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Shekhar Gupta’s website The Print spreads misinformation about Modi govt’s proposal to review marriage age for women, Health Ministry corrects them
ThePrint has many times maliciously resorted to publishing fake, embellished or distorted articles to malign Modi govt
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N-95 masks may not stop the virus if worn by an already infected person, govt issues advisory against its use
The central government has asked states and union territories to encourage their citizens to use homemade cloth masks instead of valved N-95 masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Union Health Ministry releases new Clinical Management Protocol for COVID-19, adds two new symptoms that are observed before respiratory issues
New MoHFW protocol for COVID-19 says that Loss of smell and loss of taste occurs before the respiratory symptoms in Coronavirus patients
India’s coronavirus fatality rate among the lowest in the world: Union Health Ministry
Union Health Ministry Joint Secretary Luv Agarwal said that India's 0.3 per cent deaths per lakh population is the lowest fatality rate in the world
Coronavirus: India gets first automated COVID-19 testing machine ‘COBAS 6800’ that can test 1200 samples in 24-hours
COBAS 6800 developed by Roche Diagnostics can perform real-time PCR testing to detect coronavirus in blood samples
Ayush ministry starts clinical trials for traditional medicine like Ashwagandha, Guduchi Pippali etc for coronavirus treatment
Union Health Ministry Dr Harshvardhan informed earlier today that the trials will be conducted on health workers and persons working in high rise areas. He stated that the health ministry and CSIR will be conducting these trials under the guidance of ICMR.
Coronavirus: India okays trials for Remdesivir which was previously used for Ebola, procures 1,000 dosage
Remdesivir is a drug manufactured in 2014 by a US based biotechnology firm Gilead Sciences as a cure for Ebola.
Mumbai: Coronavirus patient passes away hours after Maharashtra govt had declared that his plasma therapy was successful
On Wednesday Maharashtra health minister said that first plasma therapy on a Coronavirus patient in the state was successful, the patient died later in the night
Union Health Ministry issues home isolation guidelines for ‘very mild’ and ‘pre-symptomatic’ Coronavirus patients
As directed by the Health Ministry, the caregivers must take HCQ as a precautionary measure to protect themselves from the Wuhan Coronavirus.
