frontline workers

By PTI NEW DELHI: The shortage of healthcare workers globally could rise to 10 million by the end of the decade, affecting access to care, inequities and treatment of mental health, a new report said on Monday.…

By Deepak Sharma Nursing has become an important part of the healthcare industry post COVID. As technology takes center stage in nursing after the pandemic outbreak, the profession has gone through significant changes. The transformation…

By Dr. Vivek Anand Padegal The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic created new obstacles for healthcare workers throughout the world. As the instances grew in 2021, the patients went from 30 to 350 in a month, putting a huge strain…

The vaccination against COVID-19 in the age group of 12-14 years started on Wednesday with Biological E’s intramuscular vaccine Corbevax, two doses of which are to be administered 28 days apart. Over 3 lakh children between 12 and 14 years…

More than 1.99 crore (1,99,62,729) precaution doses have been administered so far to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities. The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country…

More than 44 lakh vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm on Saturday, the ministry said, adding that the daily vaccination tally is expected to go up with the compilation of the final reports by late night. The cumulative number of…

On December 25, Narendra Modi announced that the precautionary third dose for vulnerable category will commence from January 10. Covid ‘Precautionary dose’ vaccination: Healthcare, frontline workers and senior citizens above 60 can now…

In a letter addressed to the Finance Minister, All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC) also suggested the implementation of a 5-day week to break the chain of the spread of the virus. Bank officers’ union AIBOC has urged Finance…

Actor Christina Chang continues to work and face the camera without mask almost every day for the reel world, but she admits that it is nothing compared to what frontline workers put in their line of duty while facing the real world. “I…

By ANI YORK (UK): A global review of studies has found high levels of depression, PTSD, anxiety and burn-out amongst frontline medical staff during the COVID pandemic. This suggests that more support needs to be put…