New Delhi: A study by the Indian Council of Medical Research has revealed that increase in the work volume and intensity, manifestations of stigma and additional responsibilities of healthcare workers, who had to adapt to new protocols and adjust to the 'new normality' amid the COVID-19 pandemic, had a psychosocial impact on them. According to the study published in the …
The COVID-19 vaccination provides protection at a rate of 97.4 per cent against coronavirus infection, said a study conducted by Apollo Hospital Group to investigate the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among the symptomatic-vaccinated healthcare workers and to analyze the severity of their disease. The symptomatic post-vaccination infections in these HCWs were evaluated for the study, and it was found that …
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that vaccine will be available for people above 60 years of age and those above 45 years of age with comorbidities from March 1 adding that the jabs will be delivered free of cost at government centres. The vaccine will be given free of cost at govt centres,” Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said. …
AN editorial in The Lancet on March 21 gave voice to a neglected crisis that has been growing alongside the spread of COVID-19. It said: “Worldwide, as millions of people stay at home to minimise transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, health care workers prepare to do the exact opposite. The problem is compounded when health care workers …