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COVID -19 India : Live Updates, Latest News, Helpline Contacts and Latest Medical Studies

Last Updated: Nov 18, 2020

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Coronavirus Live Updates:




Latest News:

India Updates:

  • Covid-19: Centre, Delhi huddle as third wave gets steeper - Read More!
  • Second Covid-19 peak in Mumbai to be less severe comparatively, says TIFR - Read More!
  • Centre directs states to form committees to oversee Covid-19 vaccination drive - Read More!
  • Coronavirus Updates: Active Cases Drop Below 5.5 Lakh As India Reports Less Than 40,000 Fresh Infections- Read More!
  • Lockdown measures extended in West Bengal till November 30 with relaxations - Read More!

List of Helpline Numbers To Report Cases:

List of hospitals and helpline Numbers to report cases

  • Helpline Number Toll-free: 1075, +91-11-23978046
  • Helpline Email ID : ncov2019[at]gov[dot]in OR Ncov2019[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Website: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/

Know More About:Coronavirus PAN India Helpline Numbers

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Ongoing Latest Medical Studies and Developments On Coronavirus:

Here is a sneak peak of ongoing latest medical studies regarding Covid-19 to monitor Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situations

  • Research published in reference to COVID-19 and its treatment approach:
    • The research paper provides an overview on the development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.

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    • This research paper focuses over the relation between COVID-19 and pregnancy and all the related facts to be acknowledged by obstetricians.

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    • This research paper focuses on the agents with potential efficacy against COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-19).

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    • This research article shows the clinical studies mentioning the breakthrough of chloroquine as an effective treatment against COVID-19.

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    • This research article is actually a review of nCOVID-19, including all the details of the time this paper was published.

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    • This article shows the non-randomized clinical trial of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin as an effective treatment against COVID-19.

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    • This article mentions the predictive view of immune intervention for COVID-19 and Potential vaccines, that may help in designing an effective vaccine against this pandemic disease.

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  • Protecting First line healthcare professionals during PPE scarcity

    A global shortage of masks and other PPE has emerged as the COVID-19 has spread worldwide. Thus it is utmost important to protect the frontline medical staff doing their job of treating and dealing with the patients, who are at utmost risk to this disease. Due to the scarcity of the PPE, WHO recommends to prioritize and rationalize its use among the healthcare workers and other caring the COVID-19 patients. The illustration provided will help you understand and explain the rational use of PPE in certain settings.

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  • PPE tracker Help

    Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the protective clothing, goggles, helmets or other related garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer from getting the infection or the injury. With the help of this tracker you can easily locate the point of contact and even information like quantity of items and contact.

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  • Treatment News

    A recent research shows relevance in treating COVID patients by administering antibody-rich plasma from the patients who have recovered from COVID.

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  • Symptom Tracker

    King’s College London team in association with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and a healthcare start-up ZOE Global LTD developed this app. Recent analysis of the data from this application suggests that loss of sense of smell and taste may be the best way to identify whether the person has COVID-19 or not.

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  • WHO compilation of global research on COVID-19

    Since 31 December 2019, a cluster of cases has been reported to WHO of pneumonia of unknown cause from Wuhan City, China. By 7 January, the causative virus was identified as COVID-19 by the Chinese authorities. As a response to this outbreak, WHO activated the Global research on COVID-19 to accelerate diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines against this novel coronavirus.

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  • Roadmaps to Vaccines

    At this time of the pandemic, there is a need to rapidly develop a vaccine against COVID-19. Globally WHO has taken the initiative to conduct clinical and preclinical trials for the evaluation of the vaccines. Two of the vaccines have now entered Phase 1 of clinical trials. You can find the latest updates on the vaccines being tested and undergoing clinical trials.

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  • Analysis to evaluate therapeutics against COVID-19

    We all are in an urgent need for therapeutic medications for treating this pandemic of COVID-19. WHO shares the trial design a doctor should follow for experimenting diagnostics till the confirm therapeutics are announced by their end. You can get the updated information regarding the therapeutics evaluation being done or are chosen over the other.

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  • India And COVID-19: IJMR Research Articles

    You can find all the articles published in Indian Journal of Medical Research. You can explore the new research findings and update your knowledge on COVID-19 and its impact, implication and various other research modules which researchers had contributed in studying the novel coronavirus, Soon IJMR is going to publish their special issue on Coronavirus India & COVID-19.

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  • Guidelines: Nasal/Throat Swab Based Diagnosis

    Commercial Kits are now available for diagnosing COVID-19. These kits are US FDA approved and after its due approval from the DCGI and ICMR intimation can be used directly. You can find the list of test kits along with the company name made available.

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  • Rapid Antibody Kits: Guidelines

    This list includes the antibody based tests, which are approved by CE-IVD. These test kits can be performed on blood/plasma/serum samples of the patients.

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  • State Nodal And Testing VRDLs For nCoV: Guidelines

    In this you can get to know the roles and responsibilities and the process involved for ensuring collection and transportation of suspected COVID-19 patients to the testing laboratories.

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  • Committee for COVID-19

    A high-level technical committee of Public Health Experts has been established to guide the prevention and control activities in the country.

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