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Director of All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Dr Randeep Guleria on Sunday said that the medical treatment for Black Fungus (Mucormycosis) is more prolonged as compared to COVID-19 pandemic. Guleria was speaking at India TVs #JeetegaIndiaHaaregaCorona conclave.

On whether the government reduced the number of vaccination centres in the State, he said earlier there was a wastage of vaccines and in view of that some centres were closed.

It added that payments under MNREGA, pension and other schemes would be expedited to provide relief to people.

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Amid escalating cases of black fungus in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday asked people to be watchful and not resort to self-medication, particularly steroids, and said about 15 hospitals in the city are treating mucormycosis patients.

  The case fatality rate of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir is lower compared to other states in the country, which indicates the disease is under control, surveillance medical officer of the WHO here said on Saturday. Dr Ashiq Rashid Mir, Surveillance Medical Officer, World Health Organization, Kashmir Division, expressed optimism over the recovery rate of positive cases along with less case fatality rate in Jammu and Kashmir compared to the rest of the states. “This is the main indicator ...

Meanwhile, MP Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang said the state had 650 confirmed cases of black fungus, a rare and dangerous fungal infection being found in people with COVID as well as those who have recovered.

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said dedicated centres will be set up for the treatment of black fungus or mucormycosis cases at three city government-run hospitals. He made the announcement after discussing the rise in black fungus cases with officials and specialists at a meeting in Delhi. "Three important decisions were taken at the meeting. Centres will be set up at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospi...

URL copied Cipla launches ViraGen RT-PCR test. Cipla Limited on Thursday announced the commercialisation of a polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kit ‘ViraGen for COVID-19 in India, in partnership with Ubio Biotechnology Systems Pvt. Ltd. ViraGen is Ciplas third offering in the Covid-19 testing segment. Cipla already has partnerships for antibody detection kit and antigen test kits. ViraGen is a real-time detection kit approved by the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research)...

May 20, 2021, 14:39 IST Andhra Pradesh Budget Session 2021-22| Andhra Pradesh  Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy presented the State budget for the financial year 2021-22 in the Assembly on Thursday. The State government allocated Rs 1,000 crore exclusively to fight Covid-19 pandemic. In the state budget, the government has allocated Rs 13,840.44 crore for the health sector. Rs 2,248.94 crore for purchase of Arogyasree and medicines, Rs.1,535 crore for the Nadu and Nedu progr...