Covid 19

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal urges hospitals to encourage recovered COVID-19 patients to donate plasma US sanctions will hit Huawei, UK decision not set in stone: British minister ICMR says over one crore COVID-19 tests done in India so far … [Read more...] about Coronavirus impact | Australia closes state border for first time in 100 years after COVID-19 spike

The total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 crossed the one crore-mark in India on July 6, an ICMR official said. A single-day jump of 24,248 COVID-19 cases took India's tally close to the 7-lakh mark on Monday, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 19,693 with 425 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry. … [Read more...] about ICMR says over one crore COVID-19 tests done in India so far

In June, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, said the private facilities should further lower the costs as testing kits and reagents were being sourced locally and not imported like earlier, the report said. … [Read more...] about Government mulls lowering price cap for COVID-19 test at private facilities

I miss going to the office everyday and meeting people face to face. But the average day today looks the same and the weekdays and weekends are merging to form a blur. On the positive side, we are spending more time together as a family and not having to deal with the airports, planes and jet lag is a big relief. … [Read more...] about Exclusive | COVID-19 taught us you can never be too prepared: Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham

The DCGI, meanwhile, has also approved Mylan's version of Remdesivir. Along with Cipla, Hetero, and Mylan, Gilead has licensing deals with Jubilant Life Sciences, Dr Reddy's , Zydus Cadila and Syngene to manufacture and distribute Remdesivir in India and 126 other countries. … [Read more...] about Exclusive: COVID-19 drug Remdesivir in short supply, prices go up by 6x in black market