Publications by authors named "Jamal Azfar Khan"
Unlabelled: ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the clinical parameters of 4th and 5th COVID waves in Karachi, Pakistan.
Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi, from July 2021 to February 2022.
Introduction In Pakistan, the fourth wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) started around July 2021, which was dominated by the Delta variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. The vaccination drive to immunize the people of Pakistan against Covid-19 was also going on during this period. There were multiple types of vaccines being administered to the people of Pakistan, as the vaccines had been procured from multiple sources.
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- - The study assessed health workers' feelings about safety and readiness to care for COVID-19 patients before and after participating in a simulation-based training course in Pakistan.
- - Initially, health workers reported low levels of safety and preparedness, but these perceptions significantly improved after the training (P<0.05).
- - The findings suggest that simulation-based training effectively boosts health workers' confidence and willingness to treat COVID-19 patients and manage other highly infectious diseases.