Patanjali Claims To Have Found The Cure For Covid-19; Here's A List Of Claimed Cures So Far
4 years, 6 months ago

Patanjali Claims To Have Found The Cure For Covid-19; Here's A List Of Claimed Cures So Far

ABP News  

" We gave medicine for prevention and it was evidence-based. Several corona patients tested negative they were administered our medicine We have collected clinical data of its effect on patients from different age groups. We are now going to conduct controlled clinical trials " -Acharya Balkrishna, Patanjali We gave medicine for prevention and it was evidence-based. We are now going to conduct controlled clinical trials While researchers and pharmaceutical companies across the world are racing to develop an effective vaccine or drug for coronavirus, Baba Ramdev's consumer goods and herbal medicine company Patanjali Ayurved has claimed that it has found a cure for COVID-19. In a recent interview, he claimed that patients who were given the medicinal plants made a 100 percent recovery.Several herbal remedies were said to be effective against the virus.

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Why Union Govt Didn't Act Against Patanjali For False Claims On COVID Cure? Supreme Court Asks
9 months, 1 week ago

Why Union Govt Didn't Act Against Patanjali For False Claims On COVID Cure? Supreme Court Asks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court wondered why the Union Government did not take any legal action against Patanjali Ayurved for claiming that its products could cure the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah was hearing a petition filed by the Indian Medical Association against Patanjali's On the earlier occasion, the Court had asked the Union to file …

'Accept Covid-19 as Part of Lifestyle': Don't Panic, Says Top Epidemiologist But Advises Caution
1 year ago

'Accept Covid-19 as Part of Lifestyle': Don't Panic, Says Top Epidemiologist But Advises Caution

News 18  

It’s time for the public to stop being surprised by the rise in Covid-19 cases and recognise coronavirus as a permanent part of their lifestyle, former Indian Council of Medical Research scientist Dr Raman Gangakhedkar has told News18.com. The country’s top epidemiologist, who was the face of India’s apex medical research agency during government briefings on Covid-19 last year, said …

COVID-19 Update: India records 260 new cases, total active at 1,828
1 year ago

COVID-19 Update: India records 260 new cases, total active at 1,828

Live Mint  

India reported 260 new cases of COVID-19, with active cases rising to 1,828, as per the latest data from the Union Health Ministry on December 18. Centre Urges States to Heighten Vigilance The central government has written to states and union territories, urging them to maintain "continuous vigilance" in light of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and the identification …

Coronavirus Update: Big relief from Covid-19 pandemic, less than 2000 new cases in India
2 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Update: Big relief from Covid-19 pandemic, less than 2000 new cases in India

Firstpost  

In the last 24 hours, 1,968 new cases of coronavirus have been reported, while 15 people died. Earlier on Monday, 3,011 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the country Coronavirus Update: There is relief for India on the front of the global coronavirus pandemic. Earlier on Monday, 3,011 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the country while 28 …

Baba Ramdev's Allopathy Remarks: Delhi High Court Not Convinced With Proposed Clarification On Coronil
2 years, 5 months ago

Baba Ramdev's Allopathy Remarks: Delhi High Court Not Convinced With Proposed Clarification On Coronil

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to accept the proposed clarification made by Baba Ramdev and other defendants in a suit filed by several doctors' associations against the Yoga guru for allegedly spreading misinformation about COVID-19 cure through his statements against allopathy and in favour of Patanjali's product Coronil.Justice Anup J. Bhambhani was of the view that the. The …

Coronavirus updates March 04, 2022
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus updates March 04, 2022

The Hindu  

In 2022, 92% of COVID deaths have been in unvaccinated individuals, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research Dr. Balram Bhargava said on Thursday. Here are the latest updates Study Third Covid vaccine dose advised for immunocompromised people: study A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for people with a weakened immune system, especially for organ …

Coronavirus Live Updates |
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus Live Updates |

The Hindu  

India added 13,405 new coronavirus infections in a single day, taking the virus tally to 4,28,51,929, while the active cases dipped below two lakh after 49 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on February 22. On Monday, Maharashtra reported 806 new COVID-19 cases, as against 1,437 cases a day ago.- PTI National Active COVID-19 cases settle below …

Two years on, vaccines and following protocols remain most effective weapons against COVID-19
2 years, 11 months ago

Two years on, vaccines and following protocols remain most effective weapons against COVID-19

India TV News  

Highlights India completes two years since the outbreak of Covid was first reported India has witnessed three waves of COVID-19 since Jan 2020 No definitive treatment has emerged as yet As India completed two years since the outbreak of COVID-19, vaccines and following COVID Appropriate Behaviour remain the most effective weapons against the deadly virus. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on …

WHO adds new drugs to COVID treatments amid Omicron surge
2 years, 11 months ago

WHO adds new drugs to COVID treatments amid Omicron surge

Al Jazeera  

Latest recommendations prompt new calls for patent waivers to allow more people access to treatments. The drug baricitinib, which is also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, is “strongly recommended” for patients with severe or critical COVID-19, in combination with corticosteroids, the UN agency’s panel of international experts said in the guidelines which were published by the British Medical Journal on …

Have Covid-19 And In Home Isolation? Govt Advises On Medicines To Be Taken
2 years, 11 months ago

Have Covid-19 And In Home Isolation? Govt Advises On Medicines To Be Taken

ABP News  

New Delhi: The government expressed concern over "misuse and overuse" of Covid-19 drugs as cases continue to spike in India driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Addressing a press conference, NITI Aayog Member Dr VK Paul said Covid-19 patients in home isolation should take paracetamol for fever and for cough, Ayush syrup could be used. Dr VK Paul said …

Keerthy Suresh, Lata Mangeshkar, Sussanne Khan, Pooja Gor: Celebs who tested Covid-19 positive in the last 24 hours
2 years, 11 months ago

Keerthy Suresh, Lata Mangeshkar, Sussanne Khan, Pooja Gor: Celebs who tested Covid-19 positive in the last 24 hours

Hindustan Times  

Bollywood and television personalities, including singer Lata Mangeshkar, interior designer Sussanne Khan, actors Keerthy Suresh, Jitendra Joshi, Pooja Gor and Nehha Pendse tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Keerthy Suresh, Lata Mangeshkar, Sussanne Khan, and Pooja Gor have tested Covid-19 positive. Lata Mangeshkar: The 92-year-old singer tested positive for coronavirus along with mild symptoms and was admitted to the ICU …

Pharma app helps detect 1,495 Covid cases in Andhra Pradesh
3 years ago

Pharma app helps detect 1,495 Covid cases in Andhra Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Pharma app ‘CPAP’ has helped the state government to locate 1,495 Covid-19 positive cases from those visiting pharmacies to get medicines for fever, cold, cough, body pains and co-morbidities in the last six months. On the other hand, the pharmacists are not keeping certain medical emergency drugs like cocktail drugs as they find them to be highly expensive and …

Pune Court Orders Investigation Against Patanjali's Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna For Projecting Coronil As Covid-19 Cure
3 years ago

Pune Court Orders Investigation Against Patanjali's Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna For Projecting Coronil As Covid-19 Cure

Live Law  

A Magistrate's Court at Pune has directed the police to investigate a private complaint against Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, founder and director of Patanjali Ayurved for allegedly making "illegal" and "false claims" about their drug 'Coronil' being a cure for the covid-19 virus. Patanjali's founder Ramdev and Managing Director Balkrishna had announced that they had developed a 100% cure …

Making Ayurveda a real science
3 years, 1 month ago

Making Ayurveda a real science

The Hindu  

Ayurveda has gained popularity in recent years, but a lot is still to be done to ensure that it stands the scrutiny of science. Many lab reports suggesting clinical improvements with Ayurveda interventions were shared on different social media platforms. Thousands of COVID-19 cases treated by Ayurveda physicians could have provided good data that could have been further analysed. Many …

'Covid-19 can be cured with aspirin': Govt says viral message fake
3 years, 4 months ago

'Covid-19 can be cured with aspirin': Govt says viral message fake

Hindustan Times  

The government has warned against a message being circulated on WhatsApp and other social media platforms, which claims that Covid-19 is a bacteria and not a virus. The fake message claims that Singapore conducted autopsy of a person who died of Covid and found that it is actually a bacteria and can be cured with anticoagulants like aspirin. "A forwarded …

WHO Tests 3 Drugs for Treating Coronavirus Infection
3 years, 4 months ago

WHO Tests 3 Drugs for Treating Coronavirus Infection

News 18  

The World Health Organization says it will soon test three drugs used for other diseases to see if they might help patients sickened by the coronavirus. In a statement on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency says the three drugs would be adopted into the next phase of its ongoing global research into identifying potential treatments for COVID-19. The drugs were …

India, U.K. to conduct clinical trials of ‘Ashwagandha’ for promoting recovery from COVID-19
3 years, 5 months ago

India, U.K. to conduct clinical trials of ‘Ashwagandha’ for promoting recovery from COVID-19

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Ayush has collaborated with the U.K.'s London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to conduct a study on ‘Ashwagandha’ for promoting recovery from COVID-19. A Ministry release said that the All India Institute of Ayurveda, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ayush, and the LSHTM recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct clinical trials of …

India, UK to Conduct Clinical Trials of Ashwagandha for Promoting Recovery from Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

India, UK to Conduct Clinical Trials of Ashwagandha for Promoting Recovery from Covid-19

News 18  

vid-29The AYUSH Ministry has collaborated with UK’s London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to conduct a study on Ashwagandha for promoting recovery from COVID-19. The All India Institute of Ayurveda, an autonomous body under the Ministry of AYUSH, and LSHTM recently signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct clinical trials of Ashwagandha on 2,000 people in three UK cities …

Covid-19: India Logs 41,506 New Cases
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19: India Logs 41,506 New Cases

News 18  

With 41,506 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 3,08,37,222, while the active cases declined to 4,54,118, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The active cases comprise 1.47 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.20 per cent, …

Green tea might help tackle Covid: Indian-origin researcher
3 years, 7 months ago

Green tea might help tackle Covid: Indian-origin researcher

India TV News  

As India continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, a team of researchers is investigating how green tea could give rise to a drug capable of tackling Covid-19. The initial findings suggested that one of the compounds in green tea could combat the coronavirus behind Covid-19, said lead author Suresh Mohankumar, who researched during his time at JSS College …

Trials of Covid-19 vaccine on children to begin soon in India: Sitharaman
3 years, 7 months ago

Trials of Covid-19 vaccine on children to begin soon in India: Sitharaman

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that trials of Covid-19 on children will begin soon in India. The finance minister also shared a release where the government busted seven myths around its handling of the coronavirus disease situation. Amid a debate around inoculating children for the deadly infection, Dr Paul said that the vaccine developed by American pharmaceutical …

Herbal cure for Covid? First phase of study completed in Andhra Pradesh
3 years, 7 months ago

Herbal cure for Covid? First phase of study completed in Andhra Pradesh

India TV News  

The first phase of studies into the Covid cure devised by a Krishnapatnam-based herbal medicine practitioner was completed on Wednesday. The researchers spoke to 570 persons who had taken the Covid medicine prepared by Anandaiah, a herbal medicine practitioner belonging to Krishnapatnam in Nellore district. The Andhra Pradesh government had decided to rope in Central agencies to evaluate the ayurvedic …

Doctors question plan to hand out Patanjali’s Coronil to Covid-19 patients
3 years, 7 months ago

Doctors question plan to hand out Patanjali’s Coronil to Covid-19 patients

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Indian doctors on Wednesday decried the free distribution of an unproven remedy to COVID-19 patients by the state of Haryana as the maker of the herbal medicine faced a backlash over comments in which he said modern medicine had caused deaths. The northern state, which is ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janta Party, said this week it …

The Hindu Explains | Can people test positive for COVID-19 even after inoculation?
3 years, 8 months ago

The Hindu Explains | Can people test positive for COVID-19 even after inoculation?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Indian Council of Medical Research has reported that around two to four of 10,000 people given two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have tested positive for the disease. Coronavirus | Vaccines aimed at curbing severe COVID-19: experts Results from the Pfizer phase 3 trial showed that of the 21,720 who got the second dose of …

Scientific disinterest: The Hindu Editorial on Union Health Minister’s presence at Coronil promotion event
3 years, 10 months ago

Scientific disinterest: The Hindu Editorial on Union Health Minister’s presence at Coronil promotion event

The Hindu  

The presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan at a press conference to promote Coronil, an Ayurvedic pill promoted by Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved, is objectionable on more than one count. Dr Vardhan, alongside Cabinet colleague Nitin Gadkari, was at a press conference with Baba Ramdev and other promoters of Patanjali to announce a scientific publication describing the efficacy of …

IMA Pulls up Health Min for ‘Promoting’ Coronil; Patanjali Defends
3 years, 10 months ago

IMA Pulls up Health Min for ‘Promoting’ Coronil; Patanjali Defends

The Quint  

Patanjali describing Coronil as the ‘first evidence-based medicine for COVID-19' could be grossly misinterpreted. The label on the Coronil Tablet bottle clearly states: ‘Now approved as the Supporting Measure in COVID-19 by Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.’ According to ThePrint, a letter issued to Patanjali by the Ministry of AYUSH from 7 January noted, “Committee appraised and observed that …

Patanjali vs IMA: Balkrishna defends Coronil, wants doctors' association to withdraw remarks
3 years, 10 months ago

Patanjali vs IMA: Balkrishna defends Coronil, wants doctors' association to withdraw remarks

India TV News  

In his response to Indian Medical Association, Acharya Balkrishna, Patanjali’s managing director on Wednesday released a statement clarifying that Coronil has been awarded the CoPP licence as per WHO-GMP. Earlier this week, IMA had expressed shock over the "blatant lie of WHO certification" for Patanjali's Coronil tablet, which the company claimed is an evidence-based medicine to fight COVID-19. He said …

'Not Reviewed Any Traditional Medicine to Prevent Covid-19': WHO After Coronil Certification
3 years, 10 months ago

'Not Reviewed Any Traditional Medicine to Prevent Covid-19': WHO After Coronil Certification

News 18  

The World Health Organisation gave a clarification on the treatment of coronavirus with traditional medicines. “@WHO has not reviewed or certified the effectiveness of any traditional medicine for the treatment #COVID19.” This comes after Ramdev-promoted Patanjali Ayurved claimed that immunity booster- Coronil has received the Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product from the Ayush section of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation as …

Ramdev Releases 'Research Paper' on Patanjali's 'Coronil' medicine for Covid-19 in Presence of Union Minister Harsh Vardhan
3 years, 10 months ago

Ramdev Releases 'Research Paper' on Patanjali's 'Coronil' medicine for Covid-19 in Presence of Union Minister Harsh Vardhan

News 18  

Yoga guru and co-founder of Patanjali Ayurved Limited Baba Ramdev launched Coronil, a medicine which he claims is the first evidence-based medicine for Covid-19. Delhi: Yog Guru Ramdev releases scientific research paper on ‘the first evidence-based medicine for #COVID19 by Patanjali’.Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari are also present at the event. pic.twitter.com/8Uiy0p6d8d — ANI …

Ramdev releases 'research paper' on Patanjali's 'Coronil' medicine for coronavirus in presence of Harsh Vardhan
3 years, 10 months ago

Ramdev releases 'research paper' on Patanjali's 'Coronil' medicine for coronavirus in presence of Harsh Vardhan

India Today  

Ramdev, Yoga Guru and the founder of Patanjali, has released a research paper on "first evidence-based medicine for Covid-19" by his organisation. Ramdev released the "research paper" in the presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. While the Ayush Ministry had barred Patanjali from advertising the product as a cure for coronavirus, the presence of …

Coronavirus updates | December 23, 2020
4 years ago

Coronavirus updates | December 23, 2020

The Hindu  

At least 20 passengers coming to India from the U.K. tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday as the government issued a stringent new SOPs mandating RT-PCR tests at all airports for each traveller from the country and isolation in a separate institutional facility for positive cases in view of the new coronavirus strain. Bengaluru Night curfew in Karnataka from today …

India’s Covid-19 tally goes past 90 lakh-mark with 45,882 new cases in 24 hours
4 years, 1 month ago

India’s Covid-19 tally goes past 90 lakh-mark with 45,882 new cases in 24 hours

Live Mint  

India's coronavirus caseload surpassed the 90-lakh mark on Friday, data released by the Union health ministry showed. On Thursday, the country recorded 45,576 new coronavirus infections, taking India's overall Covid-19 case count since the outbreak at 89,58,484. Covid-19 vaccine update A 'safe and effective' Covid-19 vaccine will be available for general public in India by next year May or June, …

Coronavirus | ICMR warns against indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus | ICMR warns against indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy

The Hindu  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has warned against indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy for treating COVID-19. On Wednesday, it released report of an open-label phase II multicentre randomised controlled trial conducted across 39 public and private hospitals on the use of CPT in management of cases with moderate infection. The report concluded that the therapy “did not lead …

Treatment for 6 months needed post Covid-19
4 years, 2 months ago

Treatment for 6 months needed post Covid-19

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Fifteen to 20 per cent of Covid-19 recovered patients are coming back to hospitals with complaints of lung fibrosis, clotting in blood vessels, low functioning of kidney and heart and paralytic attack. Gandhi Hospital which has been the main centre in Telangana state for Covid-19 treatment is seeing many patients return with complaints. With so many people getting infected …

ICMR may remove plasma therapy from Covid-19 treatment guidelines
4 years, 2 months ago

ICMR may remove plasma therapy from Covid-19 treatment guidelines

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government is planning to delete convalescent plasma therapy from the national guidelines for covid-19 treatment after the Indian Council of Medical Research’s clinical trial showed that the therapy did not significantly benefit patients suffering from the disease, ICMR DG Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday. ICMR, which is the government’s apex bio-medical research agency, had conducted a 464 …

Coronavirus | Repurposed drugs did not cut down mortality, says WHO
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus | Repurposed drugs did not cut down mortality, says WHO

The Hindu  

Interim results from the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, coordinated by the World Health Organization, have indicated that remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon regimens appeared to have little or no effect on 28-day mortality or the in-hospital course of COVID-19 among hospitalised patients as per information released by the World Health Organisation. Speaking exclusively to The Hindu, about the outcome Prof. K …

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav tests coronavirus positive
4 years, 2 months ago

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav tests coronavirus positive

Live Mint  

Samajwadi Party patriarch and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. "Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for COVID-19, and is being monitored by doctors. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday reported 41 fresh coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, pushing the death toll to 6,507, while 2,778 fresh cases …

Clinical Trial of Ayurvedic Remedy for Covid-19 Shows Groundbreaking Results
4 years, 3 months ago

Clinical Trial of Ayurvedic Remedy for Covid-19 Shows Groundbreaking Results

News 18  

A groundbreaking interim report on a clinical trial being conducted in three hospitals has shown that Covid-19 patients on natural treatment are resolving most symptoms earlier than those on conventional medicines. The interim report on combination treatment of an Ayurvedic remedy called ‘Immunofree’ by Corival Life Sciences, and Nutraceutical called ‘Reginmune’ by Biogetica have shown exceptional results as against the …

India's COVID-19 tally crosses 58 lakh with 86,052 cases; EC announces Bihar poll dates, Manish Sisodia given plasma therapy
4 years, 3 months ago

India's COVID-19 tally crosses 58 lakh with 86,052 cases; EC announces Bihar poll dates, Manish Sisodia given plasma therapy

Firstpost  

The number of new COVID-19 infections in a span of 24 hours remained below the 90,00-mark for the fifth consecutive day on Friday, the ministry said India’s COVID-19 caseload crossed 58 lakh on Friday with a single-day jump of 86,052 new cases, the Union health ministry said, adding that the recovery rate rose to 81.74 percent with over 47 lakh …

Coronavirus | Centre approved anti-viral medicines to treat COVID-19 patients, says Supreme Court
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus | Centre approved anti-viral medicines to treat COVID-19 patients, says Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there was an approval by the Central government on use of Remdesivir and Fabiparivir as medicines to treat COVID-19. The top court was hearing a plea seeking registration of an FIR by the CBI against ten Indian pharmaceutical firms for manufacturing and selling these two medicines for treating COVID-19 patients allegedly without valid licences. …

Coronavirus | Plasma therapy didn’t help COVID-19 patients: ICMR
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus | Plasma therapy didn’t help COVID-19 patients: ICMR

The Hindu  

Convalescent plasma therapy failed to benefit coronavirus patients, the largest trial conducted across 39 hospitals in India and spearheaded by the Indian Council of Medical Research found. The trial spanning April-July enrolled 464 hospitalised patients with “moderate” COVID-19 and administered convalescent plasma — antibodies derived from plasma filtered from the blood of those who have recovered from COVID-19 — on …

Coronavirus: Plasma therapy not beneficial in reducing mortality, shows ICMR study
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus: Plasma therapy not beneficial in reducing mortality, shows ICMR study

The Hindu  

Convalescent plasma therapy failed to benefit coronavirus patients, the largest trial conducted across 39 hospitals in India and spearheaded by the Indian Council of Medical Research found. The trial spanning April-July enrolled 464 hospitalised patients with “moderate” COVID-19 and administered convalescent plasma — antibodies derived from plasma filtered from the blood of those who have recovered from COVID-19 — on …

Coronavirus India lockdown Day 156 updates | August 27, 2020
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus India lockdown Day 156 updates | August 27, 2020

The Hindu  

Registering over 75,000 COVID-19 cases for the first time in a span of 24 hours, India’s virus tally sprinted past 33 lakh on Thursday, while the number of recoveries crossed the 25 lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. -- Tanu Kulkarni 8.05 pm | New Delhi Cabinet Secretary reviews 10 States/UT with high COVID-19 fatality rate The …

Month-old beats Covid-19 in Jharkhand city but a day-old tests positive in story of conflicting fortunes
4 years, 4 months ago

Month-old beats Covid-19 in Jharkhand city but a day-old tests positive in story of conflicting fortunes

Hindustan Times  

A one-month-old baby in Jharkhand’s Jamshedupur defeated the deadly Covid-19 disease along with his 31-year-old mother on Friday while a one-day-old baby and six other minors were tested Corona positive hours later in a story of conflicting fortunes. A day later on Saturday, a total of seven minors tested Corona positive, including the one-day-old baby, among the 266 new Covid-19 …

Homeopathic drug given to half of Gujarat population since March
4 years, 4 months ago

Homeopathic drug given to half of Gujarat population since March

India TV News  

The Gujarat health department has said it distributed homeopathic drug Arsenicum Album-30 to more than half of the state's population as prophylaxis since March after the outbreak of COVID-19. In its presentation made before the World Health Organisation on August 20 on Gujarat's COVID-19 prevention strategy, the health department said it distributed Arsenicum Album-30 to 3.48 crore people, which is …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Sees Record Spike of Nearly 67,000 Cases, 942 Deaths in 24 Hrs; Vaishno Devi Yatra May Not Resume After Aug 16
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Sees Record Spike of Nearly 67,000 Cases, 942 Deaths in 24 Hrs; Vaishno Devi Yatra May Not Resume After Aug 16

News 18  

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: With a record single-day increase of 66,999 cases, India’s COVID-19 tally mounted to 23,96,637 on today, while the number of patients who have recovered from the disease surged to 16,95,982, pushing the recovery rate to 70.77 per cent in the country, according to the Union health ministry. His predecessor as secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, told the council: “It …

Union Minister Who Endorsed 'Papad' to Boost Immunity against Coronavirus Tests Positive
4 years, 5 months ago

Union Minister Who Endorsed 'Papad' to Boost Immunity against Coronavirus Tests Positive

News 18  

Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who had recently endorsed a brand of 'papad' claiming that eating it would help fight coronavirus, on Saturday said he has tested positive for Covid-19 and admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. The minister of state for heavy industries and parliamentary affairs said after developing Covid-19 symptoms he was …

Coronavirus | No specific drug, vaccine for COVID-19 yet, says ICMR
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus | No specific drug, vaccine for COVID-19 yet, says ICMR

The Hindu  

There is currently no specific drug or vaccine for COVID-19 and while the pandemic is progressing rapidly, vaccine development is taking time, Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Dr. Balram Bhargava said at a press conference on Tuesday. Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, “While COVID-19 has spread to newer areas, India’s current caseload of 66% is from 50 districts …

Everything you wanted to know about covid-19 treatments, in five charts
4 years, 5 months ago

Everything you wanted to know about covid-19 treatments, in five charts

Live Mint  

When India’s National Task Force on COVID-19 recommended against including Itolizumab, Biocon’s psoriasis drug, in its treatment guidelines, the move represented two key aspects of the global scramble for a cure for covid-19 - the problematic bar for evidence, as well as the sheer size of the challenge. Perhaps no drug candidate in the race for a cure for covid-19 …

Where are we in finding a treatment for COVID-19?
4 years, 5 months ago

Where are we in finding a treatment for COVID-19?

Al Jazeera  

Some drugs and treatments have shown promise in clinical trials, while others are drawing controversy. More information on the efficacy of remdesivir in patients with COVID-19 is expected from large clinical trials such as the WHO-coordinated Solidarity Trial and the Recovery Trial in the United Kingdom. “It’s really important that these drugs be evaluated in robust clinical trials before being …

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