The cocktail was introduced by the army of the British East India Company in India. In India and other tropical regions, malaria was a persistent problem. In the 1700s Scottish doctor George Cleghorn studied how quinine, a traditional cure for malaria,[14] could be used to prevent the disease.[15] The quinine was drunk in tonic water, […]

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), originating from Wuhan, is spreading around the world and the outbreak continues to escalate. Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) typically present with fever and respiratory illness.1 However, little information is available on the neurological manifestations of COVID-19. Here, we report the first case of COVID-19 initially presenting […]

Day 0: Infected Day 0 -5: Asymptomatic phase Day 5 to 7 : Onset of symptoms D0 -D7: Window Period (ONLY PCR IS POSITIVE IN THIS PHASE) – To Prevent Community Spread, Check PCR for all close contacts of Index case, irrespective of symptoms and Quarantine them, if positive. So, First week Asymptomatic. Second week […]

     Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Quarantine is the separation and restriction of movement of individuals who have been exposed to a contagious disease to ascertain if they become sick and to reduce the risk of infecting others. It can be done at home setting […]

     Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi During COVID-19 pandemic, physicians are likely to encounter patients who are experiencing various levels of emotional distress about the risk of infection and its impact on them, their families, and their communities. Physicians should acknowledge this uncertainty and help […]

     Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi COVID-19 is a novel corona virus which is highly contagious and has been identified as responsible for the recent global pandemic. It is, therefore, essential that mental and behavioural healthcare facilities implement plans to protect patients, caregivers and staff […]

     Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi The extreme stresses, uncertainties, and health risks associated with pandemics such as COVID-19 require a special attention to the well-being and needs of healthcare personnel providing care to others. Practising self-care and encouraging other health care workers to engage […]

     Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi The novel COVID-19 is quite contagious with a potential to flood the healthcare systems within a short span of time. No specific treatment or vaccine is available. Prevention is the best way to protect oneself which requires a lot […]

After treating 100s of patients here in US , I think COVID-19 does not cause sever viral pneumonia or ARDS as it was thought initially . All the lung mechanics are intact and lung compliance on ventilator appears normal . COVID-19 is a very nasty virus that cause unique effect as it affect the hemoglobin […]

Dr. Sudhir Mehta shares his expert comments on yet another paper published in NEJM that throws light on the transmission routes of the of both SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 viruses. For our comprehensive coverage and latest updates on COVID-19 click here. SARS coronaviruses- Viable in aerosols for hours and on surfaces for days* To compare SARS-CoV-1, which caused a […]

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ICMR Saturday released new containment guidelines, acknowledging and preparing for a potential community spread. SANDHYA RAMESH • Medics wearing protective masks inside the coronavirus isolation ward of Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu | (representational image) | PTI Text Size: A- A+ Bengaluru: The Indian authorities continue to maintain that the country still has not […]

1 2 * COVID-19: Attacks the 1-Beta Chain of Hemoglobin and Captures the Porphyrin to Inhibit Human Heme Metabolism Wenzhong Liu 1,2,*, Hualan Li2 School of Computer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, Zigong, 643002, China; School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin,644000, China; Correspondence: liuwz@suse.edu.cn; Abstract The novel […]

Desai Neha Diwakar, IRTS; Dr.Sagar Chahar, IRTS; S. Rishi Raghav, IRTS On 24th March 2020, Government of India implemented a nationwide lockdown for 21 days in response to COVID-19 pandemic. Government of India is planning for a staggered approach to exit the lockdown across the country in order to restore normalcy while ensuring safety of […]

libertymavenstock Follow Apr 5 · 8 min read In the last 3–5 days, a mountain of anecdotal evidence has come out of NYC, Italy, Spain, etc. about COVID-19 and characteristics of patients who get seriously ill. It’s not only piling up but now leading to a general field-level consensus backed up by a few previously […]

Harrison’s principle of internal medicine in its chapter on Dengue (arboviruses) says that …..Endemic Presence of dengue in Indian subcontinent , and those who have already suffered from dengue , makes them partially immune to other group of RNA viruses , even if there occurs a major antigenic shift. (Covid 19 is a RNA virus) […]

The full article from the Financial Times. A great read…. Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’ Who can use the term “gone viral” now without shuddering a little? Who can look at anything any more — a door handle, a cardboard carton, a bag of vegetables — without imagining it swarming with those unseeable, […]

  The economics of a pandemic: the case of Covid-19 Paolo Surico and Andrea Galeotti Professors of Economics at London Business School  london.edu Financial support from the European Research Council and the Wheeler Institute is gratefully acknowledged.  This Lecture 1. Science 2. Health policies 3. Economics 4. Macroeconomic policies  london.edu The […]

from the Head of ICU at the Royal Free. Please feel free to disseminate further. “Dear All, I have just finished a very useful ICU / NHS Nightingale teleconference, the aim of which was to consolidate experiences about CV19 and how best to manage the disease. I have provided a summary below. Please understand that […]

 SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) by the numbers Yinon M. Bar-On1 , Avi Flamholz 2 , Rob Phillips3 ,4 , and Ron Milo1 1 Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel 2 University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA 3 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 4 Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, 499 Illinois Street, SF CA […]

Do’s and don’ts for OPD With enough evidence that India is in stage 3 that is community transmission stage OPDs of general physicians ,internal medicine consultants and chest physicians need to be modified to avoid putting HCWs at a risk of getting infected and also to avoid the situation where these setups were portrayed as […]

To the doctors in our Group. I received this today with details of Covid 19 management from Prof MS Seshadri , co authored by Prof T Jacob John, Former Head of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Vellore. Read on. Thank you. Dr John Thanakumar. COVID 19 pandemic : defining the clinical syndrome and describing an […]

New Delhi: Countries that do not have a BCG vaccination policy saw ten times greater incidence of and mortality from Covid-19, compared with those who do, a forthcoming study from medical researchers in the US and UK, which analysed data from 178 countries, has found. BCG, or Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, is a vaccine for tuberculosis and […]

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  3 March 2020 In January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. WHO stated there is a high risk of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreading to other countries around the world. WHO […]

Last year, after a month of dry cough and shortness of breath while walking up the steep steps of Fillmore Street in San Francisco, Mary, my mother-in-law and housemate, noticed that she was becoming more and more easily winded. When her symptoms didn’t improve over the next several weeks, her doctors at the University of […]

This is an experience written by an Indian student in Japan I am continously thinking when Japan was the first country to be impacted by Corona from China because of the luxury ship Diamond Princess from China in January by now it would have gone to stage 4 like European countries. When Japan was hit […]

               Download Share Export   Editorial COVID-19 campus closures: see options for Remote Access to subscribed content  Medical Journal Armed Forces India Available online 31 March 2020 In Press, Journal Pre-proof   Dr Zarir F. Udwadia MD, DNB, […]