On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 infection a pandemic. On January 6, India’s new COVID-19 cases jumped 56 per cent in a day to 90,928; with biggest single-day rise of 495 Omicron cases recorded. According to the data collected by the Association of Healthcare Providers, India, which represents 2,500 super-specialty and 8,000 smaller hospitals across India, …
The Union health ministry on Monday issued guidelines for covid-19 vaccination of children between 15 and 18 years of age and precaution doses for healthcare workers, frontline workers and people who are 60 or older with comorbidities. The government said that keeping in view the recent global surge in covid cases, the detection of the Omicron variant, which has been …
The Centre on Saturday directed states and Union Territories to stop fresh registrations for Covid-19 vaccination of healthcare workers and frontline workers with immediate effect. Registration of persons aged 45 years and above will continue Bhushan said that registration of persons aged 45 years and above will continue to be permitted on the Co-WIN portal and asked states and UTs …
Around 2,000 health care workers from Gautam Budh Nagar did not find their names on the beneficiary list for the Covid-19 vaccination phase 1 drive from January 16 to February 5. District magistrate Suhas L Y said that the health department and the Noida chapter of Indian Medical Association received reports that several HCWs in private hospitals and other medical …
The total number of frontline workers and health care staff who got affected by coronavirus stands at 15,200 in India, reveals unreleased government data accessed by India Today through sources. Sources said that of the total, more than 5000 are health care workers who have tested positive for Covid-19 while on duty. Till July 17, 5,170 healthcare workers including doctors, …