India coronavirus dispatch: Long road to recovery for discharged patients

Schools, colleges are likely to stay shut, to looking at the plight of migrant workers who stayed back in Delhi, to the long road to recovery for discharged patients

Schools, colleges likely to stay shut, the new medicines for restricted use, and why only science can combat the virus, — a roundup of articles in Indian news publications on how India is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.

Expertspeak

Not all Covid-19 patients need antivirals. New drugs for restricted use at physicians’ discretion: Cipla Ltd and Hetero Drugs have got authorisations for antiviral remdesivir for restricted emergency use, and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, has got an approval for manufacture and marketing antiviral favipiravir. These medicines are likely to be available in the hands of medical professionals who are fighting Covid-19. How