Hyderabad /Nagarjuna Sagar: The health of an ecosystem is not assessed not only by healthy flora, fauna and water bodies but also by the health of the people who occupy it. Covid-19 has created havoc as far as human health is concerned. Major cities and towns were badly affected in the first wave of the pandemic in 2020. The second wave has been worst and has migrated to rural
Anandaiah, a natural treatment specialist, will start the distribution of his coronavirus herbal medicine on Monday. He has already relocated the raw materials and equipment to a new location in Krishnapatnam. Anandaiah will prepare his herbal medicine in the CVR Security Academy at Krishnapatnam port, according to officials, after leaving his old facilities owing to crowding.
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A health worker administers a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to a benificiary, in Bengaluru.
Reliance Industries Ltd s R&D arm has proposed the use of Niclosamide - the drug used to treat tapeworm infestation - for treating COVID-19 patients.
Niclosamide, a drug on the World Health Organisation s list of essential medicines, has been used to treat tapeworm infestation for more than 50 years.
The oral antiviral drug was also used to treat patients during the SARS outbreak of 2003-04. The company submitted a proposal for the application of Niclosamide as a potential drug against COVID-19, the firm s latest annual report said. The drug regulator will now evaluate the proposal for public use.