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New MoHFW protocol for COVID-19 says that Loss of smell and loss of taste occurs before the respiratory symptoms in Coronavirus patients

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

COBAS 6800 developed by Roche Diagnostics can perform real-time PCR testing to detect coronavirus in blood samples

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.

Remdesivir is a drug manufactured in 2014 by a US based biotechnology firm Gilead Sciences as a cure for Ebola.

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

As directed by the Health Ministry, the caregivers must take HCQ as a precautionary measure to protect themselves from the Wuhan Coronavirus.

The USFDA had also said that the plasma therapy has not yet been proven to be safe and efficient treatment for Chinese Coronavirus.

12 districts across India have not registered a single new coronavirus case in 28 days.

"Many states have already announced extension of lockdown. Hence, after weighing all options, it has been decided that the lockdown should be extended till 3rd May," PM Modi announced.