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May 02, 2021 01:35 IST
Only 19,602 doses administered across all age groups in govt. hospitals and PHCs on Saturday in view of vaccine shortage
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Wait continues: A notice being pasted at a public health centre in Bengaluru on Saturday.
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Only 19,602 doses administered across all age groups in govt. hospitals and PHCs on Saturday in view of vaccine shortage
With mixed messages on vaccine availability from the State government, 40-year-old Raju S. was not sure if he would actually get his first shot when he decided to visit a vaccination camp organised by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) at Medahalli Government School, near K.R. Puram, on Saturday. But when he arrived, he found only around 10 people waiting in line to get their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. With no one in the above 45 years category, the staff at the camp decided to vaccinate him and others who fell in the 18 to 44 years category
Serpentine queues outside COVID test centres, 100s turned away daily
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Crowds increase by the day, testing capacity remains the same
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Crowds increase by the day, testing capacity remains the same
At ten past 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Chintal resident Venkatesh reached State-run Nature Cure Hospital in Begumpet to get a COVID test done. He had to wait behind more than 100 people, only to get turned away at 8 a.m. This was the second time Mr. Venkatesh was turned away, as people made a queue before 4 a.m. to get the tokens, which start at 7.30 a.m.
Coronavirus | Seven mobile dispensaries to screen residents, lift swab samples in Erode
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April 26, 2021 16:33 IST
The dispensaries will visit hotspots, screen residents, take samples and encourage those eligible to get vaccinated
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Collector C. Kathiravan flagging off a mobile medical dispensary | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M
The dispensaries will visit hotspots, screen residents, take samples and encourage those eligible to get vaccinated
Seven mobile medical dispensaries that will lift swab samples from residents and screen them for influenza-like-illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), conditions that are associated with COVID-19, were flagged off at the Corporation Central office here on Monday.
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April 24, 2021 10:25 IST
From getting a doctor to talk to them to offering them an extra day’s off, some residents are trying to make sure their domestic help aged above 45 are protected against the deadly virus
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From getting a doctor to talk to them to offering them an extra day’s off, some residents are trying to make sure their domestic help aged above 45 are protected against the deadly virus Anna Nagar resident Rekha Vaidhyanathan runs a restaurant Dessert Addiction with three employees, all of them aged below 45.
Rekha quizzed them about whether the older population particularly, their parents and parents-in-laws at their home had taken the vaccination.
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