487 new cases as testing drops in Ernakulam
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The district recorded 487 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, while testing dropped to 3,507 samples.
Five health workers have newly tested positive. Maradu recorded 44 new cases, while Thuravoor, Thrikkakara and Thripunithura registered 17 each.
With 616 recoveries on Monday, the active caseload stands at 10,767. A majority of people (8,709) are recovering at home, while 75 patients are admitted at the PVS Hospital, 45 at the Government Medical College Hospital and 820 at private hospitals.
Vaccination
At 19 centres in the district, 1,796 health workers took the Covishield shot on Monday.
While 156 health workers were inoculated at the MOSC Medical College Hospital, 116 took the injection at Aster Medcity, 111 at the Ernakulam General Hospital, 102 at Amrita Hospital, and 100 at the Mar Baselios Medical Mission Hospital. Vaccination also began at PVS Hospital, where 84 health workers took the vaccine
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442 administered Covishield on second day in district
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Vaccination centres to be opened at Muvattupuzha, Karuvelipady, Paravur
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Vaccination centres to be opened at Muvattupuzha, Karuvelipady, Paravur
On Monday, the second day of vaccination for COVID-19 in the district, 442 of the targeted 636 health workers took the Covishield vaccine at eight centres.
Small snags on the CoWIN app, which had prevented messages from being sent out to vaccine recipients on Saturday informing them of the time and place of vaccination, had been resolved and the system worked faster on the second day, Dr. Sivadas M.G., nodal officer for vaccination, said. Some people, who received the vaccine on Saturday and reported myalgia or body pain, had recovered, and no serious adverse reactions were reported.
The people behind the COVID 19 vaccine reaching you
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January 19, 2021 15:14 IST
From a ASHA worker to the keeper of the cold chain, here, the unseen people responsible for the COVID-19 vaccine reaching you
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From a ASHA worker to the keeper of the cold chain, here, the unseen people responsible for the COVID-19 vaccine reaching you
9 am; January 16, 2021. Dr TR John has reason to remember this date and time. The Chief of Medical Service, Aster Medcity, Kochi, was readying to oversee the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine at the hospital and sensed the beginning of the end of a battle. An Indian Army veteran who served in Jammu and Kashmir for eight years before taking premature retirement, he says, “It felt like just before the launch of an assault on the enemy. This has been a battle after all.”
Pharma wrap: India rolls out COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare workers, needs to address technical glitches, vaccine hesitancy
Moneycontrol spoke to couple of doctors who received Covid-19 vaccine shot. All of them expressed satisfaction on the way things went.
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India s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has got off to a good start. There were no cases of any serious adverse events, but the glitches in the CoWin platform and vaccine hesitancy was seen in some places.
Moneycontrol spoke to couple of doctors who received Covid-19 vaccine shot. All of them expressed satisfaction on the way things went. I was told in the morning, that the vaccination will start at 11 am, and I should reach the hospital. I got an SMS and a call from the hospital. After the PM speech the vaccination started at Medcity, Kochi, Kerala. I have produced my identity proof, and my details such as name, address and phone number were taken. I got my vaccine shot. I was asked to wait for half an