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India working with global partners to develop vaccines to fight COVID-19:
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday said that India is working with global partners so that effective vaccines can be developed to fight against COVID-19.
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India doing better in outcome ratio of COVID-19, need to improve it furthe
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Friday said that India is doing better than many countries on outcome ratio - the ratio of number of COVID-19 recoveries versus deaths - and it stands at 80:20.
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India's COVID-19 cases surge to 10,815
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): With the sharpest ever increase of 1,463 new positive COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours and 29 deaths, the total number of coronavirus cases in India on Tuesday climbed to 10,815, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Core Strategy Group deals with issues related to COVID-19: Health Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): A Core Strategy Group on COVID-19 is working on digital and molecular surveillance, rapid and economical diagnostics, new drugs, repurposing of drugs and associated production processes, said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, here on
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Just 2 pc of 16,002 COVID-19 tests have come out positive: Health Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Over 16 thousand tests for COVID-19 were conducted in the country, out of which just two per cent results came out positive, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
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PC & PNDT Act which prohibits pre-natal sex determination not suspende
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday clarified that it has not suspended the PC & PNDT (Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act 1994, which prohibits pre-natal sex determination.
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COVID-19 cases continue to rise even on day 16 of lockdown, Maharashtra's
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): With an increase of 591 cases on Thursday, the count of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India reached 5,865 on the 16th day of 21-day long lockdown, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Paradigm shift in India's healthcare system: Telehealth, telemedicine bei
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): India has now adopted the concept of 'telehealth/ telemedicine', the practice which has been in use by the US and European countries, to assist people when the country is battling the COVID-19 pandemic as the nation enters the third week of lockdown with m
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Eight new COVID-19 cases reported in WB, count reaches 69: Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 7 (ANI): The total number of coronavirus cases in West Bengal rose to 69 with eight new cases being reported today, according to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday.
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'We are stranded': Cancer patients from other states say they are living o
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Cancer patients, who came from several states for treatment at Mumbai hospitals, are now stranded along with their relatives due to the lockdown imposed to contain COVID-19.
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Coronavirus cases rises to 649 in India, 13 dead
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): The total number of people who have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in India has risen to 649 in India, including 593 active cases and 42 people who have been cured or discharged from hospitals, according to the recent update by the Union Ministry of
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Centre asks state govts to form rapid response teams to deal with coronavi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): Sanjeeva Kumar, Special Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday said state governments have been asked to form rapid response teams to deal with the deadly coronavirus.
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