The Central government has sent multi-disciplinary teams to Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur, which are reporting a high number of COVID-19 cases. According to data compiled by the Greater Chennai Corporation and ICMR, the number of residents vaccinated crossed 30 lakh this week. TelanganaLaurus Labs gets DRDO licence to make anti-COVID drug 2DGDrugmaker Laurus Labs has received licence from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to manufacture and market 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose (2DG), an oral drug indicated as an adjunct therapy for hospitalised COVID-19 patients. Laurus Labs is among a clutch of companies that have been issued licence to manufacture and market 2-DG, sources said. DRDO had last month invited expression of interest, from pharma companies, offering transfer of technology of the process for manufacturing 2-DG.

Source: The Hindu July 03, 2021 04:40 UTC