TheCoviddrug DRDO 2-DG will not be used inAssamon a mass scale but only on an experimental basis. The state is awaiting the first consignment of 1,000 packets of the medicine for emergency use.
Without major trials, it is seen as experimental medicine but Health officials are optimistic that the 2-DG drug can turn into a stroke of luck for states such as Assam, where decreasing Oxygen level has raised the daily Covid death numbers. With the enhancement of the testing rate, the number of new cases has become stable, and the positivity rate has fallen below 6%. However, there has been no respite from the deaths, which continue to hover between 80-90 per day.