What Is Coronavirus?

Although COVID-19 is seen as a disease that primarily affects the lungs, it can also damage many other organs, including the heart, kidneys and the brain. Organ damage may lead to health complications that linger after COVID-19 illness. They're generally considered to be effects of COVID-19 that persist for more than four weeks after you've been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus. Information for healthcare providers about multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Covid

Ask the person who’s sick to wear a well-fitted protective face mask when you’re around each other. Wear a face mask if you have to be around anyone else. If a mask makes it hard for you to breathe, keep at least 6 feet from others and cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze. After that happens, wash your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds. The CDC states that well-fitting respirator masks give better protection than cloth masks. This means staying away from other people as much as possible, even members of your family.

Treatments For Other Coronaviruses

And it may be able to infect people who've already had COVID-19. A report from Brazil confirms that a 29-year-old woman came down with this variant after an earlier coronavirus infection a few months before. The mutation on the Alpha variant is on the spike protein, which helps the virus infect its host. These vaccines make antibodies against many parts of the spike protein, so it's unlikely that a single new mutation in the Alpha variant will make the vaccine less effective. Current PCR tests for COVID-19 can effectively find Omicron cases.

You need to visit any Government CVC along with employment certificate in order to get yourself tagged in appropriate category before taking precaution dose after prescribed time interval. This tagging facility is only available at Government CVCs in onsite mode. No, you are not required to carry or submit any document proof on co-morbidity or doctor’s advice proof at the time of taking precaution dose. However, it is advised that the precaution dose should be taken only after medical advice. The following types of beneficiaries who are fully vaccinated and have completed 9 months after the 2nd dose, as per the records available on Co-WIN, are eligible to take precaution dose.

How Do Variants Happen?

The coronavirus CANNOT be transmitted through mosquito bites. The coronavirus CAN be transmitted in areas with hot and humid climates. Beneficiaries who have received at least one dose of vaccination can raise an issue in the Co-WIN portal after signing in to their account.

In other words, if you have received COVISHILED earlier, you should get Precaution dose of COVISHIELD, if you have received COVAXIN earlier, you should get Precaution dose of COVAXIN. The provision for precaution doses for SPUTNIK V & ZyCOV-D Vaccines is currently not available. Precaution dose should be taken at least 9 months after the date of 2nd dose.

Citizens aged 60 years and more having co-morbidity can take precaution dose after medical advice. Once an appointment is scheduled, you will receive the details of the vaccination center, date and time slot chosen for appointment in an SMS sent to your registered mobile number. You can also download the appointment slip and print it or keep it on your smart phone. The portal gives you the feature of searching vaccination centers using your PIN code and District. Yes, while scheduling an appointment for vaccination, the system will show vaccination center names along with the name of the vaccine that will be administered.