Doctors at Government Medical College, Nizamabad, performed surgery on a Mucormycosis patient on Monday. Three more patients at the hospital are awaiting their turn to undergo operation.As the load of
At present, women account for 38.5 per cent of total infections in the state, a number which was at around 34 per cent in July last year. (PTI)
HYDERABAD: Data from the health department show that number of women getting infected with Covid-19 has gone up during the second wave of infections. At present, women account for 38.5 per cent of total infections in the state, a number which was at around 34 per cent in July last year. On the national scale, women account for 36 per cent of the infections, slightly better than Telangana’s count.
“We have been keenly observing our ICU admissions and the female patient load certainly has increased, but the percentage of deaths is similar, at 50 per cent among both males and females,” said associate professor at Nizamabad Government General Hospital, Dr Kiran Madala.
Covid-19: More women falling prey to infection in second wave
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Data from the health department show that number of women getting infected with Covid-19 has gone up during the second wave of infections. At present, women account for 38.5 per cent of total infections in the state, a number which was at around 34 per cent in July last year. On the national scale, women account for 36 per cent of the infections, slightly better than Telangana’s count.
At present, women account for 38.5 per cent of total infections in the state, a number which was at around 34 per cent in July last year. (PTI)
May 05, 2021, 17:11 IST
A group of researchers affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States national public health organization, conducted a study over six months in the USA, said wearing surgical masks reduces the risk of death by 87 percent. Wearing double masks is a good choice to encounter the UK variant of Covid19.
As per the report, which was conducted over a six-month period in the United States, wearing a cloth mask lowered death rates by 82 percent. Medical masks have reduced infection by 78 percent, and by 69 percent when people wear fabric masks.
They also highlighted that wearing a mask should be immediately for their own sake. They made observations on the usage of double masks to protect against UK and Wuhan variants. They insisted on wearing double masks as one infected person can infect 1.6 people.