Hospitalisation still high among elderly: Delhi medical experts

Some doctors attributed the massive surge in cases to mutated virus strains Delhi recorded 7437 cases on Thursday the highest singleday spike this year and 24 more people diedldquoMany people are still not wearing masks or maintaining social distancingrdquo said Suranjit Chatterjee a senior consultant at Apollo Hospitals He said doctors in their 40s and 50s and other healthcare workers much younger say in 30s are getting infected despite most having received both the shotsRicha Sareen consultant Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine Fortis hospital said said more younger people were getting infected as they are going out socialising partying or travelling while the elderly are preferring to stay indoors and most of them have been vaccinated A senior doctor at the Delhi governmentrun Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital said about 200 COVID19 patients are currently admitted and most are elderly India recorded 131968 cases and 780 deaths on Friday the Union health ministry data updated at 8 am showedDelhi shuts all schoolsThe Delhi government on Friday announced closure of all schools until further orders Schools have been shut since March 2020 but classes for Std IXStd XII were resumedlsquoShots only for 2 daysrsquoRajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for 30 lakh vaccine doses as the state will run out of stock in next two days3 get antirabies shot in UPAccording to an NDTV report three elderly women who went to a government hospital in Shamli for vaccination were given antirabies shots instead of antiCOVID19 vaccine which was confirmed following a probe The UP government has admitted the mistake That man who did not enquire before giving the injection will be suspended NDTV reportedJampJ in talks with govt for clinical trialGlobal healthcare major Johnson amp Johnson is in discussions with the Indian government to begin a clinical trial of its singledose COVID19 vaccine in the country the company said on Friday The US Food and Drug Administration approved JampKrsquos vaccine for emergency use in February ldquoWe are in discussions with the Government of India with the objective of starting a bridging clinical study of our Janssen COVID19 vaccine candidate in India subject to local regulatory approvalsrdquo JampK India spokesperson said in an email reply Its vaccine can be stored at refrigerator temperaturesTweet talkPriyanka Gandhi General secretary CongresslsquoIt is downright irresponsible of boards like the CBSE to force students to sit for exams under the prevailing circumstances Board exams should either be cancelled rescheduled or arranged in a manner that does not require childrenrsquos physical presence at crowded centresrsquo13060542Total number of cases in the country as of Sunday167642Total no of deaths due to the virus in India11913292Patients Recovered and discharged in India as of sunday94334262Total no of people vaccinated so farThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever