Dr Gagandeep Kang on the road ahead with COVID-19, booster shots & on inoculating approach for children

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On the fears of a potential third wave, she says if we wind up in a situation where people are susceptible and the virus and its variants are highly transmissible then there is a risk. The COVID-19 caseload nationally seems a bit manageable with daily new cases less than 30,000 and while there are concerns … Read more

Expert take: Dr Gagandeep Kang on booster shot, children’s vaccine & the state of the pandemic

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“For me the stage that we are in now, we really need data that is broken down” and much of it is now readily available and even if has been collected is apparently not being shared, says Dr Kang. India recorded 25,072 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours ending August 23rd morning. It is … Read more

COVID-19: Can India salvage the situation? Here’s what it is doing

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One way, to check the sliding of the moderately sick into serious illness is by focusing on the role that oxygen concentrators or mini oxygen generators can play. In the third week of April, faced with a worryingly high and rising COVID-19 caseload – staying at over 3 lakh new cases a day, concerns over … Read more

Face-masks, social distancing & ramped up vaccinations at 10 million doses a day crucial now: Dr Gagandeep Kang

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It is not as if there are supply challenges, at least at the moment. (File Photo) India has hit a new high in terms of the rising viral caseload and with new variants and double mutations of the virus occurring, the hope seems only now on a much more speeded up vaccination drive and more … Read more

Covaxin interim efficacy very good, awaiting more data and full results: Dr Gagandeep Kang

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These countries are highly satisfied with the safe, inactivated vaccine technology and robust data package for safety and immunogenicity.” The much-awaited result from the phase 3 clinical trials of Covaxin, the vaccine that has been granted emergency use authorization under a trial mode, is finally out and the news seems encouraging. What is however awaited … Read more