Dr.Srinivasa Raju

Advantages of the model Drive-through centers have played a crucial role in curbing the epidemic in South Korea, where   15,000 to 20,000 tests   are conducted daily. “For a strategic pandemic planning and preparedness, this model has seemed to do wonders… This protocol ensures that there is minimal risk to the patients who are coming for testing as well as the health care workers by minimising the exposure,” Devjani said.  She also pointed to   studies conducted by Stanford Medicine , which noted that a “drive-through model” facilitates testing of a large number of people while mitigating the spread of infections. Dr Manoj B. Jais, who oversees the Covid-19 testing facility at Lady Hardinge Medical College in the national capital, agreed with this. “This is a good way of keeping doctors at a safe distance. It’s also good for patients who don’t want to go to the government hospitals or want someone to come inside their house to collect samples. Such booths should also be

https://drdo.gov.in/sites/default/files/video_storage/sanitization-Unit.mp4 Good and useful innovation from our DRDO. Useful for hospitals,malls,multiplexes,crowd congregations and 

IIT Kanpur joined the fight against COVID-19 amid lockdown. Researchers at the institution are working on cost-efficient anti-viral coating masks. These could replace N95 masks which are highly sought in the market. Professor Ramkumar, a researcher at the institute informed that they were developing an alternative material for N95 masks. Watch the full video for more details. https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/coronavirus-crisis/covid-19-iit-kanpur-to-produce-cost-efficient-face-masks-equivalent-to-n95/video-OXIwbxBGvLYiIs6PsCAb0M.html?jwsource=cl

https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/coronavirus-crisis/pune-based-startup-sanitization-unitvideo/video-KPLpGL0ViMK5D3Uh6pKFqM.html?jwsource=cl Pune’s PadCare Labs develops sanitization unit to disinfect surfaces. The unit disinfects an area of 80 sq ft by 99.99 % bacterial reduction in just 15 minutes. Ajinkya Dhariya of PadCare Labs informed that the sanitization unit works on the principle of UV mechanism. He said, “It disinfects an area of 80 sq ft by 99.99 % bacterial reduction. We will be installing these sanitization units at a local hospital.”

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=560325087957141 Plz click the above link to see how easy it is to collect throat/nasal swab from covid suspect. The Ernakulam district authorities, in conjunction with the state health department, Monday unveiled a ‘walk-in sample kiosk’ (WISK) model through which health workers can take swab or blood samples from a potentially-positive person within two minutes. This is the first time such a model is being implemented in the country. The advantage of the WISK model is that health workers don’t have to wear the fast-expendable protective personal equipment (PPE) while drawing samples. This not only releases a huge fiscal pressure on health authorities in terms of procuring PPE kits, but also helps health workers collect samples at the local level rather than doing the same at a hospital. Ernakulam Collector S Suhas explained the working of the WISK model through a video on his official  Facebook  page. The kiosk is essentially a cabin closed on

April 6th.2020: ICMR to get about 7 lakh rapid antibody testing kits by April 8. These will help in conducting #COVID19 tests in hotspot areas where large no.of cases are being seen. ICMR will get delivery in a phased manner. It's expected that they'll get 5 lakh kits in 1st phase. Orders placed. why we are using rapid tests?  to map the spread of the virus among those who may not have shown any symptoms at all. “to check the prevalence of Covid-19 among asymptomatic people”. to understand “the burden of the disease. Why is the ICMR using serological tests and not the regular RT-PCR test for the study? ·         “When you want to know how many people [in a community] were actually infected, the antibody test is much more useful as the window of opportunity is much larger,” ·         The incubation period of the novel coronavirus – the time it takes to show up in the body – ranges between 2-14 days. the virus shedding period (when the patient