ICMR: Remdesvir effective in stopping replication mechanism of COVID-19

On April 13, 2020, the Indian Council of Medical Research announced that the antiviral drug Remdesvir is highly effective in stopping the replication of COVID-19. Highlights The research on the efficacy of Remdesvir is a part of WHO’s “Solidarity Trial”. The efficacy of Remdesvir is not based on clinical trials. However, ICMR is concluding its ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Clinical trials • COVID-19 • Drugs • Ebola • Ebola Outbreak • ICMR • India-WHO • lopinavir • Remdesvir • ventilator • WHO

United Nations Security council to meet on COVID-19 first time

On April 2, 2020, the current president of United Nations Security Council, Dominican Republic announced that the world body is to meet over COVID-19 next week. The rotating presidency of the 15-member council was taken by the Caribbean country from the previous president China. China is a permanent member and has veto powers in the ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Caribbean • Corona virus • COVID-19 • Dominican Republic • Ebola • Ebola Outbreak • UN Security Council (UNSC) • UNSC • UNSC resolution

Ebola emerges again in Congo

Health officials in Eastern Congo recently documented the first relapse of current Ebola epidemic. The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has so far infected more than 3,300 people and killed more than 2,200 since the middle of 2018, making it the second-worst on record. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), this recent ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: International Current Affairs • Places in News Current Affairs

Topics: Democratic Republic of Cong • DRC • Ebola • Ebola Outbreak • Ebola Virus • WHO

DRC plans surveillance, vaccination training to tackle Ebola

Democratic Republic of Congo has been scaled up its fight against Ebola in country after World Health Organization (WHO), the global health body sounded an alarm over its outbreak. WHO declared disease an international health emergency after a Ebola case was confirmed in Goma, a densely populated eastern city that borders Rwanda. Key Highlights The ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019

Category: Places in News Current Affairs

Topics: Democratic Republic of Congo • Ebola Outbreak • Goma • international health emergency • Jean-Jacques Muyembe • World Health Organization

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC as a Global Health Emergency

World Health Organization (WHO) has declared deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’. This announcement comes after Ebola virus spread to a city of 2 million people. Key Highlights Meaning: Invoking the emergency provision by WHO of declaring a Public health emergency of international concern, is ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019

Topics: Democratic Republic of Congo • Ebola Outbreak • Ebola Virus • Goma • Public Health Emergency of International Concern • World Health Organization