Nearly 3,600 healthcare workers were inoculated in Delhi on Monday, a further dip in the figures compared to that on the opening day of the immunisation drive
Public Confidence In Covid-19 Vaccine Will Increase Slowly: Satyendra Jain On Delhi s Low Turnout
On Tuesday, 26 cases of adverse incidents following immunisation, were reported, including two severe ones. One of them had to be hospitalised. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-19T16:25:41+05:30 Public Confidence In Covid-19 Vaccine Will Increase Slowly: Satyendra Jain On Delhi s Low Turnout outlookindia.com 2021-01-19T18:37:06+05:30
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Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Tuesday said the Covid-19 inoculation drive is voluntary and a matter of personal choice to get the jab, in light of a low turnout of healthcare workers on the first two days of the exercise. The government is taking all effort to boost their confidence, he added.
Mutant Covid virus: Samples of UK positive cases to undergo genome sequencing study
Tue, Dec 22 2020 05:03:54 PM
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS): The Union Heath Ministry has asked state governments to send the samples of the passengers who tested positive on arrival from the UK to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune or any other appropriate lab for genome sequencing study.
The genome sequencing study would determine if the COVID patients are carrying the existing strain of SARS-CoV-2 or the mutant strain which was discovered in the UK s population.
If the samples indicate the presence of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the patient will continue to remain in a separate isolation unit while necessary treatment as per the existing protocol will be given, the health ministry stated.