As India witnesses the third wave of Covid-19 and with a rise in the cases of the Omicron variant, it is learnt that a large number of frontline workers including doctors, nurses, paramedics, police and health department officials in several cities across the country are turning out to be Covid-19 positive.
According to experts this can put pressure on the healthcare infrastructure. It is understood that in Delhi 68 healthcare workers, including 15 doctors at AIIMS and 49 health staff at Safdarjung reported positive.
From January 10, India will reportedly start administering the third dose of the vaccine to healthcare workers, doctors and those above 60 years of age with co-morbidities.
According to the Union Health Ministry there is no need for new registration for taking the precautionary dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and those eligible can take an appointment from Saturday or walk in. Goa is witnessing a surge of Covid-19 positive cases.
The medical infrastructure in the state could be under pressure when the number of cases reach the peak which is expected to be somewhere in mid February.
The State needs to make provision to provide the booster dose for the healthcare workers including doctors along with the other states from January 10.
If the healthcare workers and the doctors in the state also get infected, then Goa will face the same problem as Delhi is facing. Necessary precaution needs to be taken as far as the frontline workers are concerned by providing them with the third dose of the vaccine.
