covid-19 patients to harness the benefits of the alternative therapy, until the world finds a vaccine to fight the coronavirus.The ministry has received more than 500 applications from the department of science and technology to understand the beneficial aspects of yoga, especially for covid-19 patients.
The government is working on three projects with renowned yoga institutes towards this end, said ministry officials.“We have deployed 30 instructors in covid centres run by the Delhi government who would teach patients yoga for three hours in the morning.
Additionally, we have undertaken yoga lessons for covid-19 patients in the neighbouring 11 districts," said Dr Ishwar V. Basavaraddi, director, Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga,.