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Harsh Vardhan launches 'COVID India Seva' to address citizens' queries
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday launched 'COVID India Seva', an interactive platform for citizen engagement on coronavirus.
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Harsh Vardhan asks Red Cross to motivate recovered COVID-19 patients to do
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that he has asked the Indian Red Cross Society to motivate recovered COVID-19 patients to donate blood so that this blood and plasma can be used to treat critical coronavirus patients.
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Harsh Vardhan asks states to ensure adequate availability of blood in bloo
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has written to all the states and directed them to ensure adequate availability of blood in blood banks, the government said on Tuesday.
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Rajasthan stops COVID-19 rapid tests, says Health Min Raghu Sharma
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 21 (ANI): Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma said that the state has stopped conducting rapid tests for COVID-19 as the accuracy of kits from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is "questionable".
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Rate of Doubling of COVID19 cases in Haryana is nearly 2 weeks as against
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], April 21 (ANI): Health Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday claimed that with 56.7 percent recovery rate as against 16.38 percent of all India recovery rate of coronavirus cases, Haryana is moving fast towards normalcy.
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78 more COVID-19 cases in Delhi, tally in city reaches 2081
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): 78 more COVID-19 cases have been reported from the national capital, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the city to 2,081, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Tuesday.
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One person in Rashtrapati Bhavan has been tested COVID-19 positive: Satyen
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): One coronavirus positive case has been found in Rashtrapati Bhavan and 125 people have been put under self-quarantine, said Satyendar Jain, Delhi Health Minister, on Tuesday.
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Maha to conduct 75,000 rapid COVID-19 tests soon: Rajesh Tope
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 21 (ANI): The Maharashtra government has decided to conduct 75,000 rapid tests for COVID-19, as the Centre gave the conditional permission to the state for the same.
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COVID-19: 2 deaths, 43 new cases reported in Tamil Nadu; count rises to 1,
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 20 (ANI): Two more deaths and 43 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Tamil Nadu today, taking the total number of positive cases in the State to 1,520, including 17 deaths till date.
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110 more COVID-19 cases in Delhi, tally rises to 2003
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): With 110 more cases of COVID-19 reported from the national capital yesterday, the total number of coronavirus cases in the city has risen to 2003, said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday.
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Union Health Minister emphasizes on India's proactive approach to contain
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Speaking at a meeting of G-20 ministers organised by the grouping's chair Saudi Arabia via video-conferencing, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday emphasized on the proactive and pre-emptive strategy of India to contain the spread of COVID-1
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Kerala declares 88 COVID-19 hotspots in 14 districts
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 20 (ANI): The Kerala health department has declared 88 local bodies including the corporation, municipality and panchayats, spread over 14 districts in the state as COVID-19 hotspots.
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