Background Vaccination is considered the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to prevent the complications of the disease. Nevertheless, no awareness campaigns were conducted in Saudi Arabia until March 1, 2021, when the Vaxzevria, or ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222), vaccine became available. Objectives This study aims to determine the factors that can predict healthcare workers’ acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from July to September 2021, in our university tertiary hospital (King Saud University Medical City [KSUMC]), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The study targeted potential participants among healthcare workers at KSUMC. We assessed healthcare workers’ perceptions and beliefs about the COVID-19 vaccine via a questionnaire that was distributed via social media applications such as WhatsApp, Twitter, and Google. Participants were informed about the questionnaire before they filled it out, and they were asked to respond to three screening questions before beginning the main questionnaire. These screening questions ensured that the participants met the inclusion criteria. Included participants were over the age of 18, agreed to answer the questions, and were residents of Saudi Arabia. The participants filled out the self-administered questionnaire. Results A total of 529 participants completed the questionnaires. All participants were vaccinated, 68% were female, 55% were married, 35% had been working for less than five years, and 65% had a bachelor’s degree. More than half of participants had not previously been infected with COVID-19, and most did not interact with COVID-19 patients. More convenient access to the vaccine increased the odds ratio of participant vaccination by 0.39. An increase in the number of vaccinated friends and family members increased the odds ratio of participant vaccination by 0.30. However, COVID- 19 vaccination mandates decreased the odds ratio of participant vaccination by 0.27. The fitted linear regression model explained 32% of the variation observed in the dependent variable, acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the adjusted R squared was 0.32. The fitted regression model was statistically significant at a 95% confidence interval; the p-value was 0.00001. Conclusion In Saudi Arabia, there is an immense need to increase uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. This requires encouraging more positive beliefs and attitudes regarding vaccination in general and the COVID-19 vaccine in particular.

During pandemics, hospital administration does not allow family members to visit their loved ones. There is a need to develop standards and processes that may be followed when a family member enters an ICU or ward to prevent cross infection. These rules should also be put in place during epidemics to ensure that family have safe access to their patients.

Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a leading cause of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure which can progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). These patients are deeply sedated, paralyzed and ventilated and prone positioning is known to help in these cases. Prone positioning has been known to help in ARDS cases, but they are ventilated deeply sedated and paralyzed. The aim of the current study was to assess the safety and potential benefits of awake prone positioning in COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe hypoxemic respiratory failure. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study, performed at Bahira International Hospital Lahore. Record of confirmed COVID-19 patients with hypoxic respiratory failure was reviewed thoroughly to collect data. The duration, timing, frequency, tolerability, beneficial effects and adverse events during prone positioning were recorded from the medical records before and after self-prone positioning. Results: The current analysis showed that prone positioning is supportive to maintain good saturation (92%) as compared to keeping patients in spine position (82%). Conclusion: It can be concluded from the current study that prone position is helpful to maintain normal oxygen saturation even on low oxygen supply, helping in quick recovery and preventing oxygen induced damage to the lungs.

A global catastrophe caused by the COVID-19 epidemic has had negative effects on both health and the economy. The coagulation system may be involved in the pathophysiology of COVID-19 since D-Dimer, a measure of hypercoagulability, is higher in COVID-19 individuals with severe illness. In order to determine whether there is a relationship between D-Dimer levels and disease severity, this study measured the levels of D-Dimer in COVID-19 patients with severe and non-severe disease. The average age of the 72 confirmed COVID-19 patients in the research was 52.85 10.65. Based on the severity, the individuals were split into two groups, and the levels of D-Dimer were measured in each group. In contrast to individuals with less severe symptoms, those with severe COVID-19 symptoms had considerably higher levels of D-Dimer, according to the study. Cough, fever, breathing difficulties, and gastrointestinal symptoms were also discovered in the study to be statistically significant in patients with severe symptoms. The most prevalent co-morbid conditions among the individuals were hypertension and diabetes. These results emphasise the significance of identifying patients at risk for poor outcomes, tracking their D-Dimer levels and suggesting that D-Dimer levels may be a helpful prognostic marker in COVID-19 patients.

Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) being a contagious ailment which is ambiguous to manage, in particular, in tropical countries. Social capital is the term considered to develop the entire communities’ capability to work and coordinates mutually to resolve a communal health dilemma. The incidence of dengue fever can be vetoed and minimized by raising the self-awareness of community about the impact of that incident via social capital which are built on trust, cooperation and mutual teamwork that can facilitate to increase public understanding and awareness. Community-based dengue fever control programs have been executed in numerous countries to avert the spread of dengue fever. The echelon of triumph and efficacy of community-based dengue fever control programs rely on the capacity of community to eagerly recognize and pertain projects. The programs should be designed to increase awareness about prevention and lessen the transmission of dengue fever vectors on the individual level. A core reason was the failure to involve and activate of all the community social capital, a lack of freedom for the involvement of community, and vague strategies on related areas implicated in community-based dengue fever control program activities, in this manner, affecting their enduring sustainability and efficacy.