Tag: COVID-19
Covid-19 patients with co-morbidities should get admitted to hospital, say Experts
Speaking at the 13th edition of the ‘Illness to Wellness’ series by ASSOCHAM, many top experts opined that Covid-19 patients with co-morbidities need to be hospitalized instead of home isolation....................
In a significant milestone, active cases in India fall below 4...
While the cases and fatalities per million population in India is now amongst the lowest in the world, the daily fatalities have fallen below 400 after 157 days.......................
India in the forefront of developing COVID-19 vaccines: Dr Harsh Vardhan
Dr Harsh Vardhan at the India-Portugal Technology Summit2020 “The next iteration of this collaboration will be to encourage new solutions based on cutting edge technologies such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence”...................
Zydus gets DCGI’s approval for phase III clinical trials of its...
According to the company, Pegylated Interferon alpha – 2b significantly increased viral reduction and reduced the need for supplemental oxygen in moderate COVID-19 patients........................
Pfizer & BioNTech’s mRNA Covid-19 vaccine get UK regulator’s nod
First authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine represents a breakthrough scientific achievement to help combat this devastating pandemic............................
World AIDS Day: Survey reports disruption in HIV care during Covid-19,...
According to a recent UNAIDS report, disruption to HIV care could lead to thousands more deaths.........................
NAHEALTH recommends a FY 2021-22 budget that catalyzes investment into healthcare
NATHEALTH in its pre-budget recommendations urges that healthcare recovery should be given priority in 2021 budget, boosting sustainable reforms in the sector in a post COVID world, and moving towards Universal Healthcare Coverage................
HMD ships over 100 million KOJAK auto disable syringes to Covax...
Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd (HMD) will manufacture a total of 177.6 million auto-disable syringes for the Government of India by March 2021.........................
Technology can be an enabler for India to position itself as...
Prof K VijayRaghavan stressed that the COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated extraordinary collaboration between our research laboratories, R&D labs, and industry and between industry and society........................
ICMR nod to CSIR-CCMB’s dry swab direct RT-PCR method for COVID...
The method developed by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology can scale up testing by two to three-fold immediately with no additional resources........................