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19 Jun

Glenmark Gets Approval For Favipiravir As COVID-19 Treatment

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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Friday it had received an approval from India's drugs regulator to make and sell oral antiviral drug favipiravir for treating mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients in the country. The Mumbai-based drugmaker said the approval was part of government's accelerated approval process and the drug would be for "restricted emergency use" in the country. Favipiravir is made under the brand name Avigan by Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp and was approved for use as an anti-flu drug there in 2014.

19 Jun

Over 15k samples collected in 24 hours for testing Covid-19

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Over 15,000 samples were collected for testing coronavirus in the national capital within a 24-hour span, a senior official said on Friday. A total of 7,040 samples were collected for rapid antigen test and 7,972 samples were collected for the RT-PCR test for coronavirus on Thursday, the official said. The Delhi government commenced Covid-19 testing through rapid antigen methodology at 193 centres on Thursday. A total of 7,040 samples were collected and out of them, 456 people were found to be positive. In the initial phase, those residing in containment zones are being tested. The Delhi government has also capped…

19 Jun

Odisha’s Covid-19 tally nears 5,000; 165 new cases reported

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165 more Covid-19 cases have been reported from Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 4,677, informed the state Health Department on Friday. Of these, the number of active cases stands at 1,519. “165 new cases of #COVID19 recorded in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 4677 out of which 1519 cases are active,” the state Health Department tweeted.

19 Jun

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain’s condition worsens

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The condition of Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain, who has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), deteriorated on Friday and he is being shifted to another hospital in the Capital, officials said. Satyendar Jain had tweeted on Wednesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease. He was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) on Tuesday after he developed high fever and his oxygen saturation levels dropped. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Atishi and two other leaders of the party have also contracted the respiratory disease. Akshay Marathe, an advisor to CM Arvind Kejriwal, and…

18 Jun

Covid-19 spreads easily among people who live together

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COVID-19 spreads easily among people who live together and other family members, even before an infected person shows any symptoms, according to a modelling study that is the first-of-its-kind to quantify symptomless transmission. The research, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on Wednesday, also suggests the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 may spread more easily in households than severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). The analysis, based on contact tracing data from 349 people with COVID-19 and 1,964 of their close contacts in Guangzhou, China, found that people with COVID-19 were at least as infectious…

17 Jun

Salboni Hospital turns in to COVID-19 Level IV Hospital

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Kolkata/ Salboni, June 17: In 2018, Government of West Bengal handed over the Operations & Total Management of this hospital to JSW Foundation (the social development arm of JSW Group) under a unique Public-Private-Partnership (PPP). Salboni’s Super Specialty Hospital is one of the hospitals established in West Bengal under the Government initiative to provide affordable and effective medical services to the public. JSW Foundation, over the last two years, through its PPP Agreement operationalized the medical services at this Hospital to a level wherein mass public, especially the rural poor, could avail free treatment. Recently, the State government decided to…

17 Jun

COVID-19: Pernod Ricard India’s contribution

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Itanagar, June 2020: As the number of COVID-19 cases accelerates with lockdown restrictions easing across the country, Pernod Ricard India Foundation pledges support towards strengthening Arunachal Pradesh’s Government Hospital ICUs and public Healthcare Infrastructure. In such time of distress, Pernod Ricard India Foundation is humbled to join hands with Excise Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh to provide preventive health care supplies such as 5 ICU ventilators, 10 ICU fowler beds and 5000 surgical masks for Arunachal Pradesh State. Pernod Ricard India Foundation remains resolute in its efforts supporting the State Healthcare Departments and Public Service and Delivery professionals, at the…

17 Jun

Elderly people with diabetes are more vulnerable to COVID-19

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Kolkata, June 2020: In Kolkata, up to 12% of the population is known to have diabetes and the average level of HbA1C was as high as 8.07% during January to March 2020 according to a report by India Diabetes Care Index. These findings clearly indicate that people with diabetes should be more vigilant about their glucose level and take proper medication to manage their condition. The risk of Coronavirus among people with diabetes is up to 50% higher and they are more likely to experience severe symptoms and complications when diagnosed with COVID-19. Diabetes patients should focus on a healthy…

17 Jun

Max Life Insurance scales new heights

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June 17: Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd. today announced that it has paid 15,342 death claims amounting to Rs. 563 crore in FY 2019-20, thus achieving an all-time high individual death claims paid ratio of 99.22% in the company’s last five-year performance. The Company has consistently improved its claims paid ratio in the last 5 years to breach the remarkable 99% mark this financial year, thereby reiterating its commitment towards cementing customer trust. Since inception, Max Life has paid individual death claims of Rs. 3,238 crore to family members of its 1,12,946 policyholders. In FY 19-20, out of a total…

16 Jun

Delhi Health Minister Admitted To Hospital, Tested For Coronavirus

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Last week, Arvind Kejriwal had tested negative for corona-virus after he went into self-isolation at his home. He had a bout of fever and throat pain. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain attended a meeting on Sunday where Amit Shah was present. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain was admitted to hospital last night with high fever and complaints of breathing trouble, a day after he attended a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others. He was tested this morning for coronavirus at Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, where he's being treated. In a tweet this…