Hospitals warned against use of Remdesivir, plasma therapy, Dr. Vardhan says.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday cautioned that the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) COVID-19 first sero-survey should not create a sense of complacency in people with regard to the virus.
Speaking in his social media interaction Sunday Samvaad-3, Mr. Vardhan said indications from the up-coming second sero survey “are that India is far from having achieved any kind of herd immunity which necessitates that all of us should continue following COVID appropriate behaviour.”
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The first sero-survey from May 2020 revealed a nationwide prevalence of novel coronavirus infection of only 0.73%.
In a reversal, the Minister said the Health Ministry has advised against the wide usage of investigational therapies such as Remdesivir and…