Another COVID-19 medicine has hit the market. Drugmaker Hetero on Sunday announced that it had gotten the DGCI nod to launch an antiviral Remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19. The new drug, which is being termed as Covifor, is the second such drug to enter the Indian market after Fabiflu by Glenmark, which came a day earlier.
Drug major Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has become the first Indian company to commercially launch an antiviral drug for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 patients, after it received the Indian drug regulator Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) approval.
Coronavirus containment zones in Chennai have reduced to 64. As many as six zones in the city were removed from the list after the authorities felt that COVID-19 situation in the region was controlled.
When the coronavirus outbreak initially surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan, little did the world know that it would wreak unprecedented havoc worldwide. December 31, 2019, when the Chinese reported their first coronavirus case, the term 'COVID-19' had not even been coined. Approximately about 5 months later, half the world is under a lockdown which would have been unimaginable few months back.
The number of containment zones in Bengaluru has risen to 191 after 39 more areas in the city were declared COVID-19 hotspots.
With a global race on to find a cure for the deadly coronavirus, teams of Siddha doctors in Tamil Nadu who dug deep into the traditional system ofmedicine have found 'kabasura kudineer' a herbal concoction to be effective in managing COVID-19 cases.
The coronavirus containment zones in the city of Ghaziabad have risen to 279 amid growing number of cases. Ghaziabad has sealed the Delhi border on several occasions after it was found that new cases in the city had roots in Delhi. Yesterday, a women hospital in Ghaziabad was sealed after a patients had tested positive for COVID-19.
After a lockdown of near about 3 months, shops and businesses resumed in Pune after Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) go ahead. PMC has also created micro-containment zones that have excluded the unaffected areas which were earlier included in the containment zones. The number of micro containment zones in the city is now 73 compared to 66 earlier.
Medical experts based in United Kingdom have claimed that Dexamethasone has 'proved' to be the first life-saving drug against COVID-19. The claims made by the UK scientists state that the low-dose steroid treatment -- Dexamethasone -- is a major breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus. But do you know that Dexamethasone has an India connection?
Satellite image from Planet Labs, (photo above) has captured the details of the Galwan Valley, where violent clashes between India and China took left 20 Indian soldiers dead. The photo nails China's lie that claimed the Indian Army violated LAC positions.
Coronavirus containment zones in the city of Ludhiana have notched up to 3 with Prem Nagar (ward 63) been added to the list. Prem Nagar which reported its first case on June 7 has since reported 17 more cases in one week to take the total to 18 COVID-19 cases.
Delhi, being one of the states having maximum number of coronavirus cases, at present has 242 actual containing zones. Take a look at the list of all containment, de-contained, active containment zones in the national capital.
All train services have been suspended from tomorrow at Anand Vihar railway station as all of its platforms have been reserved for the deployment of isolation coaches. The 5 trains running from Anand Vihar station will now operate from Old Delhi railway station, informed railways official.
The containment zones in Chennai have risen to 360 amid the growing number of cases. The government has decided to increase the containment zones as the overall cases in the state of Tamil Nadu rage past 40,000.
National Parks are set to reopen in Madhya Pradesh as the government decided to further ease the lockdown. The national parks in the state will be reopend from domestic travellers, in a bid to move towards normalcy in a phased manner as per the MHA guidelines.
Bald men are more likely to contract severe COVID-19 symptoms. A new theory has proposed that male hormones that cause baldness are also linked to severe coronavirus symptoms.
Coronavirus cases in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad area have risen to 11,202 with 390 new infections in the last 24 hours. As per latest figures, the death toll in Pune has surged to 471.
The Noida administration has issued a helpline number for people to schedule test for coronavirus. At present, there are eight sample collection centres for COVID-19 testing in Noida and Greater Noida and residents can use a dedicated helpline for appointment, officials in Gautam Buddh Nagar said on Friday.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Friday approved detailed weekend and holiday restriction guidelines, as per which inter-district movement will be barred except for e-pass holders and only shops dealing with essential commodities and services will be allowed to operate on all days of week.
In a video published by WHO, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical head, discusses five things on the transmission nature of coronavirus as the noval disease continues to spread in the world.
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