Tag: Covid
Agony Of Covid Continue To Dig Deeper Into Our Grief
As a qualified Medic, I was trained to see the dying and the dead. Death due to COVID-19 is not the same as death...
Swifter Pace Of Vaccinations Is The Antidote To Arrest Covid Deaths
While every life-saving equipment is a survival kit, it’s the pace of vaccinations that will ultimately ensure India’s endurance against the virus.
Today, only 12...
‘DIPCOVAN, A Covid -19 Antibody Detection kit From DRDO
The Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), developed an antibody detection based kit...
Covid 19; Challenges in Safety of Orphaned Children
With the second wave of COVID-19 continuing to wreak havoc across India with more than 4,00,000 daily cases, the deadly pandemic has thrown up...
Lifesavers Unprotected Against Covid Virus ?
Healthcare workers have been at the forefront of the grim battle India has been waging against Covid-19 since early 2020. Constituting the most significant...
States Asked to Declare Black Fungus as Epidemic
The Centre asked the States and Union Territories to declare of Mucormycosis or black Fungus https://indianf.com/black-fungus-on-a-rise-in-covid-19-patients/ an epidemic under the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897....
‘Home Isolation Tracking’ aap of Bihar Gains Popularity
In COVID times, anything that helps the patients or the health workers draws special attention. And here is one such thing. An innovative ‘Home...
Antibody Tests Cannot Detect Neutralising Antibodies
Antibody tests are becoming popular amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India because a lot of people suspect they have contracted...
“The World Needs WHO Now More Than Ever”
For the World Health Organisation, the year 2020 stays as the most challenging as it was for the health systems of many countries. However,...
Indiscriminate Use of CT Scan Must Be Avoided During Covid
As the second wave of the pandemic exerts inordinate strain on health infrastructure and resources in India, including slowing down the speed of testing...
