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COVID-19 third wave peak over in Maharashtra, says state Health Minister
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 29 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the peak of COVID-19 third wave is over in the state as COVID-19 cases are reducing in cities like Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Palghar that were worst hit.
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Mandaviya to hold review meet today with 5 states over COVID-19 situation
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will virtually review the COVID-19 situation, public health preparedness as well as response measures being taken in the context of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chha
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Omicron replaces Delta as dominant variant with 67.5 pc positivity rate in
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 29 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Sudhakar K on Friday said that statistics show that the Delta variant of COVID-19 has become less dominant which is now replaced by the Omicron variant of the virus as against the second wave in the country when th
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Mandaviya to hold review meeting with 5 states on COVID-19 situation tomor
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will virtually review the COVID-19 situation, public health preparedness and response measures being taken in the context of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh o
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Mandaviya in COVID-19 review meeting with southern states, UTs stressed on
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in a COVID-29 review meeting with Southern states and UT's Health Minister on Friday stressed upon e-Sanjeevani, teleconsultation, monitoring, home isolation and increasing RT-PCR tests in states which are re
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Mansukh Mandaviya to hold high-level review meeting on COVID-19 with south
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will be holding a high-level meeting on COVID-19 on Friday through video conferencing.
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Centre likely to issue advisory on reopening schools soon: Sources
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): With the COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged 15 gathering pace, the Centre is likely to issue an advisory soon to reopen schools across the country.
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COVID-19: Omicron found in 94 per cent of positive samples in Kerala, says
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 28 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said that most of the positive COVID-19 samples, sent for the genome sequencing, are being tested positive for the Omicron variant of the virus while there are fewer Delta variant samples.
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Union Health Minister to hold review meeting today with southern states, U
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a high-level virtual meeting with the health ministers of Southern states', Union territories today at 2.30 pm to review the COVID-19 situation and public health preparedness as well as response measures
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Himachal CM urges Union Health Minister to sanction 50 ambulances for hill
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday called on Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi urging him to sanction 50 ambulances to reduce the response time within prescribed limits in hilly terrain.
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Covaxin, Covishield given normal new drug permission in adult population w
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has now upgraded the permission for Covaxin and Covishield from restricted use in emergency situations to normal new drug permissio
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In a first, Brain Health Initiative launched in Karnataka
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 25 (ANI): Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar launched the Karnataka Brain Health Initiative, a first-of-its-kind in the entire country undertaken by NIMHNANS in association with Niti Aayog, said a press release on Tuesday.
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