Immunological Evaluation of Covid-19 Vaccine in Babylon Population

The study was conducted in Babylon governorate on vaccinated person about (85) with or without previous infection as a test group, in comparison with (35) person recovering from Covid-19 which mentioned as positive (+ve) control with (30) healthy population as a negative (-ve) control groups. Different parameters were studied to evaluation of immunological status after receiving complete doses of different vaccine, low level of anti Sars-cov2 -IgM Ab of both vaccinated and control groups, while increased of Sars-cov2 -IgG in vaccinated population in comparison with control, at Mean ± SD (33.21 ± 16.06, 20.36 ± 14.0, 21.47 ± 13.77) in respective manner at P. Value < 0.01. There was a highly increased in IL-12, IL-15 and INF - y levels in comparison with control groups. The cytokines level among infected population after receiving vaccine were higher than non-infected person as well as in control groups. © 2022, ResearchTrentz Academy Publishing Education Services. All rights reserved.

Contact tracing for COVID-19 outbreak in Bahrain: resource allocation and use of non-health volunteers

The Disease Control Section in the Public Health Directorate is responsible for contact tracing amid the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Section recruited volunteers to strengthen their contact tracing team. Moreover, a nationwide call for volunteers was ignited in order to support the groups with vigilant case investigation and tracing in order to limit the spread of the infection in the community. This viewpoint report shares the experience of the disease control section with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, shedding light on the use of non-healthcare background volunteers and their roles in contact tracing. The utilization of volunteers during outbreaks and emergencies helped multiple entities to continue their operations and thrived through expanding themselves into teams and units. Regardless of the skills and backgrounds of the volunteers, they were allocated efficiently according to their area of interest. This experience indicates that a sustainable volunteer pool is valuable to have, even in non-emergency occasions.