United States surgeon general Dr Vivek Murthy has donated Covid related medical equipment to small hospitals in Mandya and Kodagu districts.
Murthy a native of Hallegere in Mandya district contributing through his Scope Foundation.
Category: Covid-19
** Centre asks private news channels to display four new helpline numbers
In a letter to all private TV news channels, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said the helpline numbers should be run as a ticker or in any other appropriate way at periodic intervals
The Centre on Sunday asked private TV news channels to display four new national helpline numbers for the benefit of citizens as part of the COVID-19 awareness initiative.
** Public sector banks to lend up to ₹5 lakh to individuals for COVID-19 treatment
The repayment tenure is 5 years and SBI would charge interest of 8.5% on annum. Other banks are free to decide their interest rate.
Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have announced to provide unsecured loans of upto ₹5 lakh to individuals to meet their and family members’ COVID-19 treatment cost. This comes in the wake of the ongoing second wave of the pandemic that has swept across the country unleashing untold miseries on families across income groups.
** IIT Mandi researchers say have decoded key coronavirus protein
In a study published in the journal ‘Current Research in Virological Science’, the researchers have described the shape and properties of the C-terminal region of non-structural protein 1 (NSP1) present in the coronavirus.
** Bajaj Healthcare launches drug to treat black fungus infection in COVID-19 patients
The company has received approval from FDA (Food and Drugs Administration) Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat (India), to manufacture and market Posaconazole API as approved medication for treating Mucormycosis in India, Bajaj Healthcare said in a regulatory filing.
** Centre to help kids orphaned by Covid-19 with education loan, health insurance: PMO
The PMO has stated that children having lost parents to Covid will get free health insurance of Rs 5 lakh till 18 years, with the premium being paid from the PM CARES fund.
** Indian origin individuals in US donate two oxygen concentrators to Vaishali PHC
Settled in the US, Sanjay Gupta, Manika Agrawal, Ankit Agarwal, Chaitali, Vikas Malik and Kavindra Taliyan formed a voluntary group called “CovidCare4U.Org” in Madison to help people and health care centres located in rural areas of India that provide free treatment to Covid-19 patients.
** Turkey sends assistance, recalls Gandhi’s support to liberation struggle
Turkish assistance consisted of 50 MT of medical supplies including 5 oxygen generators, 680 oxygen cylinders, 50 ventilators and 50,000 boxes of anti-viral medicine. The consignments were sent on board two A400M military cargo aircraft.
A statement from the Embassy of Turkey informed that Mr. Cavusoglu offered to send the assistance during the telephone conversation held on April 26.
** RT-PCR test: NEERI develops simple, fast method of swab collection and processing
The patient gargles the solution and rinses it inside the tube.
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has developed a simple and fast method of swab collection and processing for RT-PCR coronavirus test which could be used in rural and tribal areas.
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** Oral solution for ‘black fungus’ is now ready for technology transfer: IIT Hyderabad Researchers
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) have developed oral solution, which could be mass-produced now, to treat ‘black fungs’ providing huge relief to patients affected with it and doctors finding it hard to treat the patients due to the poor availability of the present medicine.
After two years of advancement of examination, the researchers are now confident that the technology can be transferred to suitable pharma partners for large-scale production.