Tag: Covid 19 Patients

New York: Loss of taste or smell is now among the new coronavirus symptoms that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added to its official list and now, a new study says that loss of the sense of smell is most likely to occur by the third day of infection with […]

New Delhi: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday that it has initiated phase – three clinical trials on antiviral Favipiravir for COVID-19 patients in India. COVID-19 patients from over 10 leading government and private hospitals in India are being enrolled for the study. The trial completion and study results are expected by July-August this year. Glenmark […]

Hyderabad: Hypertensive individuals run the increased risk of Covid-19 infection and they should take extra precautions like regularly monitoring their blood pressure level, doctors said on World Hypertension Day on Sunday. Hypertensive individuals and increased age are high-risk factors for Covid-19 infection, said Dr Shiva Raju, Senior Consultant Physician and Diabetologist, KIMS Hospitals, Secunderabad. He […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 53 more COVID-19 patients recovered from the disease on Sunday, taking the total number of recovery cases in Odisha to 550, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department. The COVID-19 recovered persons are from Ganjam (30), Jajpur (18), Khurda (3) and Keonjhar (2). 53 #Covid19 patients recover in #Odisha 30 […]

New Delhi: No major side-effects of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been found in studies in India and its use should be continued in preventive treatment for COVID-19, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday. The ICMR’s statement came against the backdrop of the World Health Organization (WHO) suspending the testing of the drug […]

Washington: Three Indian companies have got licences from NASA to manufacture its indigenously developed ventilators for critical COVID-19 patients. The three Indian companies are Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bharat Forge Ltd and Medha Servo Drives Pvt Ltd, the space organisation said in a statement on Friday. Apart from the Indian firms, 18 other companies, […]

New Delhi: Seeking to facilitate availability of experimental drugs for severely-ill COVID-19 patients, the Union Health Ministry has issued a draft notification for “compassionate use” of any unapproved drug that is in the phase-III clinical trial globally. The draft New Drugs and Clinical Trials (Amendment) Rules stipulate manufacture and import of unapproved drugs based on […]

As many as 99 more COVID-19 patients recovered from the disease on Monday, taking the total number of recovery cases in Odisha to 1993, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department.

In the last five months, the world has seen how contagious and dreadful the coronavirus is. Studies have shown that it very easily gets transmitted from one human to the other mainly through the respiratory droplets generated when you sneeze, cough, or exhale. It is also transmitted by direct touch and getting in contact/touch with […]

New York: Researchers in the US have found that Covid-19 patients who received transfusions of blood plasma from people who recovered found the treatment was safe. The study of 20,000 hospitalised patients with Covid-19, published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, suggests that giving blood plasma to people early in the disease may be beneficial. “Our […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Sunday reported its highest single-day COVID-19 recovery, as 290 more patients recovered from the disease, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department. According to the Health department, highest 99 patients have recovered from Ganjam, 56 from Gajapati, 33 from Jharsuguda, 16 each from Cuttack and Nabarangpur, 15 from Balasore, 11 from […]

New Delhi: Doctors in state hospitals are being advised to use antiviral Remdesivir on COVID-19 patients strictly as per protocol amid some reports of liver damage in such patients treated with the drug, official sources said. While the health ministry is reviewing the guidelines on the usage of the drug following the adverse reports, states […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the unrelenting surge in COVID-19 cases, the Odisha government on Monday asked all private hospitals in major cities and towns to reserve 50 per cent of beds for coronavirus patients. A notification in this regard was issued by the state health and family welfare department during the day, and the directives came into […]

Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 patients having low immunity could get reinfected, said Dr Pragyan Kumar Routray during the State government’s seven-day programme of doctors answering to people’s queries. “The infection may return if the Covid-19 patient has low immunity. But there is hardly any chance of reinfection if the patient has a good immunity. Even the infected […]

New York: In a major study, researchers have found that some patients with Covid-19 have persistent skin-related symptoms long after their initial infection has cleared. The findings, presented at the 29th Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, point to another burden experienced by so-called “long haulers” who get better but don’t seem […]