India has gradually increase its testing capacity for covid-19 and conducted over 4.20 lakh tests in a day, the highest ever the Un...
The major developments in India on covid -19 are :-
1- With increased testing of samples for Covid-19, the fatality rate has significantly dropped to 2.35 per cent on Saturday and the recovery rate has surged to 63.54 per cent. "India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the world," the health ministry said .
2 - A total of 8,49,431 Covid-19 patients have recovered. The recoveries exceed the active cases by 3,93,360, the ministry informed.
3 - With 48,916 fresh cases, India's Covid-19 tally zoomed past 13 lakh on Saturday, just two days after it crossed the
12-lakh mark, while the death toll mounted to 31,358, the ministry informed. 4 - Serum Institute of India, which has partnered with AstraZeneca
for manufacturing the Oxford vaccine candidate for Covid-19, has sought permission from the Drugs Controller General of
India for conducting phase 2/3 human clinical trials of the potential vaccine, sources said.
for manufacturing the Oxford vaccine candidate for Covid-19, has sought permission from the Drugs Controller General of
India for conducting phase 2/3 human clinical trials of the potential vaccine, sources said.
5 - India's drug regulator has cancelled the rapid diagnostic kit import licenses of three firms and suspended that of 15 others saying the USFDA has removed the manufacturers from their list of coronavirus serology test kits with directions that they should not be distributed. The three firms are Cadila Healthcare, MDAAC International and N W Overseas while the
15 companies include Transasia Bio-Medicals, Cosmic Scientific, Inbios India, S D Biosensor, Accurex Biomedicals,Biohouse Solutions and Trivitron Healthcare among others.
15 companies include Transasia Bio-Medicals, Cosmic Scientific, Inbios India, S D Biosensor, Accurex Biomedicals,Biohouse Solutions and Trivitron Healthcare among others.
6 - Pune-based Mylab Discovery Solutions has scaled up its development and production of Covid-19 testing kit with the help of strategic funding by the Department of Biotechnology ,an official statement said. Currently, Mylab has a manufacturing capacity of 2,00,000 RT-PCR and 50,000 RNA tests .
7 - Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a first of its kind portable rapid diagnostic device to detect coronavirus at less than Rs 400 per test. According to officials, the test can be conducted in an ultra-low-cost portable enclosure as an alternative to specialized laboratory equipment .The same portable unit can be used for a large number of
tests on mere replacement of the paper cartridge after each test.
tests on mere replacement of the paper cartridge after each test.
8 - A committee of seven Supreme Court judges has apprised the bar leaders of its decision to not open the apex court for physical hearings "for the time being" and would meet them again after two weeks to reconsider the issue. The apex court, since March 25, has been holding courts through video conferencing.
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