 cases of new COVID variants detected across 18 states: NCDC While addressing a joint press conference in the national capital on March 24, the Director of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh spoke about the cases of new coronavirus.. Credit: ANI Duration: 02:38Published on March 24, 2021

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