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Over 1,000 Kerala healthcare workers test COVID positive in last 10 days
More than 1000 healthcare workers have been found infected with COVID in the last 10 days in Kerala, said state Medical Officers body on Monday. Dr. TN Suresh, general secretary of Kerala Government Medical Officers Association said, The number of COVID cases is increasing day by day in the state and that at an alarming rate. About 4.5 lakh patients are currently under treatment in the state. More and more health care workers are turning into patients. Over the last 10 days, more than 1000 healthcare workers have been infected with the virus.
KGMOA writes to CM on health human resource shortage
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May 10, 2021 15:05 IST
KGMOA expressed apprehensions that unless the health human resource situation is managed well, the State, with close to 4.5 lakh active cases, could soon face a crisis.
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A free RT-PCR test being conducted for the public under the banner of the State Health Department and the Kerala Medical Service Corporation at Fort Maidan, Palakkad.
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KGMOA expressed apprehensions that unless the health human resource situation is managed well, the State, with close to 4.5 lakh active cases, could soon face a crisis.
Kerala doctors demand strict measures in containment, testing strategies as COVID cases rage on
While the IMA wants the daily testing to be increased beyond one lakh, the Kerala Government Medical Officers Association is demanding streamlining of the resources to make testing more effective.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Doctors in government and private hospitals demanded the Kerala government to impose strict crowd-controlling measures considering the surge in the number of Covid-19 patients. According to the state chapter of the Indian Medical Association, micro containment and curfew should be imposed for the next two weeks.
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April 22, 2021 22:48 IST
Forum says testing be limited to selected target group, govt. says it is a scientic decision
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Forum says testing be limited to selected target group, govt. says it is a scientic decision A letter given to the Chief Secretary by the Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA) pointing out that the augmented mass testing in the State without enhancing diagnostic facilities or human resources would be self defeating seems to have rubbed the government the wrong way.
The KGMOA, in its letter to the Chief Secretary, had pointed out that the augmented RT-PCR testing without adequate facilities was resulting in a delay of over several days for results to be made available. Even the results of the first round of mass testing was not fully out. Other than voluntary isolation, there was no way the health system could ensure that the person who underwent the COVID test did not mingle with others till the results were out
Scramble for vaccination in districts
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Senior citizens apprehensive over partial immunisation; now on vaccination only by registration
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People waiting in front of a vaccination centre at the Baker Memorial Lower Primary School in Kottayam on Tuesday.
Senior citizens apprehensive over partial immunisation; now on vaccination only by registration
Rising disease transmission and fears of vaccine shortage have led to a scramble for vaccination in all districts, raising the prospects of vaccination sites becoming COVID-19 dissemination centres.
There is also the fear that unless the government takes steps to complete the vaccination of those above 60 years first, vaccine shortage may lead to many in the vulnerable group remaining partially immunised beyond the eight-week margin.