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20.2 pc of people who received one dose of COVID vaccine globally reside i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): At least 20.2 per cent of all the people who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine globally, reside in India, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday.
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Union Health Minister chairs 28th GoM, says India's COVID-19 recovery rate
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) Dr Harsh Vardhan chaired the 28th meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Monday and said that India has 14,01,609 active Covid cases. He added that the country's recovery rate is climbing and stood
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Vaccinated passengers may not need RT-PCR report for domestic travel, disc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The Central government is mulling over a mechanism to enable hassle-free domestic air travel and to do away with the mandatory RT-PCR report for those passengers who have received both jabs of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR Society on Friday
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Society on Friday at 11 AM via video conferencing.
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Foreign Secretary Shringla extends wishes to Canadian envoy Nadir Patel as
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday extended his best wishes to Canadian High Commissioner Nadir Patel as he departs from India after more than six years from his post.
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Harsh Vardhan completes tenure as WHO Executive Board Chairperson
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday successfully completed his tenure as the Chairperson of Executive Board of World Health Organization.
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Must find ways to ensure affordable access to key drugs amid COVID-19: Har
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): As Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan completed his tenure as the Chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board, he said that there is no scope for industries to stick to intellectual property rights (IPR) of COVID-19 vaccines and that o
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Implement gargle lavage method to detect Covid: AIIMS docs tell Health Min
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) of AIIMS Delhi on Sunday wrote to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, seeking the implementation of gargle lavage method to detect COVID-19.
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World No Tobacco Day 2021: Harsh Vardhan leads pledge to keep away from t
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday led the pledge to keep away from Tobacco on the occasion of 'World No Tobacco Day' 2021.
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WHO honours Harsh Vardhan for efforts in tobacco control
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 31 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) has awarded Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan with 'WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award' for his accomplishments in the area of tobacco control.
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'Politics on corpses, Congress style': Harsh Vardhan hits back at Rahul Ga
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): In a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his tweet on a New York Times report on India's COVID-19 figure, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said that the former trusts New York more than Delhi, adding that he spoke of vultur
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Harsh Vardhan calls continuous decline in India's COVID tally a 'positive
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday termed the continuous decline in COVID cases in India as a "positive sign", adding that it is the eighth day in succession when the country is having less than 3,00,000 daily new cases.
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