Covid-19 in India: Patients struggle at home as hospitals choke
India’s Covid sick struggle to get treatment at home due to black marketing of oxygen and drugs. Source link
India’s Covid sick struggle to get treatment at home due to black marketing of oxygen and drugs. Source link
One of the people featured in the advert is 32-year-old Thor Porter, a drummer and graphic designer from Salisbury, in Wiltshire, who said: “I feel the vaccine rollout is key to regaining some form of normality. As a musician, it will hopefully enable venues to reopen and ensure a future in my career.” Source link
Sarvodaya Healthcare too has clarified that the method proposed in the video is unscientific. (Photo Source: Screengrab) At a time when patients are dying due to a shortage of oxygen cylinders in hospitals, a video of a doctor has gone viral on social media platforms where he explains a ‘trick’ using a nebuliser and claims … Read more
Younger people are being urged to get vaccinated as more than half the population have had one dose. Source link
The health secretary hails a ‘milestone’ as data shows a further 12m people have received both doses. Source link
April 23, 2021 — Long-haul COVID-19 patients face many health threats — including a higher chance of dying — up to 6 months after they catch the virus, according to a massive study published in the journal Nature. A second study, released by the CDC on Friday, also found lingering symptoms months later among … Read more
A deadly second wave has overrun hospitals and even crematoriums in India. Source link
Separate research published last week in the Lancet Psychiatry looking at suicide rates from 21 mainly high income countries, such as Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the US, found no evidence of a significant increase in the risk of suicide since the pandemic began. Source link
Labour’s Yvette Cooper, chairwoman of the Home Affairs Committee, questioned why India was not put on the red list sooner, adding: “Hong Kong this week have identified 47 Covid cases just on a single Delhi flight and we have still 16 more direct flights, many more indirect flights from India to here, before Friday alone.” … Read more
Meanwhile, the Department of Health also said that in line with recent advice from the JCVI, people living in the same house as someone who is severely immunosuppressed will be able to access the vaccine programme shortly, once their household has received a letter from their GP. Source link