VK Sasikala Tests Coronavirus Positive, Shifted To Intensive Care VK Sasikala Tests Coronavirus Positive, Shifted To Intensive Care VK Sasikala was admitted to the Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College and Research Institute with fever and breathlessness on Wednesday, a week before her release from jail.
VK Sasikala s oxygen saturation level was 80 (against the normal of 95 and above) on Wednesday.
Bengaluru:
Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala has tested positive for the coronavirus and shifted to a COVID-19 intensive care unit, doctors treating the 63-year-old jailed aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said on Thursday.
Ms Sasikala, who had earlier tested negative for COVID-19, was stable but she will be undergo various tests and monitored for now, they had said.
India could be at a turning point in its life and death battle against Covid-19 with a steady fall in the number of cases combining with the government’s ambitious plans to roll out vaccines at high speed. Virologists say the declining case trajectory may reflect herd immunity taking hold in localised areas of the country.
Daily new Covid-19 cases in the country have been riding below 20,000 for a number of days and on Monday stood at 16,504. That’s more than six times below the peak hit on September 16 when fresh cases hit 97,784. It was widely forecast in mid-September that India was about to crack a dismal milestone of a record 100,0000 fresh cases a day. Instead, the number of daily cases began slipping. “You can’t miss the trend. I think we have turned a corner,” says virologist Shahid Jameel.
Home Ministry extends existing Covid control guidelines till Jan 31 | Here s all you need to know
Home Ministry extends existing Covid control guidelines till Jan 31 | Here s all you need to know
The Home Minister maintained the Covid-19 restrictions on various activities, noting that while there has been a continuous decline in active cases in India, there is a need for surveillance, containment and caution due to a surge globally and the emergence of a new variant of the virus in the UK.
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UPDATED: December 28, 2020 23:57 IST
A health worker collects sample for Covid-19 test from a passenger at a railway station. (Photo: PTI)
Published on: Thursday, December 17, 2020
By: Malay Mail
Photo: Malay Mail
Kuala Lumpur: The Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) in Klang has an outbreak of Covid-19, Selangor Health director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman confirmed this evening, hours after news first erupted.
He said the contagion was likely because the hospital was in a Covid-19 red zone and had been treating a large number of patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI), though he stressed that it has been in full compliance of Covid regulations and that its frontliners were always wearing the personal protective equipment when on duty.
“At this time, 50 medical staff have been infected with Covid-19 and are being treated at Hospital Sungai Buloh,” he said in a statement on the Selangor Health Department Facebook page.
Published on: Thursday, December 17, 2020
By: Malay Mail
Photo: Malay Mail
Kuala Lumpur: The Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) in Klang has an outbreak of Covid-19, Selangor Health director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman confirmed this evening, hours after news first erupted.
He said the contagion was likely because the hospital was in a Covid-19 red zone and had been treating a large number of patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI), though he stressed that it has been in full compliance of Covid regulations and that its frontliners were always wearing the personal protective equipment when on duty.
“At this time, 50 medical staff have been infected with Covid-19 and are being treated at Hospital Sungai Buloh,” he said in a statement on the Selangor Health Department Facebook page.