MERS Current Affairs, GK & News

Remdesivir Shortage in India

April 13, 2021

Remdesivir is an injectable anti-virus. It is injected to prevent replication of the virus. The Remdesivir was created in 2014. It was manufactured in large scale to treat Ebola. Later it was used to treat SARS and MERS. Recently, after the COVID-19 crisis, it has been repurposed for COVID-19 treatment. What is the issue around ..

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Zydus Cadila launched the cheapest generic version of Remdesivir in India

August 13, 2020

Zydus Cadila launched the cheapest generic version of Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug Remdesivir in India to treat the deadly COVID 19 pandemic. The version has been launched after reports of a shortage of the drugs in the hospitals of the country. The price of drugs has been fixed as Rs 2800 per 100 mg vial. ..

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What are Immunity Passports that are warned against by WHO?

April 25, 2020

The World Health Organization has recently warned against issuance of immunity passports. The organization is against the concept as there is no evidence till now that people who have recovered from COVID-19 or developed antibodies will not get infected again. What are Immunity Passports? Immunity passports are provided to persons that have been recovered from ..

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Four Mega Trials of COVID-19 Treatment launched by WHO

March 24, 2020

The World Health Organization recently launched a mega trial of four most promising corona virus treatments. The organization focuses on repurpose drugs that have already been approved to be safe rather than finding new compounds from the scratch. What are the four trials? The WHO is testing four most promising treatments to combat the virus. ..

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WHO names the new Corona Virus: “COVID-19”

February 12, 2020

On February 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced a new name for the Corona Virus, “COVID-19”. Today more than 42,000 are infected with the virus according to the organization. Highlights WHO has chosen the name with no reference to geographical location. According to WHO, the name was chosen in such away that it does ..

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Corona Virus: A new stain of virus found in China

January 11, 2020

On January 11, 2020, China reported the first death in the country due to pneumonia caused by a new virus that is of outbreak in the city of Wuhan. The Chinese scientists discovered that the new strain of virus is that of the corona virus. Highlights According to the WHO, the outbreak in Wuhan in ..

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