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Study: Screening healthcare workers could serve as early warning system fo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 3 (ANI): New research has shown that COVID-19 infections in healthcare workers during the first wave of the pandemic provided an accurate sample of the general population. The study suggests that data from healthcare workers could be used to estimate the severity of futu
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Health Ministry announces 2nd vaccine dose free of cost for beneficiaries
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Sunday said that beneficiaries falling into the priority group of Healthcare Workers (HCWs), Frontline Workers (FLWs), and a person aged above 45 years who have taken their first dose at a private COVID vaccination center (CVCs) on
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IMA writes to PM, Health Minister over AIIMS order to discontinue contact
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Days after AIIMS said that only the symptomatic health care workers will be tested for COVID-19, only those testing positive will be isolated and the quarantine of asymptomatic contacts will be discontinued, the Indian Medical Associaton (IMA) on Tuesday ex
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New testing strategy likely to speed up COVID-19 test results for healthca
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], April 26 (ANI): While it is known that fast turnaround of COVID-19 test results for healthcare workers is critical, a team of investigators have now developed a coronavirusus testing strategy that maximises the proportion of negative results after a single round of test
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US Defense Secy Austin directs Pentagon to provide material support to Ind
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US] April 26 (ANI): US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III on Sunday (local time) directed Pentagon to use its resources in order to provide material support to frontline Indian healthcare workers who are fighting against the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
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PM Modi speaks to COVID-19 frontline warriors on 'Mann Ki Baat'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday spoke to healthcare workers at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 and addressed several topics such as vaccine hesitancy and details about the ongoing deadly seco
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67 healthcare workers test COVID-19 positive in Uttarakhand
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): Uttarakhand administration on Friday informed that 67 healthcare workers have tested positive in the state as the second wave of coronavirus prevails in the country.
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67 healthcare workers across five U'khand districts test COVID positive
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): Amid rising cases of COVID-19 in Uttarakhand, 67 healthcare workers, from doctors to nursing staff, tested positive for coronavirus in the state, informed Dr SK Gupta, Director of State Medical and Health Department.
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On-site registrations for health, frontline workers only at government vac
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter on Monday said that on-site registration for health care workers and front line workers will now only be done at government coronavirus vaccination centres and these workers will need to produce origin
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No fresh registrations of health, frontline workers for Covid-19 vaccinati
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): The Centre on Saturday has written to all states and Union territories to not permit any fresh registrations of healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) with immediate effect.
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Families of healthcare workers who died of COVID-19 still uncompensated in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 23 (ANI): The families of healthcare workers, who lost their lives from COVID-19 in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have not received the compensation promised by the provincial government, as per a report.
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IMA urges Centre to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday requested the Central government to provide COVID-19 vaccination free of cost to healthcare workers (HCWs) and people of the country.
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