Several U.S. hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID-19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmation of preliminary results of a study by British researchers, who said the inexpensive steroid saves lives. The move illustrates how the pandemic is changing the way hospitals work, at least regarding COVID-19 مزید پڑھیں

The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and 2 billion doses by the end of 2021, chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday. The WHO is drawing up plans to help decide who should get the first doses once a vaccine is approved, she مزید پڑھیں

Data from an ongoing trial showed Tuesday that administering low doses of dexamethasone, a generic steroid drug, to patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus reduced death rates by around a third among those with the most severe cases of infection. The results, described as a “major breakthrough” by scientists leading the UK-led clinical trial known مزید پڑھیں

The Ministry of National Health Services has decided to take strict action against all the people who have been selling plasma in the country. The health authorities have issued guidelines about plasma therapy treatment for COVID-19, urging people not to pay donors as the treatment was still “an experimental therapy”. The illegal trade of plasma مزید پڑھیں

The Punjab government has decided to restart polio vaccination campaigns across the province despite the Covid-19 outbreak, ARY News reported on Tuesday. As per details, the provincial government has started preparations to launch anti-polio drive in Punjab in the second week of July. In this connection, the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the anti-polio campaign مزید پڑھیں

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A specific mutation in the new coronavirus can significantly increase its ability to infect cells, according to a study by U.S. researchers. The research may explain why early outbreaks in some parts of the world did not end up overwhelming health systems as much as other outbreaks in New York and Italy, according to experts مزید پڑھیں

The health ministry swung into action on Saturday after reports emerged that two drugs currently being used for the management of COVID-19 patients were in short supply in the country. Chairing a meeting regarding the coronavirus situation in the federal capital, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said tocilizumab and مزید پڑھیں

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has approved country’s first ever locally developed testing kits for coronavirus detection. He made this announcement on the micro-blogging website, Twitter. Another landmark achieved…. DRAP has approved Pakistan first COVID testing kit, Congratulations to @Official_NUST and مزید پڑھیں

Special Assistant to PM on Health Dr Zafar Mirza has said that the federal government has prepared a comprehensive support package for the frontline health workers fighting coronavirus pandemic. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he said the doctors, nurses and other paramedics who are working in emergencies, quarantine and isolation centers caring the patients مزید پڑھیں