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Hospitals, DRDO hospitals and he country’s Covid-19 case- in what came as a big relief to The drug is likely to be any other places where the Tload saw a major dip on the State authorities. made available in all medical need arises. The deliberations Monday hitting a four-week A day after Maharashtra settings in the country from are on to decide on the price, low as Maharashtra, Delhi, logged a staggering 974 and June. in case it is to be sold in the Kerala and Uttar Pradesh 34,389 new cases, the situation The first batch of the drug, open market, even as States like recorded major decline in in the State improved as the developed by the Defence Haryana have shown interest to number of cases and overall sit- infections dropped by 7,773 Research and Development purchase the medicine. uation looked promising for cases, while the daily deaths Pfizer is working on one the first time in months. came down by a substantial $#,- . / oral drug to treat Covid-19 at On Monday, India record- 458. ( )*+ fter grappling with the the first sign of illness. It is ed 2,42,903 cases and 3,707 Acoronavirus for more expected by the end of the deaths which is the lowest sin- than a year, a number of oral year. The drug is part of a class gle-day count since April 19 '( drugs are being tested across of medicines called protease when the country ) )* world to treat Covid-19 inhibitors and works by recorded 2.57 lakh cases in 24 patients. Many of these for- inhibiting an enzyme that the hours. $" ))*3)2, mulations are currently in virus needs to replicate in Of course, the Monday mid stage clinical trials, and, human cells. number also reflects the impact -.)()2*#0 if successful, could be ready by Scientists from the of lower testing at the weekend, end of the year. National Institutes of Health but the fact that positive rate since April 9 when it stood at ")3,)//-.#)3*30 The list includes (NIH) in the US and the is beginning to count down 7.8 per cent. According to the " )/),)+ Molnupiravir, Baricitinib, University of Plymouth in gives an undeniable impression he timely lockdown and health bulletin released by the colchicine, Bamlanivimab the UK found that MK-4482, that India may have peaked out Tproactive public health Government on Monday, Delhi -.#)2*)/+0 (LY-CoV555), Chloroquine also called Molnupiravir, was and now there will be a painful measures taken by the Delhi reported 4,524 new Covid-19 phosphate, Bemcentinib, effective when provided up to process of plateauing. Government to fight the cases, lowest since April 5, and "##)+/)#* Fingolimod, metformin, 12 hours before or 12 hours Even on Sunday, the daily Covid-19 pandemic appears 340 fatalities on Monday . 0()*)*+,-.+)+/+0 Nafamostat, Famotidine and after infection with cases dropped below the 3-lakh to have helped the city in The national Capital con- Umifenovir combination, SARS-CoV-2, that causes mark — 2,81,386 to be precise bringing down the total num- ducted 53,756 tests, including P ")()*+-.#,)+*#0 zuclopenthixol, Kevzara (sar- Covid-19. —for the first time in nearly a ber of Covid-19 cases to 4,524 41849 RTPCR/CBNAAT/True ilumab), and nebivolol. This could be a potential month. This was the lowest in a day on Monday. Nat tests on Sunday. $"/)+2)#3*-./)(*0 oral drug to treat Covid-19. count in 25 days. The positivity rate is also A total of 10,918 people ! This is being developed by " #$ On May 12, India record- going down steadily during recovered from the infection "/+),)22*-.2)#(0 German company Merck with ed 4,205 fresh Covid deaths, past few days. At 8.42 per cent, during the period, the health %& " ' ( $ Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. )*+ while on May 7, the country the positivity rate is the lowest bulletin said. $ " /#)2,)#2/-.()(0 %% ! " " ! #$ use of the drug last week. ! The INMAS-DRDO sci- !" ! entists conducted laboratory experiments with the help of !#%% ! % Centre for Cellular and #!&'() Molecular Biology (CCMB), *# Hyderabad. %%#+! wadeshi Jagran Manch Giving details about the #, S(SJM), an RSS outfit, on he DRDO got into the act trials, Bhatt said a substantial &) #+ Monday asked the Government Tto develop 2-DG drug number of patients were part & to use the public health safe- xtremely severe cyclone way back in April last year of the phase three trials. The -* +.%/ guards in the Patents Act to ETauktae has diverted the when the pandemic hit India. tests showed many patients * grant licence to more pharma- attention and resources of The oral drug is result of more were able to “come out of oxy- - % ceutical companies for the pro- Covid-19-affected districts than a year of trial and testing. gen (support)”, he added. !! duction of Covid vaccines and across Gujarat, Kerala, Project Director Dr On availability of the !!) # medicines. The country may Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Sudhir Chandana told medi- drug, officials said the hospi- require 200 crore vaccine doses Diu and Tamil Nadu, which are apersons during laboratory tals across the country will $ in the next six months. already facing shortage of med- tests that his scientists found start getting it by June. At pre- " The SJM has started a ical supplies from oxygen cylin- that the drug &'01%- “Digital Signature Campaign” ders to vaccines. As several lakh was effective in 23-+ for Universal Access of Vaccine people have been shifted to blocking spread ! !! # and Medicines. According to relief shelters, there is a greater of Covid-19 -# sources, though the Centre is risk of virus transmission in inside the body --! working towards giving licence crowded evacuation shelters. cells. %%## %/ to more companies, the “phar- The situation is likely to wors- “Spurred by &,) ma lobby” may be the pushing en if any long-term disruption these critical against this move. is caused by the cyclone. findings, we Talking to The Pioneer, Meanwhile, the India asked the Drugs National Co-Convener of the Meteorological Department Controller SJM Aswini Mahajan, said, (IMD) said Tauktae is close to General of India “We are trying to identify the Gujarat coast. “The land- (DCGI) for per- Indian firms with competence fall process has started and will mission to conduct clinical sent, the All India Institute of .... We have the competence, we continue during next two trials,” Chandana said. Medical Sciences (AIIMS) sell medicines to 200 countries.” hours,” the IMD said. 0 $ * ( )*+ The DRDO got the go- Delhi and Armed Forces Mahajan said in 1990 dur- These States are on high ahead for the trials in May. Medical Services (AFMS) ing the TRIPS negotiations, alert with transport services The phase two trials were con- have access to it. India presented its side that in suspended and emergency and Maharashtra. the Covid-19 in affected the Brihanmumbai Municipal cluded in October last year Veterans and serving per- the eventuality of a pandemic, relief teams on the lookout for Virus lockdown measures, States. Corporation has moved at least and final trials in November. sonnel undergoing treatment the Government has compe- possible rescue operations. meanwhile, could slow relief In Gujarat, vaccination was 600 patients from Covid cen- Dr Anand Narayan Bhatt, for corona at the military tence to cancel patents. He said Tauktae has killed at least 14 work after the storm, and dam- suspended for two days and tres to Government hospitals. another scientist associated hospital in Delhi and for that in 2009, Indian company people and left a trail of age from the storm such as authorities worked to evacuate While 243 patients were shift- with this path-breaking pro- matter all over the country NATCO had manufactured destruction as it brushed past uprooted electricity poles, dis- hundreds of thousands of peo- ed from BKC facility, 176 were ject said the rigorous trials will be administered the drug cancer drugs bringing its price the coastal States of Kerala, ruption in power supplies may ple to temporary relief shelters. removed from Mulund and took nearly a year before the as per the doctor’s advice, offi- down by thousand times. Karnataka, Goa and further delay the fight against According to authorities, 184 from Dahisar centre.