Universal vaccination, expediting first dose drive need of the hour
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May 05, 2021 00:43 IST
Even a single dose will quickly bring down the susceptible pool of potentially infected people, says health expert
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Even a single dose will quickly bring down the susceptible pool of potentially infected people, says health expert
Public health experts are now pressing for a ‘Universal COVID vaccination drive’ just like the universal immunisation drive for childhood immunisations like DPT, measles and polio to quickly contain the transmission spread and vaccinate more people.
About 140 million doses were administered but we don’t know what proportion of the population has been vaccinated as the strategy was to offer the vaccine to priority groups. But, “in the face of a horrendous second wave gripping the country a strategic plan is necessary to quickly immunise the vulnerable, high-risk groups and others to control deaths and transmission
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has chaired two meetings on medical oxygen over the past two days amid SOS alarms from hospitals and concerns among experts that the key challenge is not production but transport logistics.
Modi, in a video conference on Friday with domestic oxygen manufacturers, acknowledged the steps taken to increase oxygen production in recent days.
But he underlined the need to increase the availability of oxygen cylinders and upgrade the facilities for oxygen transport.
India’s medical oxygen production has increased by 3,300 tonnes per day over the past few days, with contributions from steel plants and oxygen producers and the diversion of industry oxygen, government officials had noted during another oxygen meeting chaired by Modi on Thursday.
If Covid symptoms are minor, get tested and stay home: Expert
He/she should have a separate room, preferably a separate toilet, too, at their residence for self-isolating and also for quarantining the family contacts.
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A health worker collects a swab sample of a woman to test for COVID- 19 at a market in Jammu. (Photo| AP) By Express News Service
With SOS messages flooding social media networks seeking assistance for hospital beds and oxygen for Covid patients in the wake of the unprecedented surge of infections during its ongoing second wave, it is important to realise that not all patients require hospitalisation.