-The New Indian Express Vaccinated persons who get the virus are more likely to have mild symptoms, if any, since the shots trigger multiple defences in the immune system, making it more difficult for Omicron. NEW DELHI: As the number of Covid-19 patients increase, trend suggests both unvaccinated and vaccinated are landing up in hospitals in equal measures. Many hospitals in the National Capital Region, which is seeing a sharp rise in...
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Bhramar Mukherjee, professor of biostatistics at the University of Michigan, interviewed by GS Mudur (The Telegraph)
-The Telegraph The country has an advantage that many people have two vaccines plus a past infection: Expert Bhramar Mukherjee, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Michigan who has been tracking India’s Covid-19 epidemic for nearly two years, is now visiting her parents’ farmhouse in Ruppur near Santiniketan in Birbhum. “This is our escape and solace in the epidemic,” she said. In this interview, Mukherjee tells The Telegraph what she expects...
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-Down to Earth Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) provided cushion to only 14.25% people hospitalised for COVID-19 The novel coronavirus has not only turned the world upside down, it has also served as a lens through which we are able to see ourselves, our planet and even our policies with a new and shocking clarity. So it was not a surprise when two research institutes, Public Health Foundation of India and Duke...
More »States recalibrate Covid curbs as Delhi imposes weekend curfew
-The Hindu Business Line High positivity, surge in Omicron spread not resulting in increased Hospitalisation Delhi imposed weekend curfew and the Centre reintroduced pandemic-induced attendance system for officers as daily Covid-19 infections surged to a staggering 37,379 on Tuesday, the highest since September with a national positivity rate of 3.24 per cent. The Omicron tally in the country also expanded to 1,892 with Maharashtra at 568, followed by Delhi at 382 and Kerala...
More »Omicron natural vaccine? Experts call notion dangerous, say doesn't take long COVID into account
-PTI/ The New Indian Express The Omicron variant of COVID-19, which is said to be much more infectious than the other variants, is, however, causing milder infections, less Hospitalisation and deaths. NEW DELHI: The notion that Omicron is a natural vaccine is a "dangerous idea" spread by irresponsible people who don't take into account "long COVID" about which very little is understood, experts have said. The Omicron variant of COVID-19, which is said...
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