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No need to panic as govt taking significant measures to tackle Monkeypox:
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Four cases of monkeypox have been reported in India but there is absolutely no need for any panic as the government has taken significant measures to keep the disease in check, said Niti Aayog member Dr VK Paul.
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NITI Aayog member denies claims around inflated COVID deaths, says CRS rep
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The number of deaths 4.75 lakh in 2020 reported by the Civil Registration System 2020 (CRS) shows 'the truth' around the fatalities reported and it further helps in analysing the mortality load of the country, said Dr VK Paul member of (Health) Niti Aayog o
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Decision on mixing, matching of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose will be base
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that any decision on the mixing and matching of the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines will be taken based on science.
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COVID-19 caused by Omicron should not be considered common cold, people sh
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): With India witnessing a steep rise in COVID-19 cases, Dr VK Paul, Niti Aayog member, has cautioned that the infection caused by Omicron variant of coronavirus should not be considered common cold and people should not take it lightly.
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Vaccination is critical pillar of our COVID-19 response: Dr VK Paul
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Dr VK Paul, a Niti Aayog member, on Wednesday encouraged people to get vaccinated against coronavirus infection at the earliest and said, "vaccination is the critical pillar of our COVID-19 response and they are helpful to an extent".
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Omicron: Effective strategy to ensure India's adult population is fully va
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar(Odisha) [India], December 15 (ANI): Amid concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19, NITI Aayog Member-Health, Dr VK Paul on Tuesday said that the effective strategy is to ensure that the adult population of India is vaccinated with the two doses of vaccines.
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India reaching 100 cr COVID-19 vaccinations is remarkable achievement, pro
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): India reaching the milestone of 100 crore COVID-19 vaccinations in about nine months is a "remarkable achievement," credit for which goes to the state governments, district teams, the grassroots workers as also people of the country, Niti Aayog member
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Close to a decision point, says Dr V K Paul on WHO Emergency Use Listing t
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): The approval of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin for Emergency use Listing (EUL) from the World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected at any time soon, said Dr VK Paul, NITI Aayog member (Health) on Tuesday.
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COVID vaccination is our shield, protection, effort to ultimately extingui
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): As India crossed the landmark of administering over 75 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses on Tuesday, Niti Aayog Member (Health) Dr VK Paul said that vaccine is a shield against the disease and is also the union government's effort to contain and ultimatel
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Serosurvey does not cover granularity at state level, misleading informati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Serosurveys cannot be extrapolated to estimate mortality rates of COVID-19 or undercounting of the number of coronavirus infections as they are not meant to cover granularity at the level of the state, NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul said on Tuesda
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India in talks with Johnson & Johnson for single-dose COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr VK Paul on Friday confirmed that India is in talks with US pharma giant Johnson & Johnson for their single-dose COVID-19 vaccine named Janssen.
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Second wave still not over, no one is safe until entire country is safe: D
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Niti Aayog member, health, Dr VK Paul on Friday cautioned that the second wave of COVID-19 is not over yet even though India is seeing a decline in the number of fresh cases.
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