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NEW DELHI — Noting that the Covid-19 vaccination drive is ramping up, Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Balram Bhargava said June 1 he hopes to vaccinate the "whole
The country s apex child rights body on Thursday said with a third COVID-19 wave projected to hit the country, the Centre and states should ramp up their preparations to protect children and neonatals. In a letter to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said the ongoing second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting a slightly greater number of younger people and a third wave is projected to hit the country, will affect children too. Underlining the urgent need to reorganise the National Emergency Transport Service (NETS), Kanoongo requested the health ministry to issue necessary directions for the service and ambulances to prepare specifically for neonatals and children.
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Oxygen requirement among Covid-19 patients in hospitals has increased, while the use of mechanical ventilators has been much less during the second wave of the pandemic, the government said on Monday citing a study on hospitalisation due to the infectious disease.
There was no difference in deaths in hospital settings during the first and the second wave of the infectious disease, Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Balram Bhargava said, quoting findings of the National Clinical Registry for Covid-19.
Bhargava said the findings make it clear that oxygen supply needed to be ramped up.
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The findings were based on an analysis of 7,600 patients hospitalised during the first wave from September-November 2020 and interim analysis of 1,885 patients in the second wave in March-April 2021.
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