Post-vaccination COVID-19 infection among health care workers in a medical college hospital.

INTRODUCTION

The world witnessed the pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID)-19, caused by the virus Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, wreaking havoc on all our lives. The healthcare sector in India was faced with numerous challenges and struggles. The health care workers of this developing country risked everything against this pandemic, which put them at a higher risk of transmission of this infection. The risk of contracting Covid infection was not nullified, even though vaccination was introduced and was made available to these healthcare workers at the earliest. Hence this study aimed to understand the severity of COVID-19 infection, post covid vaccination.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 95 health care workers of Father Muller Medical College hospital who were infected with COVID-19, post their vaccination. A validated preformed questionnaire was used to collect the data from the participants. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS 21 version. Descriptive statistics were used. A value of < 0.05 was considered significant.

RESULTS

In our study, 34.7% of health care workers required hospital admission for COVID-19 treatment. The mean duration is taken by health care workers to return to work after COVID was 12.59 days (SD-4.43). The severity of COVID-19 infection was significantly higher among females, the younger population, and the nursing cadre.

CONCLUSION

The severity of COVID-19 infection among health care workers and long COVID can be reduced by timely vaccination.