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COVID-19: Fever survey in Telangana shows true extent of second wave


COVID-19: Fever survey in Telangana shows true extent of second wave
Nearly 6.70 lakh people were found having flu-like symptoms similar to COVID-19 and have been put on symptomatic treatment for COVID-19.
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A COVID-19 patient returns back due to non-availability of beds at a hospital, in Hyderabad. (File photo| PTI)
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HYDERABAD: The first phase of the fever survey, which was taken up in Telangana in the beginning of May 2021, appears to have brought to fore the true extent of COVID-19 outbreak in the second wave.
Nearly 6.70 lakh people were found having flu-like symptoms similar to COVID-19 and have been put on symptomatic treatment for COVID-19, according to government data. Meanwhile, during the same period, the health bulletin showed that over 1,62,120 tested positive for COVID-19. 

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Admit only moderate/severe Covid patients, Telangana hospitals told


Admit only moderate/severe COVID patients, Telangana govt to private hospitals
The Telangana government on Tuesday directed all private hospitals treating Covid-19 patients to admit those with moderate and severe symptoms only.
Mild and asymptomatic cases having oxygen saturation at room air of more than 94 per cent are recommended for home/institutional isolation in Covid care centres, says the orders issued by Director, Public Health Dr G. Srinivas Rao.
The hospitals have also been told not to wait or ask for Covid test result for admitting patients with moderate or severe symptoms.
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The Director also asked the private hospitals to keep a display board at the entrance of the hospitals giving updated details of the availability of the regular beds, oxygen beds, ICU beds (ventilator/CPAP) on real time basis.

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Admit only moderate/severe Covid patients, Telangana hospitals tols


Admit only moderate/severe Covid patients, Telangana hospitals tols
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Hyderabad, May 4 : The Telangana government on Tuesday directed all private hospitals treating Covid-19 patients to admit those with moderate and severe symptoms only.
Mild and asymptomatic cases having oxygen saturation at room air of more than 94 per cent are recommended for home/institutional isolation in Covid care centres, says the orders issued by Director, Public Health Dr G. Srinivas Rao.

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COVID-19: Maharashtra now could be Telangana tomorrow, warns top official


COVID-19: Maharashtra now could be Telangana tomorrow, warns top official
The only reason lockdown was not implemented was to ensure livelihood and state economy doesn’t take a hit, but the actual situation warranted the same, Dr G Srinivas Rao said.
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HYDERABAD: In what can be seen as a strict warning for the upcoming days of the pandemic, the topmost health official of Telangana stated that if we don’t act now, Telangana will soon see what Maharashtra is experiencing now- lack of beds, death and unending rise of Covid-19 cases.

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Telangana: Vaccinated healthcare worker dies; officials say death not due to Covid-19 vaccine


Telangana: Vaccinated healthcare worker dies; officials say death not due to Covid-19 vaccine
IANS / Updated: Jan 31, 2021, 18:49 IST
Telangana third case of its kind a few days after taking Covid-19 vaccine, though
health authorities maintained the fatality was not due to vaccination.
The 55-year-old woman from Mancherial district was given the vaccine dose at the
primary health centre in Kasipet on January 19, but complained of shortness of breath and giddiness only on January 29, officials said on Sunday.
According to Director of Public Health Dr G Srinivas Rao, she was admitted to Medilife Hospital at Mancherial. She was shifted to Nizam s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIM) Hyderabad on January 30, where she succumbed at about 11 pm.

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Telangana healthcare worker dies on 11th day after vax shot


Telangana healthcare worker dies on 11th day after vax shot
  Sun, Jan 31 2021 09:23:19 PM
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (IANS): A healthcare worker has died in Telangana third case of its kind a few days after taking Covid-19 vaccine, though health authorities maintained the fatality was not due to vaccination.
The 55-year-old woman from Mancherial district was given the vaccine dose at the primary health centre in Kasipet on January 19, but complained of shortness of breath and giddiness only on January 29, officials said on Sunday.
According to Director of Public Health Dr G Srinivas Rao, she was admitted to Medilife Hospital at Mancherial. She was shifted to Nizam s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIM) Hyderabad on January 30, where she succumbed at about 11 pm.

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358 travellers from UK to Hyderabad identified

358 travellers from UK to Hyderabad identified
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