New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Sunday cautioned against “routine use” of plasma therapy and anti-viral drug Remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients, stating that these are “investigational therapies” and should be adopted “rationally”.
Anti-viral drug Remdesivir and Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) are being used widely, besides other drugs, to treat critically ill COVID patients in many States, including Maharashtra and Delhi. The pandemic has infected more than 60 lakh people in the country. Their use is said to have increased especially after CPT was administered to two Delhi Government Ministers.
