Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, along with health minister Kato Katsunobu and other Cabinet members in a meeting of the government's task force made the decision to downgrade COVID-19 classification.
Speaking on the occasion, Mandaviya said, "NIB is playing a vital role in ensuring that only quality biological products reach the health system, thereby strengthening our Hon'ble Prime Minister's mission of ensuring quality health and wellness for all."
As the country's marked its 74th Republic Day, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh launched Bharat Biotech's first India-made nasal Covid-19 vaccine, iNCOVACC, on Thursday.
Maharashtra's former Health Minister Deepak Sawant sustained injuries after a car he was travelling in was hit by a truck from behind on Mumbai-Ghodbunder highway on Friday afternoon, the police said.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya participated in roundtable discussion on "Opportunities in R&D and Innovation in Life Sciences at the World Economic Forum in Davos today.
Mandaviya invited all the stakeholders to look at India as a land of opportunities. He said this during the Health and Healthcare Community Dinner organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos in Switzerland, an official statement said on Tuesday.
Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday chaired the national symposium on India's roadmap to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) at Vigyan Bhawan and said that the government is aiming to eliminate the disease by 2027, three years ahead of the global target.
"India believes in value-based health care and is continuously striving to provide high quality and cost-effective health care to everyone," Mandaviya said.