Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5 (ANI): A COVID-19 patient, who was admitted to Victoria hospital, has recovered from the disease after he was administered convalescent plasma therapy.
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued guidelines for safe ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat) medical practice to minimise the spread of COVID-19 infection among ENT doctors, nursing staff, support staff, patients and their attendants.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 5 (ANI): Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has started phase two clinical trial on AQCH, a phytopharmaceutical (plant-derived) drug for the treatment of COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an upper limit on fees that can be charged by private hospitals across the country for treatment of coronavirus patients.
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): On the occasion of World Environment Day, a doctor in Moradabad's private hospital handed out plants to patients and made them take an oath to grow more plants and save their environment.
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): Researchers have identified two molecules naturally produced by the body that stimulate the production of dopamine, the molecule that is in short supply in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease.
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): Three authors involved in a Lancet article that drew scrutiny over the trial of the antimalarial drug-- hydroxychloroquine-- for curing patients infected with COVID-19 said they retracted items related to it over unavailability of full data set behind the
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): As many as 10 railway coaches have been converted into isolation ward for COVID-19 patients, at Shakur Basti railway station on Thursday with each ward having a total of 160 beds.
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Considering the surge in the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the past one week in the national capital, the Delhi government has ordered designated COVID Hospitals to upgrade beds at their facilities in the coming weeks.
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The Delhi government issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed by all COVID hospitals in the national capital for streamlining the handling of positive/suspect patients.
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has listed to hear a matter on Friday where a COVID-19 positive patient has sought direction to authorities regarding his accommodation in a hospital with ventilator facility but died on Thursday before the hearing.
Hyderabad (Telangana), June 5 (ANI): Rakesh Mishra, Director, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, on Thursday said that asymptomatic patients need not be scared of the coronavirus if they do not feel any symptoms.