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Karnataka prepared for COVID-19 vaccine delivery and administration, assur
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 24 (ANI): Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday said that the state has initiated necessary action for COVID-19 vaccine delivery, distribution and administration as per the Government of India's advice.
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Uttarakhand Chief Secretary directs officials to update database of all he
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 27 (ANI): Chief Secretary Om Prakash has directed the state's officials to update the database of all government and non-government health care workers by October 28.
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4 states, 2 UTs showing higher COVID-19 positivity rate among healthcare
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the healthcare workers being infected due to coronavirus, the Central government said that four states and two union territories are showing higher positivity rate among healthcare workers which includes--doctors, paramedics, nur
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11,000 Pakistan polio health care workers lose jobs due to funding constra
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): At least 11,000 health care workers of Pakistan anti-polio campaign, who were also mobilised to fight the coronavirus, have lost their jobs since June due to the restructuring and funding cuts of the anti-polio program.
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High COVID-19 risk among health care workers, especially those from min
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Boston [USA], August 1 (ANI): New research indicates that at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and the UK, frontline healthcare workers -- particularly those from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds -- faced much higher risks of testing positive for COVID-19 than individu
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COVID-19: Kerala to start 'home care isolation' with health care workers i
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 30 (ANI): The COVID-19 asymptomatic patients can avail home care isolation in case they wish, as per the ICMR guidelines. This will be implemented for the infected healthcare workers in the first phase on the trial basis, Kerala Chief Minister Pinara
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Combating COVID-19: NCDC, Delhi Govt jointly begin Serological Survey acro
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Delhi government in association with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday conducted national capital's first Serological Survey, wherein, the health care workers visited door-to-door to collect blood samples for COVID test.
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Psychiatric social counselling services for health care workers of Delhi g
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Psychiatric social counselling services will be available through tele-counselling for doctors, nurses, other health care workers and all other frontline workers fighting Covid-19 pandemic, under the aegis of Delhi government.
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Lack of compassion by Maharashtra government towards health care workers a
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 6 (ANI): Association of Medical Consultants (AMC) on Friday wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to draw his attention towards various problems faced by doctors who are at the frontline in the battle against COVID-19.
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Four or more dosage of HCQ showed significant decline of covid19 among hea
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Citing noteworthy benefits of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) prophylaxis against coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that the consumption of four or more doses of the antimalarial drug- (HCQ), has shown a significant decline of C
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Decided not to deny health workers HCQ based on risk-benefit analysis: ICM
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Noting that a lot of drugs are being repurposed for treatment of COVID-19, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said that prophylactic use of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for health care workers had been recommended on the basis of risk-benefit a
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DOOT to deliver medicines, food in COVID-19 ward at PGIMER
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 23 (ANI): The Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here on Saturday launched delivery, observance and orchestrated telecommunicator (DOOT), a low cost interactive robotic trolley, designed and developed with an intent to minimise the risk
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