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Beds capacity at Delhi's private hospitals escalated from 15 pc to 25 pc:
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain informed that the number of beds in private hospitals has been increased from 15 per cent to 25 per cent.
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Union Health Minister approves National Policy for Rare Diseases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan approved the "National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021", which aims to lower the high cost of treatment for rare diseases with an increased focus on indigenous research, the health ministry said on Saturda
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Jharkhand monitoring Covid-19 situation carefully, on alert, says health m
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ranchi/Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) [India], April 4 (ANI): Jharkhand health minister Banna Gupta has said that the state health department is on alert mode and monitoring the Covid-19 situation very carefully.
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COVID-19: Positivity rate not as high as was in Sept, says Chhattisgarh Mi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 3 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo has said that even though the number of daily COVID-19 cases has increased for the past few days in the state, the positivity rate is not as high as compared to September last year.
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Chhattisgarh govt writes to Centre to include journalists in COVID vaccina
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 2 (ANI): Amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases across the country, the Chhattisgarh government has written to the Centre to include journalists in the nation-wide vaccination drive, Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singhdeo informed on Friday.
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Delhi CM holds meeting to prepare action plan over surge in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday held a meeting at his residence in the wake of an increase in COVID-19 cases in the national capital.
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Delhi government to prepare action plan to check rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold an urgent meeting on April 2 with Health Minister Satyendar Jain along with his department officials to prepare an action plan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the wake of an increase in cases.
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COVID-19 mortality rate may be low but don't let guard down: K'taka health
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Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 31 (ANI): The COVID-19 mortality rate in Dakshina Kannada may be low but the people should not let their guard down, said Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Wednesday, a day after authorities imposed Section 144 in the district due to rising COVID-19
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Amid COVID-19 surge, Delhi to increase testing capacity to 80K per day
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Amid the recent spike in coronavirus cases, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday informed that COVID-19 testing will be increased to 80,000 per day in the national capital, adding that the Delhi government has ordered an increase of 220 ICU
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Sharad Pawar doing well after operation: Maharashtra Health Minister
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 31 (ANI): NCP chief Sharad Pawar is doing well after an operation, informed Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday.
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Seven COVID-19 vaccine candidates in clinical trials, says Harsh Vardhan
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that seven more COVID-19 vaccine candidates are in stages of clinical trials.
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COVID-19: Panama imposes temporary ban on travellers from South America
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Panama City [Panama], March 28 (ANI): Panama's Health Ministry announced on Saturday, a temporary ban on the entry of people from all South American countries starting from Wednesday after a COVID-19 case of the Brazilian variant was confirmed.
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