by Tyler Durden
Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 11:45 PM
For the past month and a half, the international community has watched in horror as India has suffered from one of the world s deadliest national outbreaks of COVID-19, provoked in part by a prime minister who held massive political rallies, and allowed massive gatherings for the celebration of Hindu religious holidays, gatherings that epidemiologists say helped seed the latest outbreak.
Even as the US and Europe have sent vaccines, medicine, oxygen tanks and other supplies, the government has refused to impose more restrictive measures, and the number of daily deaths has continued to accelerate.
By Manas Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) - At least two Indian states have said they plan to dose their populations with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin.
At least two Indian states have said they plan to dose their populations with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to protect against severe COVID-19 infections as their hospitals are overrun with patients in critical condition.
The move by the coastal state of Goa and northern state of Uttarakhand, come despite the World Health Organization and others warning against such measures. The current evidence on the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 patients is inconclusive, WHO said in a statement in late March. Until more data is available, WHO recommends that the drug only be used within clinical trials. Merck, a manufacturer of the drug, has also said available data does not support using the drug as a COVID-19 treatment.
2 Indian States Go Big On Drug Ivermectin Despite WHO Advice 2 Indian States Go Big On Drug Ivermectin Despite WHO Advice The move by Goa and Uttarakhand, come despite the World Health Organization and others warning against such measures.
Uttarakhand announced plans on Wednesday to distribute the tablets to any person over the age of two.
Bengaluru:
At least two Indian states have said they plan to dose their populations with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to protect against severe COVID-19 infections as their hospitals are overrun with patients in critical condition.
The move by Goa and Uttarakhand, come despite the World Health Organization and others warning against such measures.
Doctors said the reasons for the false negative reports could range from poor swab collection, delayed testing after the appearance of the first symptoms to variants of the coronavirus
Mumbai: As the second wave of the pandemic intensifies, doctors say there is a group of patients who despite displaying classic Covid-19 symptoms is testing negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The reasons range from poor collection of swab samples, delayed testing after the appearance of the first symptoms or variants that have possibly changed the disease patterns.
Dr Pratit Samdhani from the state-run JJ Hospital, Byculla, said there are definitely some patients who are not testing positive despite having symptoms such as fever, cough and body ache.