by Tyler Durden
Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 11:45 PM
For the past month and a half, the international community has watched in horror as India has suffered from one of the world s deadliest national outbreaks of COVID-19, provoked in part by a prime minister who held massive political rallies, and allowed massive gatherings for the celebration of Hindu religious holidays, gatherings that epidemiologists say helped seed the latest outbreak.
Even as the US and Europe have sent vaccines, medicine, oxygen tanks and other supplies, the government has refused to impose more restrictive measures, and the number of daily deaths has continued to accelerate.
By Manas Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) - At least two Indian states have said they plan to dose their populations with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin.
At least two Indian states have said they plan to dose their populations with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to protect against severe COVID-19 infections as their hospitals are overrun with patients in critical condition.
The move by the coastal state of Goa and northern state of Uttarakhand, come despite the World Health Organization and others warning against such measures. The current evidence on the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 patients is inconclusive, WHO said in a statement in late March. Until more data is available, WHO recommends that the drug only be used within clinical trials. Merck, a manufacturer of the drug, has also said available data does not support using the drug as a COVID-19 treatment.
2 Indian States Go Big On Drug Ivermectin Despite WHO Advice 2 Indian States Go Big On Drug Ivermectin Despite WHO Advice The move by Goa and Uttarakhand, come despite the World Health Organization and others warning against such measures.
Uttarakhand announced plans on Wednesday to distribute the tablets to any person over the age of two.
Bengaluru:
At least two Indian states have said they plan to dose their populations with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to protect against severe COVID-19 infections as their hospitals are overrun with patients in critical condition.
The move by Goa and Uttarakhand, come despite the World Health Organization and others warning against such measures.
The volunteers answering Covid SOS calls from India s sick and dying
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Vedika Sud and Jessie Yeung, CNN
Published May 8, 2021 7:50:37 AM
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endIndex: Manu Jain, the national convenor of the Indian Youth Congress, in New Delhi on May 5. Credit: Vedika Sud/CNN
(CNN) Srinivas B.V. barely sleeps at night. His phone rings 24 hours a day with cries of help from Indians begging for oxygen supplies, ventilators, hospital beds whatever he can provide. If we miss a call, we call back and ask what we can do, said Srinivas, who leads the youth wing of the opposition Indian National Congress party.