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NHRC asks Centre, Delhi govt to consider providing medical care/insurances
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on the basis of a complaint, asked the Union Health Ministry and the Delhi government to consider providing adequate medical care and financial protection to all the contractual medical and paramedical staff deploy
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COVID patients should take jab after 3 months of recovery: Expert panel
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) on Wednesday recommended that the COVID vaccination should be deferred by three months after clinical recovery of the illness.
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6 new AIIMS fully functional, 7 partially functional under PM Swasthya Sur
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Central government has approved setting up 22 new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) so far under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) out of which six are already fully functional, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfar
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With 4,529 fatalities, India records highest single-day COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): India recorded the highest single-day COVID-19 fatalities with 4,529 new deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry's data on Wednesday.
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Kejriwal's 'new COVID-19 variant' claim denied by Singapore health ministr
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's claim over 'new Singapore COVID-19 variant', has been strongly refuted by the Singapore government and the Indian Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
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Oman reports 812 new COVID-19 cases, 207,109 in total
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Muscat [Oman], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The Omani health ministry on Tuesday announced 812 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total confirmed number in the sultanate to 207,109, the official Oman News Agency (ONA) reported.
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Indonesia reports 4,185 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 172 new deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 4,185 within one day to 1,748,230, with the death toll adding by 172 to 48,477, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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With over 4 lakh COVID-19 patients recovered, India records highest-ever s
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The country on Tuesday recorded daily recoveries of more than 4 lakh COVID patients in a single day for the first time. With 4,22,436 recoveries reported in the last 24 hours, the India recorded its highest-ever single-day COVID-19 recoveries on Tuesday, i
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With 4,329 deaths, India records highest single-day COVID-19 fatalities
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): As India's daily spike of coronavirus cases witnesses a dip with only 2,63,533 fresh infections recorded in the last 24 hours, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 continues to remain alarmingly high with 4,329 more fatalities, the highest toll in a single
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COVID-19: Japan's health ministry to authorise use of Moderna vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] May 18 (ANI): Japan's health ministry is set to authorize the use of Moderna's vaccine against coronavirus later this week.
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Over 59 lakh vaccine doses administered to people of 18-44 age group, says
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): As many as 59,32,704 beneficiaries of age group 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine across 36 states and UTs since phase 3 of vaccination began on May 1, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
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DRDO's anti-COVID drug reduces average recovery time by 2.5 days, oxygen d
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The DRDO's new anti-COVID drug, 2-DG, reduces a patient's average recovery time by two and a half days and oxygen demand by upto 40 per cent, the union health ministry informed on Monday.
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