The suspension of WHO’s hydroxychloroquine clinical trial was to be taken up by an expert committee last week, but the discussions were eventually ‘deferred’.
More than a hundred scientists have raised questions about the dataset used in the study published by The Lancet, which led to WHO halting all trials of HCQ.
ICMR DG Balram Bhargava’s statement comes amid rising concern on hydroxychloroquine increasing mortality rate when used as a treatment in Covid-19 patients.
A Lancet study Friday said HCQ raises chances of death and irregular heart rhythm. On the same day, ICMR advised expansion of HCQ usage as prevention drug.
Trump, who at 73 is in an age group at which contracting Covid-19 can be especially dangerous, began HCQ treatments in consultation with White House physicians.
The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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