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Hyderabad: The relentless rise of daily infections during the Delta-variant driven Covid second wave forced several State governments in the country to launch containment strategies that were focused on early detection and isolation of Covid infections. Among many such containment strategies that were implemented across the country, the unique initiative by the Telangana government to […]
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Hyderabad: There are clear indications that Telangana has reached the end stage of the Omicron-driven Covid third wave, said Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao here on Tuesday. The daily Covid infections and positivity rate has declined steadily in the last few days, an indication that the Covid third wave has reached […]
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Hyderabad: Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao has tested positive for Covid-19. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Dr Srinivasa Rao said, “Due to mild symptoms, I got myself tested in a laboratory, which confirmed that it was Covid-19. I am getting hospitalised and isolating myself and for necessary symptomatic treatment.” […]
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The silver lining to the rise in Covid infections due to the Omicron variant is the fact that the severity is less and hospitalization across Telangana is still under control.
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Hyderabad: Ten more international passengers who had arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad have tested positive for Omicron variant on Tuesday, taking the overall number of Omicron positive cases among international travellers and their close contacts to 94 in Telangana. Out of the 10 Omicron positive international passengers, five travellers had arrived at […]
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Hyderabad: The steady rise in daily Covid positive infections not only in Telangana but across the country in the last few days is a clear indication that the third Covid wave driven by the Omicron variant has started and was in the initial phases, Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao here on […]
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Experts say it can be effective way to prevent exposure to new variant
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Hyderabad: Tracking and tracing of international passengers arriving from non ‘at-risk’ countries to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad has become a challenge for surveillance teams of the State Health Department, as there is a lot of scope for such passengers to ‘slip through the cracks’ and trigger rapid transmission of Omicron variant among the […]
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Hyderabad: Twelve international passengers from at-risk and non-at-risk countries who arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here tested positive for the Omicron variant, Director of Public Health Dr G Srinivasa Rao said on Saturday. With this, the total number of international passengers who arrived at RGIA and tested positive for the Omicron variant has […]
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Hyderabad: The efficient surveillance system of Telangana to identify Covid-19 positive cases played a key role in identifying the first Omicron variant infections. The two international travellers from Kenya and Somalia, who had tested positive for Omicron, were not from at-risk countries and could have easily slipped the screening process at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport […]
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Hyderabad: The surveillance teams of the health wing in Telangana on Monday conducted RT-PCR tests on 105 international travelers who had arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport from at-risk countries. According to the Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao, all the 105 persons have tested negative for Covid-19. So far, 1,910 […]
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Hyderabad: It could be just a matter of time before Covid-19 positive cases due to Omicron emerge in Telangana, warn State public health officials, who said on Thursday that a third wave triggered by the new variant was possible in January or February if people continue to pay scant regard for Covid-appropriate behaviour and vaccination. […]
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Hyderabad: The State health department on Sunday said that it is geared-up to meet any kind of resurgence of Covid infections triggered by Omicron (B1.1.529), the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that was first reported by health officials in South Africa. Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao on Sunday said that while the […]
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Hyderabad: The State government is all set to launch the prestigious Telangana Health Profile initiative in Mulugu and Rajanna Siricilla districts in the first week of December, Health Minister T Harish Rao said here on Monday. The Telangana health profile initiative, which will be taken up on an experimental basis in the two districts before […]
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Hyderabad: The winter has set in swiftly following the monsoon season in Hyderabad, which had remained active till October of this year. As day and night time temperatures drop in Hyderabad and surrounding Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts, water and vector-borne diseases are expected to make way for asthma, allergy, upper respiratory tract infections, cold and […]
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Hyderabad: The State Health Department completed administration of one crore second doses of Covid vaccines in Telangana, a creditable achievement given the vaccine hesitation that has set-in among people following the drop in daily Covid-19 infections in the past few months. According to the vaccine bulletin released by the Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr […]
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Hyderabad: As the daily count of Covid-19 infections and fatalities has dropped in Telangana, the sense of urgency to get vaccinated among the people has gone down significantly. Since the conditions have become conducive, availability of vaccines have improved and the Delta variant appears to have burnt itself out, people have developed vaccine hesitancy. This […]
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Hyderabad: A series of proactive measures aimed at breaking the transmission chains of SARS-CoV-2 and containing the second wave of the Covid pandemic taken-up across Telangana in the last four months has led to a consistent decline in daily number of infections. The measures also have played a crucial role in preventing resurgence of Covid […]
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Hyderabad: The chances of a Covid third wave in the coming months in Telangana is remote due to a combination of factors including widespread natural immunity among the population, aggressive vaccination and drop in severity in the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, said Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao on Monday. At present, […]
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TS, which aims to eliminate the disease in two years, sees steady decline in cases
