Scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have inexplicably disappeared from the health ministry’s daily COVID-19 press briefings.

Media reports have stated that the ICMR scientists were absent in the health ministry's daily COVID-19 press briefings from 23 April 2020.

Media reports have stated that the ICMR scientists were absent in the health ministry's daily COVID-19 press briefings from 23 April 2020.The absence of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) scientists in the health ministry’s daily press briefings after 23 April 2020 had been highlighted in the news articles. Representatives from the agency stopped attending the briefings and leaving them with no medical expert present. The experts from the ICMR used to attend the Health Ministry's press briefings prior to April 23. The reason for their absence has not been acknowledged officially.

The government has also decided to hold the health ministry's press briefings about COVID-19 updates once a week.

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