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Misleading: Covaxin is used to treat COVID-19.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Covaxin is used to treat COVID-19.

COVID-19 medicine named Favipiravir which costs at ₹35/- per tablet has been launched in India.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

COVID-19 medicine named Favipiravir which costs at ₹35/- per tablet has been launched in India.

True: Serum Institute of India and Novavax together are set to produce 100 crore units of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

True: Serum Institute of India and Novavax together are set to produce 100 crore units of the COVID-19 vaccine.

खरे: Tocilizumab injection which is priced at Rs 40,000 was sold illegally for up to Rs 1 lakh per injection.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Human Rights-General

खरे: Tocilizumab injection which is priced at Rs 40,000 was sold illegally for up to Rs 1 lakh per injection.

True: Favipiravir, a broad-spectrum inhibitor of viral RNA polymerase, emerges as one of the most promising drugs against COVID-19.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

True: Favipiravir, a broad-spectrum inhibitor of viral RNA polymerase, emerges as one of the most promising drugs against COVID-19.

True: Two potential coronavirus vaccines have triggered immune responses.
Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

True: Two potential coronavirus vaccines have triggered immune responses.

False: The Vice President of Bharat Biotech volunteered for Covaxin human trials.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

False: The Vice President of Bharat Biotech volunteered for Covaxin human trials.

True: The U.S. government will pay $1.6 billion to Novavax for developing a Covid-19 vaccine.
Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

True: The U.S. government will pay $1.6 billion to Novavax for developing a Covid-19 vaccine.

True: Paediatric Covid-19 patients will be enrolled in remdesivir clinical trial.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

True: Paediatric Covid-19 patients will be enrolled in remdesivir clinical trial.

True: COVID-19 vaccine trial at the Center for Pharmaceutical Research in Kansas City involves electrical zap.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

True: COVID-19 vaccine trial at the Center for Pharmaceutical Research in Kansas City involves electrical zap.

True: India had lifted the ban on exporting hydroxychloroquine even before Trump had threatened as there were requests from many countries.
Geopolitical-General Health-Pharma

True: India had lifted the ban on exporting hydroxychloroquine even before Trump had threatened as there were requests from many countries.

True: Rajasthan doctors cure coronavirus patients with a combination of anti-viral drugs.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

True: Rajasthan doctors cure coronavirus patients with a combination of anti-viral drugs.

False: India demands unrestricted access to the U.S. market for its pharma companies in return for hydroxychloroquine.
Geopolitical-Policy Health-Pharma

False: India demands unrestricted access to the U.S. market for its pharma companies in return for hydroxychloroquine.

False: One of the UK's first Covid-19 vaccine trial participant, Elisa Granato is dead.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

False: One of the UK's first Covid-19 vaccine trial participant, Elisa Granato is dead.

False: Taking Advil (ibuprofen) can worsen COVID-19 symptoms.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

False: Taking Advil (ibuprofen) can worsen COVID-19 symptoms.

False: Hydroxychloroquine is being used for compassionate treatment in the United Kingdom.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

False: Hydroxychloroquine is being used for compassionate treatment in the United Kingdom.

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