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Several states are building facilities with more paediatric beds, plus oxygen, due to concern that children returning to school without being vaccinated will be among the most vulnerable during a third wave of coronavirus infections. Health administrators have taken heed of trends in the United States, where a record number of children have been hospitalised as the coronavirus

Kejriwal announced the setting up of a paediatric task force and two genome sequencing labs as well as a plan to ramp up oxygen capacity to deal better with a possible third wave. Besides, the government will also create a buffer stock of important medicines, Kejriwal said.

Maharashtra: 97 per cent COVID +ve minors in Ahmednagar asymptomatic’ ByRanjan Dasgupta,Nisha NambiarRanjan Dasgupta and Nisha Nambiar / Updated: Jun 1, 2021, 08:06 IST NASHIK/PUNE: Sachin Solat, a member of Ahmednagar’s paediatric task force, said there was nothing alarming about almost 10,000 children and teenagers testing positive for Covid in the district in May. “The number was around 11.5% of the total Covid cases registered in the month in the district, which is acceptable. There ...

Sachin Solat, a member of Ahmednagar’s paediatric task force, said there was nothing alarming about almost 10,000 children and teenagers testing posit

To prepare for the third wave of Covid-19, the BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) has decided to give special training to paediatricians.

‘More children likely to be infected in third wave’ May 20, 2021 Experts call for setting up of paediatric task force to take necessary precautions Patients gasping for breath, relatives desperately looking for hospital beds and oxygen cylinders – these are some of the images that come to our mind when we think of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Even as the country grapples with the steady spike in the number and severity of infections, senior paediatric experts and health consult...

May 08, 2021 × The taskforce will also consider setting Sick Newborn Care Unit and ICU apart from child ventilators In view of the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic and its likely impact on the children, the Maharashtra government is in the process of setting up a Paediatric Task Force, said Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday while addressing the media. On Wednesday, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, K Vijay Raghavan, had said given the movement of the Covid virus ...