Dr Shashank Joshi, a member of the state Covid task force, said people should stop panic-buying the drug. “The rush for the drug is unfounded. It has restrictions on use and should be given only during the first nine days. It s a drug that only reduces viral replication in the body. It does not have the potential to reduce mortality. No study of the drug, worldwide, has shown an ability to reduce mortality,” Dr Joshi said.
He added doctors may be prescribing the drug, which cuts hospital stay, to make more beds immediately available for more Covid patients.
A senior doctor, another member of the state Covid advisory group, said favipiravir is the only other antiviral being recommended besides remdesivir. However, favipiravir has better impact if administered during the first five to six days of Covid onset.
Anil Deshmukh Steps Down as Maharashtra Home Minister after Bombay High Court Orders Probe
Deshmukh resigned on April 5 on moral grounds , reports said. Deshmukh has tendered his resignation to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.
| 5 April 2021 10:52 AM GMT
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh today tendered his resignation after the Bombay High Court has ordered the CBI to carry out a preliminary probe into former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh s allegations against him.
Deshmukh resigned on April 5 on moral grounds , reports said. Deshmukh has tendered his resignation to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. I don t want to continue as Home Minister as an investigation is on, said the resignation letter of Deshmukh, who belongs to Sharad Pawar s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
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Maharashtra: 19-year-old boy hangs self in Beed after mother switches off TV
A 19-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after his mother switched off the television at home in Kej tehsil of Maharashtra s Beed district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday morning in Vakilwadi area, an official said.
The deceased, who studied at a local school, was watching television lying down after his online classes got over, he said. His mother asked him to watch TV sitting properly and then proceeded to switch it off. Thereafter, he went to the bathroom and hanged himself. His mother and sister later found the body and informed the police, the official added.
COVID-19: Over 43,000 new cases in Maharashtra; 8,646 in Mumbaiâthe worst thus far
For the first time since the pandemic outbreak last year, Maharashtra reported the highest single-day cases and deaths on Thursday. The state recorded 43,183 new infections and 249 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing its tally to 28,56,163, with 54,898 deaths so far.
The state capital, Mumbai, also followed suit, reporting the highest number of single-day cases in the last 24 hours, with 8,646 new infections and 18 deaths on Thursday, increasing its tally to 4,23,260 cases so far. The total death toll in the city is now 11,704.
2 April 2021, 03:47 AM
Maharashtra: Huge crowd seen at Dadar vegetable market in Mumbai this morning
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Pune night curfew, lockdown news latest updates.
Pune lockdown news updates: Pune, one of the worst affected cities in Maharashtra by Covid-19, has decided to impose night curfew from 6 pm to 6 am starting tomorrow (Saturday, April 3). Hotels, restaurants, bars, shopping malls, markets and religious places will also remain closed for at least one week. The decision to impose these curbs was taken during a review meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday.
The administration has allowed only home delivery of food, medicines and other essential items. No public function, except funerals and weddings, will be allowed. Maximum 20 people will be allowed for funerals and 50 in weddings.Â