NEW DELHI: The government plans to administer around 40-50 crore of covid-19 vaccines to 20-25 crore of Indians in July. The Center, together with the states, is also preparing a list of priority population groups, especially front-line health workers, who would receive vaccines, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on …
Read More »Coronavirus in Mumbai: Covid-19 reinfection confirmed in 4 Mumbai health workers | Mumbai News
MUMBAI: Two healthcare workers at a Noida hospital could be the first genetically proven cases of Covid reinfection in India, according to a preprint of a research paper presented by the prestigious Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, a laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research located in …
Read More »For high-risk groups, the government plans to accelerate vaccination | India News
Representative image NEW DELHI: The government is considering the emergency authorization of Covid-19 vaccine so that it can be made available as soon as possible to those in high-risk groups, including the elderly and health workers, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said. “This will be done after a consensus is reached,” …
Read More »87k health personnel infected with Covid, 573 dead; 74% cases from six states | India News
NEW DELHI: More than 87,000 healthcare workers have been infected with Covid-19, with only six states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, West Bengal and Gujarat) accounting for three-quarters (about 74%) of the case burden and more than 86% of the 573 deaths due to infection, official data showed. Maharashtra alone, …
Read More »Lack of health workers is a concern in cities, says government must live with viruses
[ad_1] Written by Abantika Ghosh The | New Delhi | Updated: May 9, 2020 7:21:04 am Covid-19 suspect on his way to the hospital from the Narahi area of Lucknow on Friday. While most large cities, including all metropolitan areas, are in the red zone, the absence of field-level health …
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