Covid-19: Deadly second wave spreads from Cities to Villages !!
With the exponential rise in the Covid cases, India’s depleting healthcare system is overwhelmed and stressed beyond imagination. After witnessing a brutal few weeks, Covid-19 cases are declining – at least that’s what the numbers are telling us, especially in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Bhopal and others. But this is not an all India figure. The second wave is spreading to the rest of the country.
The situation in small towns and villages are worsening by the day. With few testing facilities, minimal healthcare centres and resource crunch, people continue to suffer. The worst part is, it remains uncounted.
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10000 PACKET OF DRDO ANTI-CORONAVIRUS ORAL DRUG TO BE DISTRIBUTED
An anti-coronavirus drug developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be launched today, with Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh distributing around 10,000 doses to some hospitals in the national capital.
The drug, called 2-deoxy-D-glucose or 2-DG, was developed by a DRDO lab in collaboration with the Hyderabad-based pharma giant, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), the country’s top drug regulator, has approved the medicine for emergency use.
The medicine was found to be safe for COVID-19 patients in phase 2 trials, conducted between May and October last year. It was found to be effective in cutting short the hospital stays of Covid patients and reducing their supplemental oxygen dependence.
A kind of pseudo glucose molecule in the drug stops the virus in its tracks, the defence body says.
The medicine comes in powder form and can be taken with water.
2-DG is one of the few medicines across the world that have been designed specifically to treat COVID-19, which, as of now, has no cure. Doctors use several experimental drugs and procedures, including Remdevisir, Ivermectin, plasma therapy and some steroids, to treat the deadly infection.
Curtesy : NDTV NEWS
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