Japan approves dexamethasone as coronavirus treatment
Tokyo: Japan’s health ministry has approved dexamethasone, a cheap and widely used steroid, as a second treatment of COVID-19 after a trial in Britain showed the drug reduced death rates in hospitalised patients.
The ministry included dexamethasone as an option for treatment along with Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir in a recent revision to its handbook.
Use earphones or face fines, jail: Railway zones to educate passengers on mobile phone nuisance
New Delhi: Railway zones will spread awareness among passengers through public-address sys…


