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Tag: COVID-19/Coronavirus

AYURAKSHA programme launched by All India institute of Ayurveda (AIIA)

May 2, 2020
All India Institute of Ayurveda
  • AYURAKHSA programme has been launched by All India Institute of Ayurveda(AIIA) laong with AYUSH ministry and Delhi Police to boost immunity of people during the period of pandemic COVID-19.
  • The slogan is ““Corona Se Jung: Delhi Police Ke Sang”. Free immunity booster kits will be distributed to delhi police as well.

YASH launched by NCSTC and DST for COVID-19

May 1, 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19
  • Year of awareness on Science & health(YASH) has been launched by National council for Science and technology communication (NCSTC) and Department of Science and Technology(DST) to fight against COVId-19 

#Wewillwin campaign launched by FIFA

May 1, 2020
FIFA
  • #WeWillWin campaign has been launched by Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to support and motivate all those corona warriors who are working at the front line to stop COVID-19 pandemic.

IIT delhi develops dashboard “PRACRITI” for COVID-19

April 30, 2020
Pracriti
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has developed a special dashboard “PRACRITI” for state-wise and district-wise predictions of COVID-19 for a three-week period.
  • PRACRITI is acronym for PRediction and Assessment of CoRona Infections and Transmission in India

ADB to provide a loan of $1 Billion to India for COVID-19

April 29, 2020
ADB
  • Asian development Bank(ADB) has signed a loan agreement with Government of India (GoI) of $1 Billion that will be utilized to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Govt. will focus on providing food security, medical kits and other essential equipments like ventilators, PPE kits etc.

India’s first plasma therapy starts in KGMU, Lucknow

April 28, 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19
  • King George’s medical University (KGMU) of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh has become the first institute in the country to start  using plasma therapy for the possible treatment of COVID-19.
  • Plasma therapy uses antibodies from the patients’ that have successfully recovered from the COVID-19 and transplanting them in the patient that is not abe to generate anti bodies to recover from this deadly virus.

Dhanwantri scheme launched by the Assam government for the delivery of medicines

April 27, 2020
Dhanwantri scheme
  • Assam government has launched Dhanwantri scheme for delivery of medicines amid lockdown all over the country due to COVID-19.

Kerala starts using robots to serve COVID-19 patients.

April 27, 2020
KARMI-bot
  • Kerala’s medical college has started using Robot named “KARMI-bot” to help patients that are affected or are in isolation due to COVID-19. 

“VITAL” NASA’s ventilator to fight COVID-19

April 25, 2020
NASA
  • Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally(VITAL) , a ventilator that has been developed by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to meet the sudden spike in the demand of ventilators due to COVID-19 all over the United States. 

Karnataka government launches Apthamitra App

April 23, 2020
apps
  • Karnataka government has launched Apthamitra app and helpline for providing medical assistance to people during the COVID-19. This helpline will also provide telemedicine and arrange tests if required