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Background: Health care workers (HCW) assume a significant part in teaching the overall population about the origin of the immunization and its implications and subsequently, vaccination hesitancy among them presents existential dangers to the stoppage and control of this pandemic. It will likewise impede endeavours to reduce COVID-19 pandemic. Objective(s):To comprehend coronavirus vaccine acceptance and specific attitudes toward vaccine hesitancy among HCWs and medical students at Jinnah hospital, Lahore. Method(s):200 HCWs employed by Jinnah Hospital, Lahore and 200 asymptomatic medical students to access attitudes toward vaccine acceptance and hesitancy. A cross-sectional survey was designed and the questionnaire was administered during May, 2022 while it was completed online throughout the month of May, 2022. Vaccination hesitancy was defined as procrastination or denial of vaccination although the services and the doses are available. Tabulated form was given to the descriptive statistics and the reported attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccine of the participants. Data was entered and analysed statistically by using SPSS software, IBM version 27. Qualitative data was shown as frequencies and percentages. For data analysis a chi-square test was used with P < .05 as statistical significance. Result(s):In total, 400 enrolees, completed the questionnaire, a majority of participants were doctors (98.5%), were vaccinated by choice (90.5%), had Chinese vaccination (80.5%), and had booster dose (34%). Almost all respondents were aware of COVID-19 vaccination (100%).Vaccination hesitancy was shown by health care workers right away due to fear of vaccine (1%). Conclusion(s):Vaccine intake was adequate among health care workers and satisfactory among medical students. Awareness regarding vaccination was good among both groups with low level of hesitancy.Copyright © 2022, Anka Publishers. All rights reserved.
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) sightings, coupled with the globally prevailing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, are triggering public health emergencies worldwide. In order to assess any role and / or effectiveness of convalescent plasma (CP) therapy among patients presenting with COVID‐19, the current descriptive study was conducted. One hundred patients, who were presenting COVID‐19, were enrolled. These patients were then made to receive ABO‐compatible CP transfusion. Effectiveness of this intrusion was then ascertained by recoveries in symptoms, changes in radiologic deformations, as well as through laboratory tests. This study did not observe any palpable adverse effect during the course of this mode of treatment. The elected course of CP led transfusion presented a lead to settlement of ground‐glass opacities, along with strengthening among the enrolled COVID-19 patients, and removal of virus were relatively quicker. This study supported the effectiveness of CP therapy for patients with COVID‐19. The selected mode of intervention, which also presented to carry a significant role to oust SARS‐CoV‐2, is also found to be a promising therapy mode for COVID‐19. © 2020 Lahore Medical And Dental College. All rights reserved.