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CSIR Identifies Top 25 Drugs/Drug Candidates for Repurposing

CSIR has been leading the fight against Covid19 epidemic on multiple fronts, with major emphasis on repurposed drugs as they can be quickly deployed for treatment as opposed to new drugs which need almost a decade of development. Globally many drugs are under clinical trials on Coronavirus patients to establish their efficacy against Covid19.

1.24 Crore Corona Warriors Available in India, Says Centre

“Covidwarriors.gov.in has been created as a master database of healthcare professionals and volunteers. Till now, details of 1.24 crore human resources of various kinds have been added to it,” said Arun Kumar Panda, Chairman of the Empowered Group-4, which has been mandated with identification of human resources for various COVID-19 related activities.

NBRI Scientists Develop Herbal Hand-Sanitiser

This sanitizer contains Tulsi essential oil as herbal constituent, which is strong natural antimicrobial agent, and 60 percent of isopropyl alcohol for killing germs. The product is validated scientifically for its strong germ-killing activity. “This hand sanitizer has been clinically tested and found to be ‘highly-effective’ against surface microbes.