SARS CoV-2 is the causative agent of novel corona virus disease 2019 (COVID -19) which has captured the entire world as pandemic leading to huge death toll. Till the end of 2020, some vaccines against COVID -19 were developed. Sputnik, COVISHIELD, COVAXIN, Pfizer, Moderna are some of them. In India, vaccination program was started on 18 January, 2021 and COVISHIELD and COVACIN were part of this. COVISHIELD Vaccine is produced by Serum Institute of India, Pune and said to provide 70% efficacy against all strains of SARS-CoV-2 found till date.

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A prospective, cross-sectional observational study was conducted on 167 RT-PCR positive COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Udaipur. They were evaluated clinically, radiologically and biochemically and correlated with disease progression and outcome. Clinically, they were categorized as mild (42), moderate (72) and severe (53) with male dominance (71%) and diabetes and hypertension were common co-morbidities. Out of all inflammatory markers studied, D-dimer and Ferritin had significant correlation at any point of time for prognosis while IL-6 was significant for outcome and prognosis in ICU patients. LDH demonstrated significant early trends for outcome while 48 hourly trends were significant for disease progression. Procalcitonin was significantly associated with disease progression. CRP, however, was inconsistent in all aspects. High HRCT scores were related for longer oxygenation and hospital stay. Clinical parameters and inflammatory markers were more significant then imaging alone for disease progression and outcome.

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The havoc creating COVID-19 pandemic on the planet Earth since the beginning of the year 2020 was caused by a virus named as SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus). It continued to take numerous human lives till the end of the year 2022 with its lethal mutative forms; despite the development of anti-COVID vaccinations. Several symptoms related to disturbances in respiratory, digestive and neuronal systems were observed. As traditional medicine always remains a priority for treatment/prevention of several infectious diseases, COVID-19 was no exception. In several parts of the world, people started taking plant based remedies to combat with the pandemic. In the present study, an attempt was made to know about the contribution of plants for treatment/prevention of COVID-19 among the people of Rajasthan.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of human life whether it is health (physical and mental), economy, ecology, social connections, and spiritual belief systems either in positive or negative manner across the world. The exponential death rate caused a sense of fear and anxiety besides other psychological symptoms. Spiritual practices are often said to improve mental health, but, unfortunately, due to the lockdown scenario, the religious places were closed and people were confined to their homes to follow any spiritual routine which they have. In the present study, the main emphasis was to know that whether the adult population (n=118) living in Rajasthan performed any spiritual activity during the pandemic lockdown period from April-June 2020 and if yes, for what kind of benefits they continued or began the spiritual practices. Interestingly, 71% respondents told that happiness was increased after doing spiritual activities, 70% told that self-confidence was increased, 65% revealed that it reduced stress and 55% told that it helped to increase acceptance towards unfavorable situations.

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Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute, frequently severe, and fulminant polyradiculoneuropathy that is auto immune in nature and often related to a previous infectious exposure. GBS emerged as a potentially serious complication of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ever since its declaration as a global pandemic. Recently, there have been many case reports describing the association between COVID-19 and GBS; but much remains unknown about the strength of this association and the features of GBS in this setting. We report the first case of GBS in a patient of covid-19 from Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Bhilwara.

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The prevalence of COVID-19 has overpowered public discussions and given its consequential on vulnerable population groups. The obsessive compulsive symptoms of COVID-19 pandemic were more proficiently associated with contamination and harm responsibility symptoms than other contents. Fear of contamination is observed as a common obsessional content in the majority of sufferers with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and COVID 19 pandemic has affected the people who were more vulnerable to develop the condition. We report the case of a female adult premorbidly having obsessive compulsive traits as reported by parents of adequately controlled contamination and need for symmetry anankastic traits who presented with a noteworthy exacerbation of OC symptoms precipitated by COVID-19.Most of the patients had aggravated symptoms during the pandemic situation, but there were also new onset OCD cases triggered by a variety of stressors. The case report shed lights on the potential psychological impacts of obsessional traits in individual who already had anankastic traits.

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The current ongoing pandemic is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which was first isolated in Wuhan, China. The disease caused by this virus is called “corona virus disease-19” (COVID-19) which has spread far and wide since then. New research has shed light on the transmission, etiopathogenesis and symptomatology of this novel corona virus. Common symptoms include fever, cough, fatigue, dyspnoea and hypogeusia/hyposmia.

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Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the infection of SARS-CoV-2. After an average incubation period of 5 days, the disease begins with dry cough and low grade fever often associated with decrease or absence of smell or taste sensation. The disease remains mild or moderate in majority of patients and the symptoms resolve within a week. Those who remain symptomatic for long have a higher risk of developing more severe disease requiring hospitalization and ventilator support. The outcome of COVID-19, however, is often unpredictable, especially in elderly subjects with co-morbidities. It is a complex disease where the clinical spectrum swings between completely asymptomatic to rapidly devastating courses, and pathologically there is abnormal immunologic, inflammatory and thrombotic interactions involving practically all the organs of the body. The treatment till date is symptomatic and supportive.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has hampered the functioning of educational institutions worldwide significantly affecting the students' academic achievement. As a global crisis intervention tool, the closures of academic institutions have increased the prevalence of school/college dropouts and hence exacerbated a pre-existing academic problems and resultant mental health issues among students. However despite several research attempts, their pros and cons still remain insufficiently explored. The present review aims at attempting to advance the current understanding of the post pandemic educational scenario with respect to students learning and guide the future research attempts to explore the global effect and strategies to deal with learning loss and its consequences. In addition, the present article also attempts to review the directions and recommendations endorsed by different agencies across the world.

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COVID-19 is a global pandemic caused by a strain of corona virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It has affected billions of individuals worldwide. SARS-CoV-2 has common biological characteristics with SARS-CoV, which caused the 2002 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. This includes the system of cell entry, which is triggered by binding of the viral spike protein to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. COVID-19 has been associated with cardiovascular disease, which can lead to worse outcomes and increased risk of death in patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease. COVID-19 disease can cause cardiovascular derangement in form of cardiac arrhythmia, acute viral myocarditis or thrombogenic – ischaemic events. In this review, we have tried to summarise the current understanding of and pathophysiology of cardiac arrhythmias in COVID-19 and potentially finding out the root cause and management strategy.

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