Author: Himalaya Post

NEW DELHI: India has lifted export restrictions on paracetamol formulations and made it free from Friday amid the coronavirus outbreak. India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade on Friday said that exports of the active pharmaceutical ingredients of paracetamol will, however, remain restricted. It should be noted that paracetamol is a pain reliever. India in March had restricted exports of some 26 pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines made from them. The Ministry of External Affairs had on April 7 said India will export hydroxychloroquine and paracetamol in appropriate quantities to the countries which who have been badly affected by the novel coronavirus...

In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people; millions began traveling through for Lunar New Year celebrations. President Xi Jinping warned the public on the seventh day, January 20. But by then, more than 3,000 people had been infected during almost a week of public silence, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press and estimates based on retrospective infection data. The delay from January 14 to January 20 was neither the first mistake made by Chinese officials at all levels in confronting the outbreak, nor the longest lag, as governments around the world have dragged their feet for weeks and even months in addressing the virus. But the delay by the first country to face the new coronavirus came at a critical time — the beginning of the outbreak. China’s attempt to walk a line between alerting the public and avoiding panic set the stage for a pandemic that has infected almost 2 million people and taken more than 126,000 lives. “This is tremendous,” said Zuo-Feng Zhang, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “If they took action six days earlier, there would have been much fewer patients and medical facilities would have been...

social activist of Nepal, a former nepali ambassador for Australia and new Zealand Lucky Sherpa  says  The Covid 19 Pendamic is threatening lives and livelihoods across the world. This extraordinary times expect for the world citizens that we count a leader to bring out that escapementship and had the courage and imagination to think and work together to fight this Pendamic in equally extraordinary ways. Political leaders are expected to demonstrate leadership in this crucial time . Leaders simply lead, they work from within themselves with the courage, emotion,intelligence and integrated to navigate the crisis of around them. They are prepared, they don’t panic, they care and communicate in service of others. They see the opportunities in crisis to transform themselves in the world around them. Don’t miss an opportunity to Lead, to rise above the Chaos and crisis and be the Global leader to manage this crisis. Thank you so...