MOHfw issues Protocol for Management of Covid – 19 in the Paediatric Age Group.
As per the protocol, asymptomatic children are usually identified while screening, if family members are identified. Such children do not require any treatment except monitoring for development of symptoms and subsequent treatment according to assessed severity.
MoHfw Issues revised guidelines for Home Isolation of mild /asymptomatic COVID-19 cases.
The guidelines recommend that if the fever is not controlled with the maximum dose of paracetamol tablets (650mg four times a day), the patient should consult the treating doctor “who may consider advising other drugs like a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)” such as Naproxen (250 mg twice a day). The guidelines suggest further that the doctor consider ivermectin tablets (200 mcg/kg once a day, to be taken on an empty stomach) for 3 to 5 days.
Karnataka Government issues clarification regarding triaging of COVID-19 cases in Government and Private Health Facilities
Once a bed in covid hospital is blocked for admitting a COVID positive patient in a hospital through CHBMS system of BBMP, if the bed is not occupied after triaging, the hospital administration shall inform Arogya Mitra/BBMP-CHBMS nodal officer, who in turn will inform the BBMP COVID war room to unblock the bed immediately for utilization by another patient.
The Government of West Bengal has reduced concession fee payable by PPE partners of fair price diagnostics and dialysis units
Concession fee is fully waived for units located in Covid-19 hospitals. Other. The units shall pay reduced concession fee depending on average monthly patient load in-between April-June 2021 as compared to average monthly patient load of last financial year
DCGI has granted emergency use approval for use of ‘Virafin’ for treating the patients showing moderate COVID-19 symptoms
Phase III clinical trial studies reported that a larger proportion of patients when administered subcutaneously with Virafin turned out to be RT-PCR negative by day 7, apart from faster recovery as compared to other anti-viral agents.
Government of Karnataka reserves 75% of Beds in Private Medical College Hospitals having facilities to Treat COVID-19 Patients.
The 75% of beds include High Dependency Units (HDU), Intensive Care Units (ICU) with and beds without ventilators.
The MHA has ordered that all oxygen stock shall be made available to governments for medical use
All state governments shall ensure that all oxygen manufacturing units maximizes production of oxygen and make it available to the government and it shall be used only for medical purposes.
Revised tenure for Indian Medicine Central Council
The tenure of the Indian Medicine Central Council is hereby reduced to one year. This is issued in continuation of Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 issued on on 22nd April, 2021.
Karnataka Guidelines for Rational Use of Oxygen for Management of Covid-19 and safe storage, Transportation and Handling of Liquid Oxygen for Medical Use
It is directed to form oxygen Monitoring Committee in every hospital which may consist of Additional Medical Superintendent, Head of Anesthesia, Head of Respiratory Medicine (Head of Internal Medicine in case Respiratory Medicine department does not exist) and Nursing Superintendent.
Government of Karnataka allows only Non-COVID critically ill and emergency patients in the hospitals.
Government of Karnataka has directed all hospitals in the State, both Government and Private hospitals to admit only non-COVID critically ill and emergency patients for care and treatment in the hospital.
