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Union Health Secretary writes to West Bengal govt over spike in COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): The Central government on Tuesday asked the West Bengal government to take note of the rising cases of Covid-19 cases in Kolkata and take measures to contain the spread of the virus following Durga Puja celebrations.
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TN Health Secretary inaugurates sixth mega state vaccination campaign in C
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 23 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan inaugurated the sixth mega COVID-19 vaccination campaign to be held throughout the state on Saturday in Chennai.
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Pakistan's Punjab imposes lockdown over low vaccination rate
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab government has imposed lockdown in all cities except Rawalpindi citing the slow vaccination rate, a media report said.
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Keep strict vigil to prevent spread of Covid during festivals: Union Healt
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to the Chief Secretaries and Administrators of all the States and Union Territories advising them to keep a strict vigil to curb the spread of Covid 19 amid the festive season.
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Kerala logs 68 pc of total COVID-19 cases reported in India: Health Minist
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Almost 68 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases reported in India are from Kerala, said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday.
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Sustained efforts needed to control vector-borne diseases, says Union Heal
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Union Secretary Health Rajesh Bhushan on Monday wrote to all states and union territories (UTs) emphasising the acceleration of activities for prevention and control of vector-borne diseases such as Dengue and calling for sustained efforts to reduce the
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86 lakh Covid vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours, says Health Sec
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday said that 86 lakh doses had been administered in the last 24 hours and that the average per-day dose administered has increased from 20 lakhs in May 2021, to 78 lakhs in September 2021, with the pace of
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60.98 pc of India's total COVID-19 cases last week were from Kerala: Healt
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday said that 60.98 per cent of the total active COVID-19 cases in India were from Kerala and of the 43,263 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, over 32,000 cases are from Kerala.
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Union Health Secretary reviews Covid vaccination drive 11 North Eastern an
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Saturday chaired a high-level review meeting with 11 north-east and hill states and Union Territories over the COVID vaccination drive.
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India hasn't seen conclusion of 2nd COVID surge: Union Health Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): Despite a consistent decline in daily COVID-19 cases, India has not seen the conclusion of the second surge of the pandemic, said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday.
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Centre reviews COVID-19 vaccination progress across country with states, U
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): The progress of COVID-19 vaccination across the country was reviewed on Wednesday in a high-level meeting chaired by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan with states and union territories in the presence of Union Pharma Secretary S Aparna.
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Punjab, the only state to report suspected oxygen-shortage deaths during 2
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Punjab was the only state which informed the Centre about suspected deaths due to oxygen shortage, while all other states who have sent in their reports so far to the central government do not specifically mention deaths linked to oxygen shortage during
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