Top 10 Covid updates: Six lakh vials of drug to treat black fungus to be imported soon, says Centre

Here are the top updates on Thursday:

The Centre said that Indian companies will import six lakh vials of Amphotericin B, the drug used to treat black fungus infections, and that the shortage of the drug will be resolved soon. Earlier in the day, the Union Health Ministry asked states to make post-Covid complication mucormycosis, or black fungus, a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to consider providing free education in Navodaya Vidyalaya to children who lost both their parents or an earning member of the family due to the coronavirus.India recorded 2,76,110 new coronavirus cases, taking the total count of infections to 2,57,72,440 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. The country’s toll rose to 2,87,122 as it registered 3,874 deaths in the last day. The Centre released new guidelines on coronavirus. It said that aerosol particles “can be carried in the air up to 10 metres”. Apart from physical distancing and the use of masks, the advisory highlighted that better ventilation can decrease the risk of transmission of the infection.The Delhi High Court said hospitals in the city should set up their own oxygen plants taking a cue from the “bitter experience” of the Covid-19…

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