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India inches closer to 4.5 crore covid vaccination mark with 16 lakh doses
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Union Health Ministry in its daily vaccination update on Saturday said the cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 4.36 crore with 16 lakh inoculated today.
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Govt committed to eradicate Tuberculosis in India by 2025, says Harsh Vard
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday reaffirmed the political commitment of the government to end Tuberculosis and said that they have accorded high priority to eradicating the disease in the country by 2025.
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COVID-19: Jharkhand govt to a month's extra pay to frontline health worker
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], March 20 (ANI): The Jharkhand Health Department has decided to give a month's extra pay to frontline health workers who have been working round the clock since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta on Friday.
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No one should have doubts about COVID-19 vaccines: Harsh Vardhan
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday, while speaking in Lok Sabha, said no one should have any doubts about the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Maharashtra govt aims to vaccinate 3 lakh people per day: Rajesh Tope
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 18 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that his government is aiming to vaccinate 3 lakh people daily amidst a surge in coronavirus cases in the state.
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Kejriwal to hold review meeting on rising Covid cases in Delhi: Satyendar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Amid rising cases of Covid-19 in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a review meeting here on Thursday, said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain.
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Harsh Vardhan appointed as Chairman of 'Stop TB Partnership Board'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare has been appointed Chairman of the ''Stop TB Partnership Board'', in recognition of his contribution to the movement to eradicate Tuberculosis (TB) from India by 2025.
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Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill ensures dignity, safety, and wellbei
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has termed as "historic" the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, recently passed by Rajya Sabha.
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Brazil's President appoints yet another Health Minister
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], March 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is replacing Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello in what becomes the fourth change in the post since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Delhi may face huge water crises as Punjab will close canals from Bhakra d
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): Delhi may face a huge water supply cut of about 25 per cent as the canals from Bhakra dam in Punjab will be closed, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday.
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COVID-19 positivity rate in Delhi is at 0.6 pc, says Satyendra Jain
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Monday said that the COVID-19 positivity rate is at 0.6 per cent in the national capital.
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Madhya Pradesh CM seeks more COVID-19 vaccines from Centre
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 14 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday held a meeting with Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and asked for the supply of more COVID-19 vaccines and help in other health-related issues of the state.
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