An observational study to estimate the level of essential trace elements and its implications in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Background And Objectives: Insulin action of reducing blood glucose has been found to be enhanced by trace elements.

Material And Methods: This was a cross sectional study including 150 patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and 50 controls. Serum concentrations of zinc, copper, chromium, selenium and magnesium was measured by colorimetric kit.

Socio-economic impact of first 21 days nationwide lockdown- 1 on the spread of SARS-COV-2 in India in relation to health.

On March 11, 2020 World Health Organization (WHO) declared corona virus disease (COVID-19) to be a pandemic disease, which is caused by a novel coronavirus "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV- 2)" and till now it has affected about 213 countries. A nationwide lockdown was announced by the Honorable Prime Minister of India on 24 March 2020 for 21 days to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. Our nation, being a developing nation and emerging market, there was a vast socio-economic consequence of this lockdown.