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Delhi preparing for 3rd wave, to impose lockdown if COVID-19 positivity ra
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday informed that Delhi will opt for a lockdown if the positivity rate in the city goes up to 5 per cent to combat the likely third wave of COVID-19. Keeping in view of the likely situation, Delhi is ramping u
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Over 1.5 cr people inoculated with first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Keral
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 6 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said that over 1.5 crore people in the state have been inoculated with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, accounting for 42.82 per cent of Kerala's population.
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Chief Secy's order on Kerala Covid restrictions contradicts minister's sta
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India] August 5, (ANI): Kerala Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan on Thursday said that the revised COVID-lockdown guidelines order issued by the chief secretary contradicted the policy statement read out by the Health Minister Veena George in the Assembly on Augu
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UK to offer COVID-19 vaccine shots to adolescents aged 16, 17
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], August 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK is set to start offering COVID-19 vaccines to healthy teenagers aged 16 and 17 as soon as possible after national vaccine experts issued a relevant recommendation, Health Minister Sajid Javid said on Wednesday.
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Kerala follows ICMR, WHO guidelines to report Covid deaths, says Health Mi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 4 (ANI): The Kerala government is following the ICMR and WHO guidelines to report covid deaths in the state, Veena George Kerala Health Minister said on Wednesday in the Assembly over the allegations of discrepancies in covid related deaths acro
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Jharkhand: 27-bed pediatric ICU, 24-bed HDU inaugurated at Sadar Hospital
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], August 4 (ANI): Gearing up the health infrastructure amid reports of a possible third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta inaugurated a 27-bed pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and a 24-bed high dependency unit (HDU) at Sadar Hos
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West Bengal MPs meets Mandaviya, Pradhan over discrimination of COVID-19 v
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): A high-level delegation comprising of Members of Parliament along with Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh met Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Human Resources Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday, highlight
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Union Health Minister meets Indian envoy to US, discusses healthcare
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New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya met with the Indian ambassador to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu and discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations in healthcare between New Delhi and Washington.
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Turkey's death toll from wildfires rises to 8
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey] August 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the wildfires in Turkey has increased to eight, while the number of injured now stands at 864, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Sunday.
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No shortage of COVID-19 vaccines but you lack maturity: Health Minister Ma
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): Following Rahul Gandhi's criticism over COVID-19 vaccine shortage in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday took a swipe at the Congress leader by calling him "immature".
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TN makes negative RT-PCR report mandatory for people coming from Kerala
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 1 (ANI): Negative RT-PCR report has been made mandatory for everyone coming from Kerala to Tamil Nadu from August 5, informed Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramaniyan on Sunday.
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Kerala reports 2 more cases of Zika virus
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 31 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Saturday informed that two more people in the state have been diagnosed with the Zika virus.
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