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Strides, Bengaluru based pharma company to export Favipiravir antiviral drugs to treat Coronavirus
•The company stressed that the drug has demonstrated positive outcomes in COVID-19 treatment globally.
Cases of Coronavirus spreading from humans to pets rise; still no evidence of animal-to-human transmission
Tech2 News Staff •While it appears that animals can get the virus from people, there is no indication that pets are transmitting it to human beings.
Coronavirus Outbreak: What are the challenges and limitations of RT-PCR testing?
Triveni Menon •The efficiency of this test depends on the adequate collection of the viral RNA which is extracted from the throat of patients.
Gilead rubbishes claim that antiviral drug, Remdesivir, failed to help Coronavirus patients in Chinese trial
•Doctors suggest antiviral drugs would be most effective when administered as early as possible as it helps keep the virus from replicating in the blood.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Leaked results of a clinical trial hints Gliead's Remdesivir could be possible COVID-19 cure
•During the trial, 113 patients were treated with the drug, most were discharged from the hospital in under a week, and only two died.
Wuhan lab refutes claims Coronavirus 'escaped' from its lab, says it 'cannot be man-made'
•The director of the lab said since the Institute of Virology and the P4 lab is in Wuhan, "people can't help but make associations".
A Chinese firm has entered the second stage in its Coronavirus vaccine clinical trial
•The research team from the Academy of Military Sciences of the People's Liberation Army was the first to be approved to enter a clinical trial.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Doctors rely on each other and guidelines as no cure or vaccine emerges
Indiaspend •The evidence on the efficiency of the drugs are not enough and doctors have to use a range of options while treating COVID-19 patients.
China reports 30 new coronavirus cases, including five locally-transmitted infections; nine districts in Wuhan classified as low-risk'
•Signifying the slowdown of the virus in the country, China on Saturday held a nationwide memorial for martyrs and victims of the coronavirus in the country.
Except coronavirus epicentre Wuhan, all cities in China's Hubei province set to resume domestic flights from tomorrow
•Domestic operations in China's Hubei province except in Wuhan Tianhe International Airport will be resumed from Sunday, China's Civil Aviation Regulator (CAAC) said on Friday.