Coronavirus Treatment

India administers over 86 crore vaccines; more than one crore given in a single day

This is the fifth time that India has administered over one crore vaccine doses in a day

Maharashtra reports 3,131 new COVID-19 cases ; 70 deaths, 4,021 recoveries recorded

With these additions, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 65,27,629, while the death toll increased to 1,38,616 and the number of recoveries shot up to 63,44,744.

US averaging over one lakh new COVID-19 infections a day; hospitalisations up by 500%

The influx of patients is straining hospitals and pushing health care workers to the brink as deaths have risen to an average of more than 1,000 a day for the first time since March

Life after COVID: Study shows symptoms persist in half of hospitalised patients even after a year

The Lancet study shows that fatigue or muscle weakness was the most commonly reported symptom with around half of patients experiencing it at six months and one in five at one year

More than 50 nations seeking CoWIN technology, India preparing to offer free help, says senior official

Dr RS Sharma, the chairman of the empowered group for COVID-19 vaccine administration, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed officials to create an open-source version of the platform and give it free of cost to any country that wants it

DGHS issues COVID-19 treatment guidelines: Here is what document recommends on Remdesivir, Tocilizumab

Among the drugs and treatment methods that have been removed from the recommendations are Ivermectin, Azithromycin and plasma therapy

Too good to be true? Pfizer is working on a pill that could potentially treat COVID-19

Usually, the trials take years, but as the pandemic rages on Pfizer will conduct them in a matter of months.

COVID-19: Plasma therapy not found effective, likely to be dropped from clinical management guidelines

The present guidelines allows 'off label' use of plasma therapy at the stage of early moderate disease, that is, within seven days of the onset of symptoms

Coronavirus Outbreak: Not just the pandemic, democratic India is also leading an ideological war against China’s authoritarian system

China’s role as the source of the coronavirus crisis, its obfuscation, its weaponising of clout in global supply chains over critical medical equipment to further its geopolitical agenda and its rising influence bring us to the brink of a world order shaped increasingly by 'Beijing’s irresponsible hegemony'

Hypertension among most common features of emergency hospital visit during COVID-19 lockdowns, says study

The researchers behind this study reveal that the compulsory lockdown period was linked to a 37 percent increase in the odds of having hypertension in patients visiting the hospital’s emergency department