• WHO has recommended the use of Zinc supplements for prophylaxis of Covid-19
• ICMR has proposed Zinc Supplements to combat “Covid-19 Pandemic”
• Government of Tamilnadu has approved the use of Zinc Supplements like IMMUACTIV
• FSSAI has made amendments in the food safety and standards regulations and approved Zinc in supplements

• COVID-19 is a new disease, and we are still learning about it, so we can only look at its effects in other conditions.
• A laboratory study in 2010 showed that zinc inhibited the activity and replication of another Coronavirus, SARS-CoV which caused an outbreak in 2002.
• Zinc is an essential dietary trace mineral in IMMUACTIV that our body cannot make itself. This means we have to obtain it from our diet or supplements
• Zinc is a general stimulant of broad-spectrum antiviral immunity , against a variety of viruses like Coronavirus.
• Zinc in IMMUACTIV helps to maintain robust immune responses by producing cytokine and adequate immune cell activity.
• It acts in the activation of over 300 enzymes and coenzymes that are involved in vital cellular functions, including energy metabolism, DNA synthesis, RNA transcription.
• Increased intracellular Zinc concentrations inhibit RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and other proteins essential for the completion of different phases of the Coronavirus life cycle.