The Co-WIN portal allows eligible citizens (seniors and those over 45 who have comorbidities) to register and get an appointment for vaccination. Registration for the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign across India started on Monday March 1 and the Union government has opened registrations for the same on …
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As India prepares for the mass inoculation process against mortals COVID-19 As soon as government approvals roll in, states with populations age 50 and over will receive larger allocations. This means that Tamil Nadu should receive more vaccines than Bihar, Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan despite its smaller population. Even though …
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BENGALURU: India, facing the daunting task of identifying high-risk people with comorbidities (not all states have data on such a population) whom it will need to inoculate after healthcare and frontline workers receive vaccines , you may consider allowing self-reported comorbidities to receive the arm injection. Part of India’s preparations …
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The Center says India does not need to administer COVID-19 vaccine injections to the entire population. Rather, inoculating a “critical mass” in priority will help break the chain of transmission. If the previous presumption was that everyone would be released, what does this mean? Mint delves into What does the …
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NEW DELHI: Patients in a remote station who are brought to Delhi in a “very ill state” for treatment, and a “time lapse” in the transfer to the hospital home of quarantined people whose health has deteriorated, could be among the factors behind the high number of deaths recorded by …
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Hypertension and diabetes are the most common comorbidities found in patients with coronavirus (Covid-19), with 5.74% and 5.20% of patients analyzed as part of the Ministry of Health’s disease surveillance initiative of the Union suffering from these two medical conditions, respectively. About 76% of those infected had comorbidities, and conditions …
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