GENERAL SCIENCE


 
1. Which international clinical trial is launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners to help find an effective treatment for COVID-19?
A. Solidarity
B. Dissidence
C. Severance
D. Dissension
2. Name an antiviral medicine used for a clinical trial by Gilead Sciences for COVID-19 treatment?
A. Favipiravir
B. Triazavirin
C. Remdesivir
D. None of the above
3. Name the new tool that is aimed at matching potential volunteers to new clinical trials?
A. Country Without COVID
B. World Without COVID
C. Goal Without COVID
D. None of the above
4. .........tests favipiravir as a COVID-19 treatment.
A. Fijifilms
B. Fujifiran
C. Safoni team
D. None of the above
5. Which of the following statement is correct about antiviral?
A. The work of antiviral drugs is to stop the replication of virus or infecting cells.
B. They include complex biotechnology therapies to older generics.
C. Examples of antiviral include HIV drugs, treatments for hepatitis C, etc.
D. All the above are correct

ANSWERS
1. Ans. A
Explanation: The Solidarity trial provides simplified procedures to enable even overloaded hospitals to participate, with no paperwork required. More than 80 countries are working together to find an effective therapeutics as soon as possible through the trial. Therefore, Solidarity trial will reduce the time taken by 80%.
2. Ans. C
Explanation: Trial is conducted on COVID-19 patients in the Chicago hospital with Gilead Sciences' antiviral medicine remdesivir.
3. Ans. B
Explanation: A new public health tool dubbed World Without COVID was launched with the aim of connecting patients to coronavirus clinical trials across the country.
4. Ans. A
Explanation: Fujifilm is testing up production of its antiviral treatment favipiravir for COVID-19. Let us tell you that phase III clinical trials are ongoing in Japan, and the government has ordered 2 million treatment courses. In the US, Fujifilm started Phase II trials. Fujifilm sells Favipiravir under the brand name Avigan and it has been approved by Japan since 2014 to treat influenza and other viral strains that do not respond to other drugs.
5. Ans. D
Explanation: Antiviral drugs stop the working of the virus from replicating or infecting cells. They include everything from complex biotechnology therapies to older generics. Examples of other antivirals include HIV drugs, treatments of hepatitis C, and the influenza treatment Tamiflu, etc.
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