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India prepared to roll out COVID-19 vaccine within 10 days of emergency us
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): Days after Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gave approval to two COVID-19 vaccines, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said that India is prepared to roll out vaccine within 10 days of emergency use authorisation (EUA), subject to
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Active COVID-19 cases in India less than 2.5 lakh and declining: Health se
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): India's active COVID-19 cases are less than 2.5 lakhs and are continuing to fall which has led to a decline in the overall burden on the health delivery structure, said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday.
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5 pc of COVID-19 positive samples in country will be subjected to genome s
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Five per cent of the coronavirus positive samples in the country would be subjected to genome sequencing, the government has said.
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Govt to increase number of genome sequencing for COVID-19: Health Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): The government will increase the number of genome sequencing for COVID-19 in view of the new coronavirus strain that was first detected in the United Kingdom, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
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NEGVAC working on management of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out: Govt
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said that the Centre had in August this year constituted the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC), which is providing guidance on prioritisation of population groups, procur
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Six COVID vaccine candidates in different clinical trial stage in India, t
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said that there are six COVID-19 vaccine candidates in different clinical trial stages being developed by various manufacturers in India.
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`Adverse event' has not affected timelines of COVID-19 vaccine trial: Heal
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday that "adverse event" related to vaccine trial participant in Chennai will not affect the timelines and noted that a trial site has an institutional ethics committee which is independent of the manufacture
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India's positive COVID-19 cases per million lowest among big nations in pa
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): India recorded 211 COVID-19 cases per million population over the last seven days, which is lowest among big nations, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
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Govt never spoke about vaccinating entire country, says Health Secretary B
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that the government had never spoken about vaccinating the entire country for the coronavirus pandemic. At a press briefing, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that there might not even be a need to vac
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Odisha govt requests Centre for second AIIMS
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 25 (ANI): In view of the health care requirements of Odisha, the state government has requested the Central government to establish an AIIMS in the Sundargarh district.
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COVID-19: India conducts 46 pc of RT-PCR, 49 pc antigen tests so far
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday informed the country has conducted at least 49 per cent of rapid antigen tests, while about 46 per cent of RT-PCR tests and nearly five per cent of tests were conducted through CB-NAT and TrueNat for the novel coronav
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With 49,881 new cases, India's Covid-19 count rise past 80-Lakh mark
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): With 49,881 new cases, India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 80-lakh mark on Thursday while recoveries have increased to 73.15 lakh, according to data from the Union Health Ministry.
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