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Govt never spoke about vaccinating entire country, says Health Secretary B
Updated : 5 years, 7 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, 7 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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Number of available ICU beds to be increased to 6,000 in Delhi: NITI Aayog
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Urgent actions have been taken by the Centre on the COVID-19 situation in Delhi including an increase in the overall ICU beds from 3,500 to 6,000 in the next few days, said Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog on Tuesday.
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COVID-19: India conducts 46 pc of RT-PCR, 49 pc antigen tests so far
Updated : 5 years, 8 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, 8 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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COVID-19: Centre advises states/UTs to gear up 'testing, tracking and trea
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday reviewed the status of response measures to COVID-19 in West Bengal, Delhi and Kerala and advised the states and Union Territories (UTs) to gear up testing, tracking and treatment strategy during the festi
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With 67,33,329 cured cases India has largest number of COVID-19 recoveries
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI India reported 46,791 new COVID-19 cases and 587 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 75,97,064, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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India has largest number of COVID-19 recovered globally, second in number
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): India has the largest number of COVID-19 recovered cases in the world and it stands second in terms of the number of tests conducted in any country, Union health secretary, Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
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Centre has sufficient financial resources to procure 400-500 million doses
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The Central Government has sufficient financial resources available to procure at least 400-500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, said Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary on Tuesday.
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India's active COVID-19 case count below 9 lakh for fifth day, says Health
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The COVID-19 positivity rate in India is on a downward trend with cumulative positivity rate at 8.07 per cent, weekly positivity rate at 6.24 per cent and the daily positivity rate at 5.16 per cent, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said here on Tuesd
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UP reports 3,348 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 11 (ANI): As many as 3,348 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 40,019, said state's Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad on Sunday.
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India Covid-19 recovery rate 84 per cent; 77 per cent active cases in 10 s
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): Active COVID-19 cases have been below 10 lakh for the last two weeks while the recovery rate of India is 84 per cent, Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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