HEALTH Anti Covid drug 2-DG
GS PAPER II: Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
Context: Anti Covid drug 2-DG developed by DRDO in collaboration with Dr. Reddy’s Lab launched.
About Anti Covid drug 2-DG
- This first indigenous anti COVID drug reduce average recovery time by 2.5 days and oxygen demand by 40%.
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1719393