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GUWAHATI: The Assam government on Saturday has decided to reduce the home quarantine period for COVID-19 patients even as cases are on the rise. Informing about the decision, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that after discharge from hospital, a COVID patients will be required to stay in home
The Assam government will release 376 prisoners in the next few days to decongest jails across the state after 535 inmates tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Thursday. Of the 376 prisoners to be released, 111 are presently lodged in Guwahati Central Jail, he said. The rest of
Pharmaceutical firm Cipla is all set to launch Favipiravir, developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in a cost-effective process, for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, according to an official statement on Thursday. An off-patent anti-viral drug, Favipiravir, originally discovered by Fuji Pharma in Japan, has shown
Police have seized 17,000 fake COVID-19 testing kits discovered in raids against illicit food and drink products across dozens of countries, Interpol said Wednesday. Officials seized $40 million (34.5 million euros) worth of fake or substandard products in 77 countries, and arrested 407 people in the operation, carried out from
The untimely demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput has shocked the entire country. Asking for a CBI inquiry into the death of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, her boyfriend, actor Rhea Chakraborty joined the chorus on Thursday. Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said that the Mumbai police are capable of handling