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Harsh Vardhan releases e-book on guidelines to tackle substance abuse
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Union Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday released an e-book on treatment guidelines to tackle substance use disorders and behavioural addictions. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare released the e-book titled "Standard Treatment Guidelines f
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Child dies, 700 hospitalised following mass food poisoning in Jordan: Heal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Amman [Jordan], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): A 5-year-old child has died and around 700 people have been hospitalised in Jordan as a result of mass food poisoning incident that occurred in the northwest of the Amman capital, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Centre allocates 4.24 crore HCQ tablets to states and UTs, biggest since b
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Union health ministry made the biggest allocation of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in India by distributing 4.24 crore medicines to the states and Union Territories.
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COVID-19: Health Ministry directs DCGI to ensure equitable distribution of
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New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has directed the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to ensure equitable distribution of drugs across the country included as part of "investigational therapies" in clinical management protocol for COVID-19.
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Brazil's COVID-19 case tally up 40,000 in past day, death toll over 900
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): Brazil has confirmed over 40,000 new COVID-19 cases while more than 900 people have died from the disease in the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
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Centre exempts hand sanitizers from requirement of sale licence
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): In the wake of COVID19 pandemic, the Union Health Ministry has exempted hand sanitizers from the requirement of sale licence for its stocking or sale under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
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COVID-19: India's case fatality rate declines to 2.25 per cent
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): With COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate (CFR) declining to 2.25 per cent, India now is among countries with the lowest fatality rates, a Health Ministry official said on Tuesday.
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Over 23,000 COVID-19 cases in Brazil, death toll exceeds 600
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], July 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Brazil has confirmed more than 23,000 new COVID-19 cases while over 600 people have died from the disease in the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said.
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COVID-19 recovered cases cross nine-lakh mark in the country, fatality rat
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New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The case fatality rate (CFR) for COVID-19 has been constantly falling in India and is currently at 2.28 per cent, while the total recovered cases crossed nine lakhs in the country, according to the Union Health Ministry on Monday.
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Brazil confirms over 24,000 fresh COVID-19 cases, more than 500 new deaths
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Brasilia [Brazil], July 27 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 24,000 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Brazil in the past 24 hours, while the death toll increased by over 500 in that period, according to the latest data from the country's health ministry.
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COVID-19: Health ministry decides not to put Itolizumab in national treatm
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New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Even as the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given permission to Itolizumab drug for restricted emergency use on moderate to severe COVID-19 patients, the Union Health Ministry has decided not to include the drug in the national treatment protocol for co
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Brazil confirms over 51,000 new COVID-19 cases, over 1,200 new deaths
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], July 26 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 51,000 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Brazil in the past 24 hours, while the death toll increased by over 1,200 in that period, according to the latest data from the country's health ministry.
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