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May 06, 2021 15:13 IST
Having trouble finding vaccination centres on CoWIN or Aarogya Setu? These vaccine hacks, started by technologists across the country, are being lapped up by the public and understandably so
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Having trouble finding vaccination centres on CoWIN or Aarogya Setu? These vaccine hacks, started by technologists across the country, are being lapped up by the public and understandably so
This time last year, India was queuing outside supermarkets and banks. Now the queues have also moved to the digital space, as the vaccination drive for all adults has opened up across the country. It has not been easy; the wait has been riddled with anxiety owing to vaccine shortages.
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At a time when most of the country is confined indoors, thousands of Indians are finding simple, yet powerfully effective ways meal prep, pet care, grocery runs, and social support to name a few to help friends, neighbours and strangers through the Coronavirus pandemic
“Everyone is looking for ways to help,” says Deepthi Tanikella, a Chennai-based entrepreneur who has been providing home cooked meals to isolating, COVID-positive people in her neighbourhood for the past month. “I came across an Instagram post by Harshini Sridhar, asking if anyone would be willing to cook for patients. I cook for my family everyday, all I needed to do was make some more,” she recalls.
Sudarshan Lotla of Vizag has donated plasma six times
Infusing plasma to a mild to moderate COVID-19 positive case has been one of the therapies for cure for the virus. But finding a plasma donor has been an issue for the medical fraternity as well as family members of the affected person.
In a such a scenario, Sudarshan Lotla, 27, has donated plasma six times since August. And as per the blood banks in the city, he could be the only person in the State who has donated plasma six times, within a span of five months.
The difficult aspect to find a plasma donor is because the donor should have been affected with coronavirus, and he or she can donate only after completing the mandatory 28-day recovery period.