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Harsh Vardhan on May 17 hoped that DRDO s anti-COVID drug will serve the world and not just India.
Union Health Minister was speaking after the release of the 1st batch of 2-DG by Rajnath Singh.
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday (May 17, 2021) hoped that the DRDO s anti-COVID drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) will serve the world and not just India in the fight against coronavirus.
He said, With the support of DRDO and in the leadership of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, this (anti-COVID drug 2DG) may be our first indigenous research-based outcome to fight against COVID-19. It will reduce recovery time and oxygen dependency.
The posters reading 'Why did you send vaccines of our children to foreign countries PM Modi?' were plastered in several parts of the national capital, the Delhi police said.