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Harsh Vardhan holds high-level meeting, reviews preparedness against coron
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday held a high-level meeting in Delhi with senior officers of the Health Ministry, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), to review the preparedness against nov
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Health minister calls on PMO to discuss nCoV related issues
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday discussed issues related to the novel coronavirus (nCoV) with the officials at the PM's office and its preventive management in India, sources said.
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France confirms first two cases of coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 25 (ANI): French Health Ministry on Friday confirmed the first two cases of deadly coronavirus, with one of them involving a person who had returned from China recently.
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Four samples test negative for novel coronavirus in India
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Friday said the ICMR-NIV, Pune, has said that four samples, two from Mumbai and one each from Bengaluru and Hyderabad, have tested negative for novel coronavirus (nCoV).
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Nepal reports first case of coronavirus infection
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 24 (ANI): Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed the first case of coronavirus after the examination of bodily fluid of a student, who recently came back from Wuhan, China.
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First case of coronavirus in Nepal after student who returned from Wuhan t
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 24 (ANI): Nepal Health Ministry on Friday confirmed its first case of infection caused by the coronavirus after a student who returned from China's Wuhan city tested positive for the pneumonia-like virus.
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RML hospital sets ups dedicated coronavirus isolation ward
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], 23 Jan (ANI): The Centre-run Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital has been declared as a nodal Hospital to manage the cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV) if detected in India.
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Coronavirus outbreak: India screens 43 flights, 9156 passengers arriving f
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Secretary at the Union Health Ministry, Preeti Sudan, on Wednesday informed that a total number of 43 flights and 9156 passengers arriving from China have been screened for novel coronavirus illness at seven different airports across the country so far.
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Coronavirus threat : Mandatory health screening of passengers from China a
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): In the backdrop of the threat posed by coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday informed that thermal health screening of passengers arriving from China and Hong Kong has now been extended to seven airports across India.
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22 crore children at risk of intestinal worm infections, Health Ministry g
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 20 (ANI): As many as 22 crore children aged between 1-14 years are at the greater risk of catching intestinal worm infections as per the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Death toll in missile attack on military base in Yemen rises to 80
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], Jan 19 (ANI): The death toll in the ballistic missile attack at a military training base in the northeastern province of Marib on Saturday has risen to at least 80, a Health Ministry official said on Sunday.
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Centre comes into action after Novel Corona Virus outbreak in China
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Witnessing deadly outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) in China, the Centre is aggressively reviewing the situation in India. The Union Health Ministry is monitoring the situation in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).
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