"The symptoms are just like flu such as fever and weakness. Loss of smell and taste might have in some patients. There will be less hospitalization. Omicron is highly transmissible but a mild variant," said Dr Basu.
A top CPI-M leader in Tripura and the party s central committee member Bijan Dhar died at a Kolkata Hospital on Monday following post Covid-19 complications, doctors and party sources said. He was 70.Dhar, who was the Convener of the Left Front .
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Doctors at a Kolkata Hospital can now look after COVID-19 patients virtually
As the health sector in India is facing an unprecedented crisis due to the outbreak of pandemic, young doctors are shouldering the responsibility to care and treat the patients, suffering from the deadly virus.
Although the fresh MBBS pass-out doctors do not have any experience to face the prevailing unprecedented condition, they jumped into the crisis-like situation to serve the society. In the first five minutes of joining, I watched a COVID patient succumbing to critical conditions. I was there, I did all I could, but it wasn t enough. I still get chills reminiscing about the fateful day , recalls Dr. Shefali Verma, an intern, presently serving in the COVID care ward at Government Medical College & Hospital, Jammu.