Coronavirus
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Ministry of Health guidelines for treatment of severe Covid-19 patients
With the pandemic continuing to ravage the country’s healthcare infrastructure and the daily number of cases crossing the 3.5 lakh mark, managing Covid symptoms is important. With a dearth of hospital beds and Covid resources, the Ministry of Health has issued a set of guidelines for the treatment of severe Covid patients
Enthusiasm and wariness: two sides of the vaccination drive
With the vaccination against the Coronavirus underway, the Patriot talks to people receiving the shot; some of them still seem apprehensive, while others await their turn 28-year-old Sunil (name changed on request) is an employee of Service Master, a security management company. Unmistakable lines can be seen on his face as he awaits his turn […]
Delhi CM administered COVID-19 vaccine at LNJP hospital
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his parents received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan hospital here on Thursday. The Covishield vaccine was first administered to Kejriwal’s parents, Govind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi, and then to the chief minister. “My parents and I got vaccinated […]
Elderly queue up as 2nd phase of vaccination drive begins in the city
With the second phase of the covid-19 vaccination drive starting on Monday, elderly people received their first shots of the vaccine In the first phase, starting January 16, over 3.6 lakh beneficiaries comprising healthcare workers and frontline workers, were vaccinated in Delhi. On Monday, the drive began to give jabs to persons aged 60 and above, and […]
Nursery admissions in Delhi to begin from February 18
Nursery admissions in Delhi will begin from February 18, the Directorate of Education (DoE) announced on Wednesday The application process will begin on February 18 and the first list is expected on March 20. The entire process will conclude on March 31, Yogesh Pal Singh, Assistant Director of Education, said. Usually, nursery admissions in around […]
3 more Delhi residents test positive for UK variant of Coronavirus
Three more Delhi residents have tested positive for the new Coronavirus strain as a result of door-to-door medical check-up of people who have recently arrived from the United Kingdom an official said on Monday With this, seven residents of the national capital have so far been found infected with the new Coronavirus variant that has […]