Isolation wards at Coal India subsidiary-run hospitals, sanitisation steps at premises, says govt Medical Dialogues Bureau22 March 2020 12:15 PM IST"Four wards with isolation facilities in NLCIL General Hospital for quarantining 73 persons are kept in readiness to handle any emergency in the...
FDA authorises first rapid test for Covid 19 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli22 March 2020 9:04 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the first emergency use authorization for a rapid test for detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that...
Jhansi gynaecologist begins practice breaking quarantine - Entire nursing home sealed; staff, patients quarantined Meghna A Singhania21 March 2020 3:45 PM ISTJhansi: On account of a leading gynaecologist in the city breaking the quarantine protocol and begining her practice including surgeries, recently,...
Even Asymptomatic Healthcare workers treating Covid-19 patients to be tested once once day 5 and day 14: ICMR issues New testing Guidelines Medical Dialogues Bureau21 March 2020 2:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: As the country saw its highest single-day jump in the positive cases of coronavirus on Friday, with at least 63 new cases reported in the...
We are coordinating with Health Ministry to counter COVID-19: AYUSH Minister Medical Dialogues Bureau21 March 2020 1:53 PM ISTThe AYUSH Ministry has been recently facing series of flak over its various sets of advisories over the corona virus
No community spread of coronavirus in India: Dr Harsh Vardhan tells parliament Medical Dialogues Bureau21 March 2020 1:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Responding to worried queries in the parliament, the Union Health minister has clarified that till now there has been no community...
Attention all hospitals, medical institutions: Read the Health Ministry Advisory on preparation for COVID-19 Medical Dialogues Bureau21 March 2020 1:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: As the country has seen the biggest one day rise in Coronavirus positive cases taking the total number to 236, The Ministry of Health and...
COVID-19 - Be careful, not fearful: AIIMS releases comprehensive booklet Medical Dialogues Bureau21 March 2020 12:26 PM ISTThe AIIMS also aserted that persons having no symptoms are not supposed to use mask, rather observe hand hygiene, coughing and sneezing etiquette,...
Ibuprofen use safe in Covid 19 infection, says FDA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 March 2020 11:45 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has refuted any scientific evidence connecting the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs),...
Favipiravir found very effective against COVID-19 in clinical trials Dr. K B Aarthi21 March 2020 11:30 AM ISTScientists at Beijing have announced that a new drug Favipiravir has been tested "very effective" against the world-sweeping COVID-19 caused by a...
FDA issues guidance on alcohol-based hand sanitizer production Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 March 2020 8:34 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued two guidance documents to communicate its policymakers for the temporary manufacture of certain...
Are people with certain blood groups more susceptible to COVID-19 infection? Dr. K B Aarthi20 March 2020 5:45 PM ISTBlood group A has a significantly higher risk for acquiring COVID-19 compared with non-A blood groups
