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Vaccines are working against infection, severe disease of COVID-19, reveal
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Christian Medical College, Vellore, a 2,600 bed tertiary care hospital in India with 10,600 employees has vaccinated 84.8 per cent staff with majority of them getting Covishield and rest received Covaxin by Bharat Biotech, a latest research done on health
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Risk of COVID infection among fully vaccinated HCWs significantly lower wh
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): A fresh study from Christian Medical College, Vellore on vaccinated healthcare workers suggests that the risk of infection among fully vaccinated HCWs was significantly lower when compared with unvaccinated HCWs.
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Centre to states: Focus on 2nd dose COVID-19 vaccine coverage of health wo
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday advised states to focus on increasing second dose coverage among healthcare workers (HCW) and frontline workers (FLW).
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Mumbai innovator develops 3 robots to assist healthcare workers, patients
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 10 (ANI): A Mumbai-based innovator Santosh Hulawale has developed three robots to assist healthcare workers and patients amid the ongoing pandemic.
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Healthcare workers braid hair, shave beard of COVID-19 patients in Odisha'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ganjam (Odisha) [India], June 8 (ANI): The healthcare workers in a hospital in Odisha's Ganjam district went the extra mile by braiding the hair and shaving the beard of COVID patients.
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Covishield produced more antibodies than Covaxin, says preliminary study
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Covishield vaccine produced more antibodies than Covaxin, according to a preliminary study by Coronavirus Vaccine-induced Antibody Titre (COVAT) involving healthcare workers (HCW) who have received both doses of either of the two vaccines.
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J-K: Health workers cross river to conduct COVID-19 vaccination drive in r
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 5 (ANI): Determined to perform their duty, a team of healthcare workers crossed a river on their way to carry out a COVID vaccination drive at a remote area in Kandi block of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
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Cumulative COVID vaccine coverage exceeds 22.75 crore in India
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country exceeded 22.75 crores (22,75,67,873) on Friday till 7 pm, informed the Union Health Ministry on Friday.
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Kerala: Doctors in Alappuzha, Thiruvananthapuram protest against assault o
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Alappuzha /Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 4 (ANI): Kerala on Thursday witnessed protests by the doctors at Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram districts of the state over healthcare workers on COVID duty being allegedly threatened and manhandled.
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After assault on doctor, IMA Assam demands deployment of armed forces in a
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tezpur (Assam) [India], June 2 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) Assam on Wednesday demanded that armed forces should be deployed in all healthcare establishments along with stringent rules to prevent any incident of violence against healthcare workers.
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Delhi HC refuses to entertain PIL seeking direction to frame SOP on alloca
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition seeking direction to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on the allocation of healthcare workers and staff while maintaining the balance of employment rights of the existing workforce comp
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COVID-19: PM Modi lauds oxygen tanker drivers, healthcare workers
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Addressing the "Mann Ki Baat" radio programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked drivers of cryogenic oxygen tankers, COVID warriors who helped the country during the second wave of the pandemic by working on a war footing.
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