In reply to RTI query filed by ThePrint, ICMR says it only has cumulative testing data, and adds that it is the responsibility of states to maintain specific RAT & RT-PCR data.
There are 5,27,962 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 6.31 per cent of the total caseload, the health ministry data stated.
ICMR director general Balram Bhargava says emerging data shows that masks don’t alter blood oxygen levels and so should be worn while exercising & walking.
The ICMR chief has said plasma therapy could be removed from the Clinical Management Protocols for Covid. But doctors continue to prescribe it saying it produces genuine results.
The Health Ministry data stated there were 6,80,680 active Covid cases in the country that comprised 8.71 per cent of total caseload. While the death toll was more than 1.1 lakh.
As many as 67,95,103 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the recovery rate to 88.81% while the case fatality rate due Covid-19 has dropped to 1.51%.
IJMR article says 42 trials used modern medicine, 13 were ‘miscellaneous’ — including nutraceuticals, process-of-care changes and non-Covid patient management.
India's daily Covid cases dropped below 60,000 for the second time this month, while the number of new fatalities dipped below 600 after nearly 3 months.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
More RAT and less RT-PCR is by design. India has surrendered to Covid. Now it just wants to hide the expanse of disease. It is waiting for the world to provide medicine to India.
More RAT and less RT-PCR is by design. India has surrendered to Covid. Now it just wants to hide the expanse of disease. It is waiting for the world to provide medicine to India.