Train coaches being sanitized by a worker at Guwahati railway station on Saturday
GUWAHATI: Covid-infected patients, who do not need hospitalization and are asymptomatic, are occupying a large chunk of the hospital beds in Assam. Unless the government quarantine facilities are revamped at the earliest, treatment of non-Covid patients may soon be hit.
The state government had closed down the quarantine facilities as the Covid situation had improved remarkably towards the end of 2020. The second wave has thrown up concerns about the occupancy of hospital beds by asymptomatic Covid patients, who don’t have adequate and safe home isolation facilities.
The traditional Bihu dance being performed in Sonitpur on Wednesday
GUWAHATI: Bohag Bihu was celebrated across the state amid the threat of covid-19 hanging in the air and the state health department’s strict SOP. Events were held at night, too, though in a muted form.
Last year, the spring festival could not be celebrated because of the outbreak of the pandemic. This year the celebrations were on, but with curbs to prevent the spread of the infection in the second wave.
The SOP was issued by the state health department on April 9 after a fresh spike in Covid-19 positive cases was reported from different parts of the country.
GUWAHATI: Covid-infected patients, who do not need hospitalization and are asymptomatic, are occupying a large chunk of the hospital beds in Assam. Unless the government quarantine facilities are revamped at the earliest, treatment of non-Covid patients may soon be hit.
The state government had closed down the quarantine facilities as the Covid situation had improved remarkably towards the end of 2020. The second wave has thrown up concerns about the occupancy of hospital beds by asymptomatic Covid patients, who don’t have adequate and safe home isolation facilities.
Executive director, Assam National Health Mission, Dr Manoj Choudhury, told TOI on Saturday that an estimated 60-70% of the admitted Covid cases at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital are asymptomatic. “Some cases may be mildly symptomatic but we have seen that a greater percentage of the hostilized Covid cases are asymptomatic this time,” he said.
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The Union health ministry on Sunday said 2.24 lakh beneficiaries have been given COVID-19 vaccines in the first two days of India s countywide vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus infection and 447 cases of adverse events after inoculation have been reported.
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