Express News Service
BENGALURU: Public and private hospitals are in a dilemma over beginning the drive for the second dose of Covid vaccination on February 15 as they aren’t sure about the date. “We have not received any guidelines from the Government of India. We are confused if the second dose is supposed to be administered after four weeks or eight weeks after the first dose. For now, the second dose drive is on hold in our hospital,” said a doctor from Sir CV Raman General Hospital.
However, Medical Superintendent of KC General Hospital, BR Venkateshaiah said the second dose drive will start from Monday for health workers, who received their first dose on January 16. Private hospitals have not received a green signal from the government yet. A doctor from Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road said, “We got a message from the hospital stating they are stopping the vaccination of second dosage which was scheduled on February 15, for many people.
Karnataka starts tracing those who returned from UK in past 14 days
Karnataka starts tracing those who returned from UK in past 14 days
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Dec 22, 2020, 06:00 IST
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With the Centre banning flights to and from UK, from December 22 midnight till December 31, in light of a new and highly
infectious strain of
virus detected there, the Karnataka Government has decided to trace all the passengers who had arrived in Bengaluru and Mangaluru from the UK from December 7. The district surveillance officers have been asked to trace, test and place such people under home quarantine. Those who are
RT-PCR positive shall be placed under