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China's COVID surge is infecting 37 million people a day: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The estimates, including 37 million people who were infected on Tuesday alone, were revealed by Sun Yang, a deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in a health briefing on Wednesday, the FT report said.
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COVID-19 vaccination for children below 15 yrs to begin after scientific e
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry will decide about COVID-19 vaccination for children less than 15 years of age only after scientific evidence, said Rajesh Bhushan, Health Secretary while addressing a press briefing on Thursday.
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Deaths have been considerably reduced due to COVID-19 vaccination: ICMR
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) head Dr Balram Bhargava, in a health briefing, on Thursday asserted that deaths have been considerably reduced due to COVID-19 vaccinations in this third surge of the coronavirus infection.
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COVID-19: India's 72 pc adults fully vaccinated, 52 pc in 15-18 age group
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday informed that 72 per cent of India's adult population is fully vaccinated whereas around 52 per cent of children in the 15-18 years old age group have been inoculated with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
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Vaccination is critical pillar of our COVID-19 response: Dr VK Paul
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Dr VK Paul, a Niti Aayog member, on Wednesday encouraged people to get vaccinated against coronavirus infection at the earliest and said, "vaccination is the critical pillar of our COVID-19 response and they are helpful to an extent".
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Global scenario on Omicron very disturbing; must follow COVID-appropriate
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Amid scares of COVID-19 resurge due to Omicron variant, Member, Health, NITI Aayog, Dr VK Paul on Friday warned Indians and said that wearing masks and following COVID Appropriate Behaviour are a must to avoid a surge in Covid cases similar to that durin
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COVID-19: Mask usage declining; WHO warning against it, says NITI Aayog's
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Dr VK Paul, Member-Health of NITI Aayog, on Friday expressed concern over the decline in the use of face masks in the country and said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against it as the global scene of the Omicron variant of COVID-1
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25 Omicron cases in India, all patients showing mild symptoms
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): India has reported 25 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 but none of the patients have reported severe symptoms, Union Health Ministry's Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said on Friday, amid global alarm over the new strain of the coronavirus.
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Oct, Nov, Dec crucial months in terms of COVID-19: Health Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): As a series of festivals commence from today, the Union Health Ministry has appealed to people to be cautious for the months of October, November and December in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 second wave not over yet, more than 10 pc positivity in 66 distri
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Friday cautioned that the second wave of COVID-19 is not over yet and noted that 66 districts in the country reported more than 10 per cent positivity for the week ending July 8.
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India detects two new variants N440K and E484Q of COVID-19: Health Ministr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Even as the country's COVID-19 trajectory is declining, India has detected two new variants of the virus-- namely N440 K and E484Q in Maharashtra and Kerala, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Over 2L healthcare workers get Covid-19 jab on 1st day in India, higher th
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): India recorded the highest number of vaccinations on day one in the world on Saturday, at 2,07,229, higher than the US, UK and France on day one, said Union Health Ministry Sunday.
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