The current recommendation is that, if you have recovered from COVID then you should take both doses of vaccine. In scientific language, the first dose is priming while the second dose is a booster dose, said the AIIMS Director.
As the second wave of coronavirus continues to engulf several parts of the country, the Centre on Monday said some states are showing very early signs of plateauing in daily new COVID-19 cases, while some remain a cause of concern.
Addressing a news briefing, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said 13 states, including Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Punjab, are showing early signs of plateauing, while states like Bihar, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and West Bengal are showing an increasing trend in daily cases.
On Saturday, 20 patients died at Jaipur Golden hospital in the capital during a severe oxygen crisis. On Sunday, four patients at Gurgaonâs Kathuria hospital and four patients at Virat hospital in Rewari, both sout-west of Delhi, all died when the facilities ran out of oxygen. People line up bodies of those who died of Covid-19 at a crematorium in New Delhi. Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
After hospitals issued a number of warnings last week about their low oxygen supplies, some relatives of patients turned to sourcing oxygen themselves.
One man told NDTV he had stood in a long queue to fill a 10-litre oxygen cylinder for his 65-year-old father who was in Pentamed hospital in Delhi. Another relative said his brother had been in hospital for 10 days and the family was sourcing oxygen itself.
AIIMS discontinues contact tracing of COVID-19 positive healthcare workers
In view of the current situation of COVID-19 leading to insufficient resources for contact tracing, and shortage of staff, the risk assessment and contact tracing of exposed HCW and quarantine of asymptomatic contacts should be discontinued, the AIIMS said
PTI | April 23, 2021 | Updated 12:53 IST
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here has decided to discontinue contact tracing of exposed healthcare workers and quarantine of asymptomatic contacts amid the current COVID-19 situation that has led to insufficient resources and shortage of staff. Only symptomatic healthcare workers (HCWs) will be tested and only those testing positive will be isolated and managed as per the clinical condition.
NEW DELHI: At least 85% of people recover from Covid-19 without any specific treatment in the form of Remdesivir, steroids or any other drugs, AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Wednesday.
Addressing issues related to Covid-19 along with Dr Devi Shetty, chairman of Narayana Health; and Dr Naresh Trehan, chairman of Medanta; through a video conference, Dr Guleria said most patients had features like a common cold, body aches, fever, sore throat, and some might have gastritis, over five to seven days.
“They will recover with just symptomatic treatment, which means just taking paracetamol, keeping yourself hydrated during your regular exercise, taking your vitamins, and just being positive about your health,” he said. “Only 15% of the people who may go on to what we call moderate disease where your oxygen saturation may fall or you may have high-grade fever require close monitoring and care.”
We got complacent, said Dr Randeep Guleria, the chief of AIIMS.
New Delhi:
The chief of India s premier medical science institute has recommended three key steps to battle the rampaging second wave of Covid-19: Creation of containment zones, banning of crowds, and boosting vaccination. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria, speaking at the NDTV Solutions Summit today, said second waves of pandemics have always been more dangerous historically. We should have been more alert. We knew there are variants (of Covid-19) circulating in the world. It was only a matter of time until the strains are found in India.We got complacent, Dr Guleria said.