Amid Covid surge, ICMR cautions on antibiotic use

The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued revised guidelines for Covid-19 in the wake of the surge of cases in the past week across the country. “The guideline does not advice the use of Lopinavir-ritonavir, HCQ, Ivermectin, Convalescent plasma, Molnupiravir, Favipiravir, Azithromycin, Doxycycline,” Dr Lokesh Sharma, heath informatics researcher, ICMR, tweeted.