Odisha government has initiated steps to start Favipiravir therapy for covid-19 patients in home isolation.<br />'' <br />''This was decided in a high level meeting chaired by the chief secretary in Bhubaneswar on Monday.<br />'' <br />''The oral therapy will be administered with the informed consent of the patient and under strict medical supervision.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports, While the decision on favipiravir treatment is a derivative of fresh clinical inputs and empirical evidence, the express objective behind the antiviral therapy is to save patients in home isolation from getting serious.<br />'' <br />''The doorstep delivery of the therapy will however has to be in complete conformity with the Standard Operating Procedures already issued by the health department.<br />'' <br />''Meanwhile the active caseload of the state has further contracted to about 30 thousand.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">It follows the covid-19 recovery surging ahead by a high of about 1500 cases on Monday, in its daily race against the virus. </span><br />