Game-Changer in the Fight Against the Covid19 | Will Save Thousands of Lives #coronavirus #Pandemic
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 17 Jun, 2020 05:24 AM
Well renowned pediatrician, Dr Pargat Singh Bhurji explains how the steroid Dexamethasone, a relatively cheap and easily available drug can potentially save thousands of life of victims of the novel Corona Virus. A game changer in the fight against cover-19 Dexamethasone is an anti inflammatory drug in the market for decades, and is prescribed for common ailments such as arthritis and asthma.
At the onset COVID-19 it appeared that young people were largely spared from the virus. Now, doctors believe that a rare, mysterious illness appearing in children, dubbed Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome could be linked to the Virus.
Students in British Columbia can go back to school June 1 on a part-time, optional basis with no pressure on parents to send their kids to class, says Premier John Horgan.
Vancouver Police are seeking witnesses to an assault that occurred downtown last week. A 28-year-old Vancouver woman was sitting at a bus stop on the north side of Davie Street at Granville Street on May 7 just after 3 p.m., when a man struck her in the head with a bag containing multiple plastic bottles.
The Victoria Day weekend has long been the unofficial kick-off to outdoor season in Canada. But the COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every element of Canadian life, as physical distancing requirements forced the partial shutdown of the economy.
Provinces looking to reopen their economies will need to scale up and co-ordinate testing and contact-tracing to contain future outbreaks of COVID-19, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
