Status in India
Last updated:
Aug 15, 2020 06:30 am
Aug 15, 2020 06:30 am
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Active
661595 -
Cured
1751555 -
Deaths
48040
Source: www.mohfw.gov.in
Underlining the importance of adequate testing for COVID-19, World Health Organisation's (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on August 4 said that India's testing rate is low, compared to other countries which have done well in combating the pandemic.
Aug 05, 2020
A paper came out in Nature on July 22 that further underscores earlier studies that show that neither the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine nor chloroquine prevents SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – from replicating in lung cells.
Aug 05, 2020
This case report details a patient who was diagnosed with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody-associated optic neuritis and myelitis and COVID-19.
Aug 05, 2020
We are asked almost daily about children and COVID-19: Do they get COVID-19? Should they attend day care or school, play sports, see friends and attend summer camps? What are the risks to themselves and to others?
Aug 05, 2020
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention doesn't list hair loss as a symptom of COVID-19, but some doctors have noticed the condition among their patients.
Aug 05, 2020
As millions of people are recovering from COVID-19, an unanswered question is the extent to which the virus can "hide out" in seemingly recovered individuals.
Aug 05, 2020
The condition of patients with severe COVID-19 can deteriorate rapidly. Then there can be cases, for which escalation of medical treatment beyond intensive care may not help. Palliative management of patients in such scenarios can play an important role.
Aug 04, 2020
