Explained: What works in Covid-19 treatment
JULY 11, 2020 11:09:48 AM
Experts Explain ~ Drugs used in Covid-19 treatment: As cases and deaths rise, doctors have been trying out a range of treatments. Based on current evidence and what scientists say, here’s a compendium of what works (or doesn’t) — and in what specific circumstances
The Pandemic
Till June 19, the ICMR validated 56 rapid antibody test kits, 11 of which are Indian. But the test does not even figure in its June 23 advisory on ‘Strategies for Covid-19 testing’. As a result, many companies are waiting for ICMR validation for over a month. Those already validated have stopped or cut production.
Officials and scientists who briefed the members of the Parliament Standing Committee on Science and Technology on the government’s preparedness for Covid-19 said that a vaccine will be available commercially in India only in early 2021. It could be a vaccine developed and manufactured domestically or developed elsewhere and manufactured in India, they said.
The insurance claims of as many as 63 families out of 82 health care workers who died fighting the Covid-19 pandemic are yet to be processed for want of necessary paperwork. All health care workers — estimated at 22.12 lakh — were provided a cover of Rs 50 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana. “States have been asked to send the paperwork for these 63 health care workers by July 14 for early processing of insurance claims,” a source in the Health Ministry said.
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