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Covid-19 pandemic: Abbott to supply over 1 million antibody tests to India

Abbott said it is already in the process of delivering antibody tests to leading government and private hospitals and labs across different states

Glenmark Pharma zooms 28% on launch of Favipiravir, a potential Covid drug

The company launched antiviral drug Favipiravir, under the brand name FabiFlu, for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Covid-19 at a price of about Rs 103 per tablet.

Coronavirus India dispatch: Trajectory of cases is a cause for concern

How India's invisible workforce is left to fend for itself, more than 2,000 healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19 -roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Saudi Arabia to resume commercial activities

Millions of European jobs at risk, Spain to accept British tourists from today, Mainland China reports 26 news cases, and other pandemic related news from across the globe

No consensus at SDMA meeting in Delhi, another scheduled for 5 pm: Sisodia

The deputy chief minister said that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had also raised the point that if home isolation is stopped, as per the order by the LG, then problems will ensue

India does not test healthcare workers regularly, risking them & patients

India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on May 15 had said that there was no need to quarantine healthcare workers unless they had been exposed to Covid-19

Glenmark Pharma gets nod for favipiravir; Cipla, Hetero for remdesivir

Glenmark gets nod for oral favipiravir, Maha health minister says Cipla and Hetero get nod for remdesivir

Glenmark Pharma gets nod to launch favipiravir for Covid-19 patients

Glenmark is conducting phase-3 clinical trials; drug has got restricted emergency use

IIT Guwahati develops affordable, diagnostic kits for testing Covid-19

The VTM kits are the first-stop source used to collect nasal and oral swab specimens from an individual source to a laboratory safely for culture and testing

Covid-19 impact: 1 in 5 Mumbai, Bengaluru consumers anxious about finances

The findings are based on a survey of 1,000 residents in Mumbai and Bangalore by the Swiss Re Group, a global reinsurer

Economists raise doubts over timing of economic revival after Covid-19

State Bank of India's chief economic advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh said GDP for one quarter had been lost, amounting to Rs 40-50 trillion, due to the coronavirus crisis

NITI Aayog recommends lower rates for isolation beds in Delhi hospitals

The committee has recommended Rs 8,000-10,000, 13,000-15,000 and 15,000-18,000, including PPE costs, for isolation beds

Delhi begins Covid-19 rapid antigen tests; HM backs single strategy for NCR

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, suspected individuals who test negative for Covid-19 by rapid-antigen test should undergo RT-PCR test to rule out the infection

Centre plans 600,000 rapid Covid-19 tests in Delhi, to add 500 ventilators

The Union Minister of State for Home said that as of now 50,000 rapid testing kits procured from South Korea have been sent to these 169 testing centres

25 govt schemes to be pooled together to give jobs to migrant workers: FM

The Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan will be launched by the prime minister from Khagaria in Bihar, said the finance minister

MMRDA hands over second phase of its Covid-19 hospital at BKC to BMC

The second phase of the hospital was completed in 17 days. It has 100 beds with ICU services, while the other 900 are divided into oxygen and non-oxygen facility equally

2,174 new Covid-19 cases reported in Tamil Nadu, tally crosses 50,000

Of the 2,174 new cases, the highest single day spike, 1,276 cases were reported in Chennai alone

L-G Baijal meets Delhi CM Kejriwal, Sisodia to discuss Covid-19 management

The LG held the meeting with the Chief Minister and others via video conferencing in the afternoon today.

Won't be surprised if India crosses US Covid-19 tally in the end: Yale prof

The only way to guess would be to look at the average number of deaths on a usual yearly basis and compare that to the number of deaths that are actually occurring, said the professor

Covid-19 lockdown affected lives of 65% elderly due to job loss: Report

The study also highlighted that 42 per cent of the elders reported worsening of health conditions during the lockdown