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Vol.5 Issue 4 JULY - SEPTEMBER 2020 THE DIAGNOSTICS NEWS JOURNAL Published at Agappe Diagnostics Limited on July 01, 2020 | 62 Pages |` 20 IN THE FOREFRONT OF COVID - 19 BATTLE WITH UNIQUE DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS Mr. Thomas John COVID - 19: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS Prof. Dr. D M Vasudevan AGAPPE CHITRA MAGNA A PATH BREAKING SOLUTION Dr. Anoop Kumar Thekkuveettil RT-PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF COVID - 19 Dr. Kannan Vaidyanathan ROLE OF CBC PARAMETERS DURING COVID - 19 PANDEMIC Dr. Vijay Parekh MEDIVISION IN TOP GEAR TO FIGHT COVID - 19 Mr. Bibu B Punnooran COVID - 19 EXPLORING MUST KNOW FACTS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 HAVE YOU RECEIVED TECHAGAPPE (23nd EDITION) INFERTILITY SCAN THE QR CODE TO CONNECT WITH US 02 TECHAGAPPE JULY - SEPTEMBER 2020 SCAN QR CODE TO INSTALL AGAPPE CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM STILL NOT DONE YOUR SCANNING? 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TEL: + 91 484 2867000 | [email protected] | www.agappe.com TECHAGAPPE JULY - SEPTEMBER 2020 03 Volume 5 | Issue 4 | July-September 2020 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ CONTENTS○○○○○○○○○○○○ 07 The Invisible Assassin 12-15 The Covid-19: Clinical Manifestations & Laboratory Diagnosis 16-19 The amazing success of ‘Kerala Model’ in the battle against Covid-19 20-23 Agappe Chitra Magna- A path breaking solution for Covid-19 diagnosis 08-11 AGAPPE IN THE FOREFRONT OF COVID-19 BATTLE WITH UNIQUE DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS 40-43 Role of CBC parameters during Covid-19 pandemic 48-50 Some essential health tips 51-51 Brand reach - Customer speaks 30-33 52-53 COVID-19: RNA Extraction Protocol TRAUMATIC DAYS OF A HEALTH 57 Bravehearts of Agappe WORKER WHO TURNED 44-47 COVID-19 POSITIVE THE MOVING STORY 26-29 Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) OF A TRIO WHO in the Diagnosis of Covid-19 FOUGHT COVID-19 36-38 Medivision-In top gear to IN AN ALIEN LAND fight Covid-19 Views and opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of Agappe Diagnostics Limited, its publisher, or editors. 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Editor is Ms. Meena Thomas. 4 TECHAGAPPE JULY - SEPTEMBER 2020 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ From The Chief Editor’s Desk THE DIAGNOSTICS NEWS JOURNAL Volume 5 | Issue 4| July - September 2020 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ EXPLORING THE PANDEMIC EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR Meena Thomas COVID-19... th CHIEF EDITOR I am proud to bring out this 24 edition of TechAgappe. During the last 6 Prof. Dr. D M Vasudevan years of its existence, I am happy to report that this magazine is being regu- larly published every 3 months. As the whole world is passing through the CONSULTING EDITOR dreaded pandemic, it is appropriate that this edition projects Covid-19 dis- Saj Mathews ease. We have included three medical articles, three live stories, two inter- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD views with eminent personalities, one technical article and a few health tips. Dr. C S Satheesh Kumar In the first article the MD explains the new products released from Agappe, Abraham K C aimed to serve the world in managing Covid-19 pandemic. Varghese George Sanjaymon K R In the medical articles section, we have included three articles on Covid Sankar T S 19. The first one is from my desk, giving an overview on Covid-19 clinical Bintu Lijo manifestations as well as the characteristics of Corona virus. The second LEGAL ADVISORY BOARD article is from Dr. Kannan regarding the different laboratory tests available to Adv. Denu Joseph detect the virus infection. The third article is a review by Dr. Vijay Parekh about the importance of CBC testing for the diagnosis of Covid-19. PUBLISHING COORDINATOR Jayesh Kumar In the life story session, the first one is on the “Kerala Model”, dealing with the successful initiatives of the Govt. of Kerala in managing Covid-19 DESIGN AND LAYOUT infections in Kerala. The second story is about a health inspector in Kerala M T Gopalakrishnan who explains his own experience when he was diagnosed as a Covid-19 Dezign Centre, Kochi.9947144570 patient. The third story is from UAE where Indians are facing many issues PHOTOGRAPHY during this pandemic. It is a humane story of a group of friends who were Nelson Thomas ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ affected with Covid-19 and survived after a prolonged battle. In addition, we have included two interviews to share their contributions BOARD OF DIRECTORS to the battle against Covid-19. The first interview is with Dr. Anoop from Sri CHAIRMAN Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, who in- Prof. M.Y. Yohannan vented the Agappe Chitra Magna RNA isolation kit, in collaboration with Agappe Diagnostics. The Second interview is with Mr. Bibu, the director of Medivision, MANAGING DIRECTOR Kochi who has been serving the society for the past many years. Thomas John We have included one article, discussing the technical aspects of the RNA Isolation Kit, recently introduced by Agappe. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Meena Thomas Last few months witnessed the lock down of the whole country. During Sangeeta Joseph these months of confusion, we could not distribute our last issue on a per- Mary Baby Meleth sonal basis. However, I am glad to state that the online readers have in- Prof. Dr.D M Vasudevan creased in number. I am also pleasantly surprised to see that we have re- ceived very good feedbacks and great appreciation letters for the previous issue, which covered “infertility”. I personally thank all the readers for their continued support. Your constructive criticisms to improve the contents will be greatly appreciated. With warm personal regards Subscription-For subscription queries, write to techagappe@ agappe.in or call us at +91 484 2867065. 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