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ICMR sets new protocol for rapid antibody test to detect COVID-19 in hotsp
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): In a bid to see whether the coronavirus is getting transmitted in the hotspot areas, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set a fresh protocol for healthcare workers to start with rapid antibody-based blood test for COVID-19.
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NHA joins hand with Uber India to provide transport services to frontline
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 4 (ANI): National Health Authority (NHA) has announced its partnership with Uber India to provide transport services to India's frontline health workers engaged in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
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COVID-19: Health Ministry places order for 10 crore hydroxychloroquine tab
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the Union Health Ministry has placed an order of about 10 crore hydroxychloroquine tablets with various pharmaceutical companies for healthcare workers.
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Healthcare workers safety is our responsibility: CM Chouhan on Indore ston
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 2 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday assured the healthcare workers that their safety is his government responsibility and said that those involved in pelting stones at medical staff in Indore will be given a strict p
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CWC discusses COVID-19 challenges, appeals to Centre to provide PPE to hea
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday appealed to the Centre to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) such as hazmat suits and N-95 masks to healthcare workers and said there is no alternative to constant and reliable testing to fight COVID
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Locals pelt stones at healthcare workers in Indore
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): The residents of a locality here pelted stones at healthcare workers who went there to screen people in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.
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Govt threatens action against landlords coercing healthcare workers to vac
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Mar 31 (ANI): The government has issued an order under the Epidemic Disease Act empowering the District Magistrates, Municipal Corporations and Deputy Commissioners of Police to take action against landlords who are pressurising healthcare workers who are living as their
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India expands its capacity for PPE kits, 12 domestic firms meet the nor
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): The central government is expanding its capacity to meet the demands of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to meet the challenge posed by COVID19 and at least 12 Indian companies have also qualified the set parameters to manufacture personal protective
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Intas contributes for the global trials against COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Mar 30 (ANI/ PRNewswire): Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd., the largest supplier by volume of generic medicines to the UK NHS, is collaborating on a World Health Organisation endorsed study into the prevention of COVID-19 infection using hydroxychloroquine, a drug t
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Mahindra & Mahindra introduces 'Face Shields' for medicos treating COV
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): As the global medical technology continues to lead the fight against COVID-19, Pawan Goenka, Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra, on Saturday announced the production of 'Face Shields' for healthcare workers who are in the forefront in the fight agai
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Various global medtech companies working to provide healthcare workers, pa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): As India gears up to fight the coronavirus threat, the global medical technology industry is on the front lines, mobilizing at several levels, to help win this fight. Many global medtech companies are adding shifts and production lines in order to provide hea
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Delhi-based firm manufactures personal protection kits for doctors, health
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Amid surging demand for protective gear for medical staff in the situation created by the outbreak of COVID 19, a Delhi-based company is manufacturing Personal Protection Kits (PPKs) for doctors and healthcare workers.
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