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  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 which shows the disease is under control,” he said. Mir said with the cooperation of the people...

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 Hospital for treatment of black fungus," the CM tweeted. The drugs used in the treatment of the fungal in...

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 Cipla's 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) and is based on multiplex PCR technology. It helps to identify and detect SARS CoV-2 N Gene and ...

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 program for revamping hospitals. As the state is hit by the Corona Second Wave pandemic, the Government a...