Hyderabad: The surge in Covid-19 cases in Hyderabad over the last few weeks has prompted volunteers and volunteer groups to step up and help those impacted. Many have been spending a major part of their day on the phone reaching out to people who have tested positive, reassuring them, and checking to see if they […]
Hyderabad: A majority of patients at the outpatient wings of government tertiary hospitals in Hyderabad including Gandhi, Chest, Osmania General Hospital (OGH) and Fever Hospitals are reporting with flu-like symptoms with minimal or no need for oxygen or ventilation support, among Covid positive patients. While the outpatient wings are witnessing a rise in patients due […]
New Delhi: Five to 10 per cent of the active Covid cases this time so far needed hospitalisation but the situation is dynamic and may change rapidly, the Centre said on Monday and asked states to keep a watch on cases under home isolation and in hospitals. During the second surge of Covid infections in […]
Hyderabad: While Omicron-driven Covid-19 infections are increasing exponentially across the country, including in Telangana, the rate of hospitalisations among positive cases is expected to be negligible when compared to the Delta-driven second wave, senior health officials said here on Wednesday. A majority of Omicron cases, which are mild and asymptomatic, can recover under home isolation […]
Johannesburg: Johnson & Johnson has announced that new preliminary results from a South African study has shown that the homologous booster shot of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine (Ad26.COV2.S) demonstrated 85 per cent effectiveness against the virus-related hospitalisation in South Africa after Omicron became the dominant variant. The South African Phase 3b Sisonke study, conducted by […]
AIG Hospitals chairman Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, said the real-world evidence of this monoclonal antibodies is yet to be established but the clinical studies published in peer-reviewed journals are encouraging
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