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Tuberculosis diagnosis in the city fell in 2020 due to the Covid-induced lockdown, with around 40,000-odd cases registered as against 60,000-plus in 2019
MUMBAI: For the last two months, pulmonologist Dr Vikas Oswal, who works in Govandi, has been witnessing a worrying trend: an increase in the number of women in the 15-30 age group coming in with severe tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis diagnosis in the city fell in 2020 due to the Covid-induced lockdown, with around 40,000-odd cases registered as against 60,000-plus in 2019.
“Before the Covid pandemic, I used to see 30 new TB cases in my practice every month,” said Oswal, who is attached to the TB control programme running out of the BMC-run Shatabdi Hospital in Govandi. After the lockdown-induced lull, he has been seeing 45 new cases a month. “It is a cause for concern,” he said.
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Kerala govt include 11 more categories in priority group for COVID-19 vaccination ANI | Updated: Jun 03, 2021 08:13 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 3 (ANI): The Kerala government on Wednesday included 11 more categories, in the priority group under the 18-44 age group for Covid-19 vaccination.
As many as 32 categories of people belonging to the age group were included in the group earlier by considering them as frontline workers.
On the orders of Governor, Principal Secretary, Rajan Khobragade said more categories were added to the priority list after the government received requests from many departments and the general public for vaccination priority.
As per the new decision, field workers of Meteorology Department, field workers of Metro rail, field worker of water metro, Haj pilgrims, ambulance drivers, bank employees, medical representatives, Air India field officers, police trainee, volunteers working in the field and al