Ludhiana: As a surge in Covid cases, more than 100 health workers (HCW) from the district have been tested positively in the last 10 days.
This creates a challenge for the Ministry of Health because it rolls to check cases and provide health facilities for infected patients.
As data on the Ministry of Health, 132 health service workers contracted a virus from December 30 to January.
For the disease two on December 30; Five on January 3; 14 the next day; 22 on January 7 and passed 50-mark in January 8.
The official said this consisted of around 50% of doctors, most private hospitals.
Authorities acknowledged that more positive HCW testing would increase the challenge to examine Singh’s illness said, “Because of caring for people, health workers are involved.
If they are infected, the pressure will increase in the health system, because we have limited staff.
Because the isolation period decreases to be Seven days, so they will return to relatively early work.
The basic work protocol remains the same.
“Experts said health workers came positively because they were the first vaccinated.” When health workers were the first time vaccinated, they seemed to have lost protection Disease.
Most of them have been vaccinated by around 10 to 11 months ago.
We can say that they no longer have vaccine protection.
They must get a booster dose as early as possible because they are directly involved in Covid management.
People must follow Covid rules, “Secretary said Jab Ima Dr.
Sunil Katyal.
The Ministry of Health officials say that in addition to treating covid patients, health workers are involved in testing, vaccinations, positive patients monitoring and contact processes, among others.
Forty-one students and staff members from nursing college in Malakpur bet in Ludhiana have been tested positive for Covid on January 4.