Search For "health minister"
Delhi Health Minister suggests Centre should float global tender for COVID
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that he has suggested to the Union Health Ministry that the Central government should float a single global tender instead of various states to purchase COVID-19 vaccines.
Read More
K'taka health minister seeks IISc's support in tackling COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 13 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday interacted with Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Director Prof. Govindan Rangarajan to seek premier science institute's support in tackling the second wave of the COVID-19 across the state.
Read More
Serum Institute CEO promised to deliver 1.5 cr Covishield doses to Maharas
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has promised Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to deliver 1.5 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield to Maharashtra after May 20, said the state health minister on Wednesday.
Read More
COVID-19 spurt in J-K, Odisha, Uttarakhand 'matter of concern', says Harsh
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday expressed concern over the rapid surge in COVID-19 cases in eight states and Union Territories, and said the pace of surge is worrisome.
Read More
Monitoring committees being set up to check medical oxygen wastage in hosp
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], may 12 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and state Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas has said that around 30 per cent of medical oxygen are being wasted in hospitals and monitoring committees are being set up to see avoid its wastage.
Read More
Over 95 lakh healthcare workers given 1st dose of COVID vaccine, says Hars
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday informed that more than 95 lakh Healthcare workers have been given their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and over 65 lakh of them has been administered their second dose since the vaccination drive commenc
Read More
26 COVID-19 patients died at GMCH due to oxygen shortage: Goa Health Minis
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 12 (ANI): As many as 26 COVID-19 patients died on Tuesday due to oxygen shortage at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital, said state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane.
Read More
Harsh Vardhan to hold meeting with health ministers of states lagging behi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday will hold a meeting with the health ministers of some states that are lagging behind in COVID-19 vaccination.
Read More
Delhi: Extended facility of GTB hospital to be operational from tomorrow,
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister, Satyendar Jain on Tuesday informed that the extended facility of Guru Tech Bahadur (GTB) hospital to be operational from tomorrow.
Read More
Maharashtra govt considering holding off COVID vaccination for 18-44 age g
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 11 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said that the state government is considering holding off the COVID vaccination drive for the 18-44 age group temporarily due to shortage of vaccine doses.
Read More
Delhi's COVID-positivity rate drops to 19pc from 36 pc
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Over the last few days, the COVID-19 positivity rate in the national capital has declined from 36 per cent to 19 per cent, informed health minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday, adding that the caseload has dropped to 12,500.
Read More
Centre sanctions 15 PSA oxygen plants to be set up in Bihar
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 10 (ANI): Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Monday said the Central government has sanctioned 15 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plant to be set up in the state.
Read More