Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 4 (ANI): As Mucormycosis or black fungus cases continue to escalate in the country, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday urged the Centre to provide Amphotericin-B vials in a time-bound manner to states.
The launch of the DRDO s new anti-COVID drug.
DRDO s anti-COVID drug reduces average recovery time by 2.5 days, oxygen demand by 40pc: Govt ANI | Updated: May 17, 2021 22:25 IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The DRDO s new anti-COVID drug, 2-DG, reduces a patient s average recovery time by two and a half days and oxygen demand by upto 40 per cent, the Union Health Ministry informed on Monday.
In a statement, the ministry informed that anti-COVID-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation s Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), along with Dr Reddy s Laboratories.
Highlights
Single-day spike of over 3.49 lakh new COVID-19 cases in India, record 2,767 fatalities
The death toll increased to 1,92,311 with a record 2,767 daily new fatalities
The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities
New Delhi: India logged a record 3,49,691 new coronavirus infections in a day taking it total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,69,60,172, while active cases crossed the 26-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday (April 25).
India’s total Active Caseload reached 26,82,751 today; comprises 15.82% of the total Positive Cases.
A net incline of 1,29,811 cases recorded from the total active caseload the last 24 hours.
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