After painfully negotiating numerous hurdles during the first wave that peaked in mid-September last year, India appears to have learnt little as more ferocious second wave is ravaging the country. After painfully negotiating numerous hurdles during the first wave that peaked in mid-September last year, India appears to have learnt little as more ferocious second … Continue reading India ill prepared despite lessons learnt in the first wave
SOLIDARITY trial
Remdesivir, other repurposed drugs ineffective, says WHO’s Solidarity trial
WHO's Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, the largest randomised control trial carried out in the world during the pandemic, has found that four repurposed drugs — remdesivir, interferon, hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir regimes — for the treatment of COVID-19 are not effective. WHO's Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, the largest randomised control trial carried out in the world during the … Continue reading Remdesivir, other repurposed drugs ineffective, says WHO’s Solidarity trial
WHO halts hydroxychloroquine arm of Solidarity trial
About two weeks after the RECOVERY trial announced that hydroxychloroquine does not reduce deaths among hospitalised COVID-19 patients and was halting the trial, the WHO has stopped the hydroxychloroquine arm of the Solidarity trial. About two weeks after the RECOVERY trial announced that it is halting the hydroxychloroquine arm as the drug does not prevent … Continue reading WHO halts hydroxychloroquine arm of Solidarity trial
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