On Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi interacted with the chief ministers of the worst-impacted states, discussing the Unlock 1.0 and the situation after that. He also took the opportunity to pay tribute to the army personnel who were killed in the India-China clash.
India registered the highest-ever spike of 2,003 COVID-19 fatalities, pushing the country's death toll to 11,903. The single-day count is almost five times the number reported on Tuesday.
On the global front, research from the University of Oxford has shown that the steroidal drug dexamethasone has proven to improve survival from coronavirus. WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan welcomed the result of the trials conducted on the drug, also warning that the drug is to be used only on severely affected patients.
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