#Pakistan case numbers ⬆️by 50%.The ripples of 5th🌊 have begun. We detected #Omicron in samples as early as Dec 6. It has a doubling time of 1.5-3 days, much faster than Delta. How do we brace ourselves? Recipe is the same: #mask #SocialDistancing #boosterdose as eligible 1/ Who should get the vaccine? Anyone who is 12 and above. Who should get a booster? 1:Immunocompromised (all ELIGIBLE age groups)
2: Those 50 years & above
3: Healthcare workers
*Booster when last vaccine give at least more 6 months ago 2/

The year may be new, but we REMAIN grateful for all that we could achieve, in-spite of the pandemic, the personal and professional hardships we overcame. We are optimistic about our future and what is to come. Alhamdulillah #noRegrets #HAPPYNEWYEAR2022 @kishwarenam @khadijahumayun @sajidsoofi @WaqasuddinK @javairia_khalid @SoniaQureshiPID @farahk_sheikh @SidraKaleemJaf1 @DanishAzi @FarahQamar11 @mominkazi @TahirYousafzai8 @N

With school vaccination becoming mandatory for 15 and above in Sind, there are pervasive vaccine myths galore. 🧵 google.com/amp/s/www.geo.… First that children don’t need vaccine. On average 1/5 infected are children, & 1/3 of those are asymptomatic & potential spreaders. So even if children are less likely to be sick, many will indirectly benefit from their vaccination such as younger kids, immunodeficiency etc.

It’s back to school (hybrid with 50% attendance for my kids) from Monday in Sind. I see so much anxiety, especially among parents of young children, considering that children are not vaccinated and most adults aren’t either. Here’s what we can do 1/n Check with your school principal and class teacher to ensure every adult- yes every adult, be it a teacher, guard, helper or cleaner, is vaccinated. 2/n

@AmbroggioPhD Agreed. Not a diagnostics expert but I know the following 1) This discussion is not new and has been ongoing among diagnostics folks, now coming to public view. 2) CT values can matter but converting it to a viral load equivalent is an oversimplification 1/n @AmbroggioPhD 3) Each machine behaves differently and therefore the amplification being talked about is also going to vary. We are not aware of any standard curve quantifying viral load against CT values 2/n

Just published. @WHO guidelines for Mass drug administration of azithromycin for child survival 1/n apps.who.int/iris/bitstream… Work done along with @SouthAfricanASP and colleagues led by the late Dr Bhan. @ShereenBhan_GH

1/ A thread to explain our recent work, and for the love of tweetorials 😄

https://twitter.com/medrxivpreprint/status/1288500386156941313

2/ Pakistan- fifth most populous country in the world, first among LMICs to see the pandemic in late February 2020 . Now >269000 confirmed cases with over 5500 deaths, the largest number seen in Karachi, its largest city. Here is what Karachi is like in relation to Pakistan

1-So as most of you know, we published in @NEJM this week. This was so important for us for many reasons but fist a recap/summary of the paper.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… 2/In low resource settings, WHO recommends standard of care for management of common illnesses in non-school going children. These illnesses include diarrhoea, pneumonia, malnutrition ; among others.