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Combating COVID-19: Production, procurement of PPE kits started to meet de
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Sunday said that initially there was a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits in the country but the government started taking action in this regard from January and its domestic production and pro
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Kerala's strategy for containment of COVID-19 satisfactory, PCR test going
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 5 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Sunday said that the state's preparations for containment of COVID-19 were satisfactory and added that PCR tests were going on in nine laboratories, in which upwards of eight thousand samples have been
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Italy donated PPE to China; now China wants Italy to buy back the same PPE
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 5 (ANI): At the peak of the Covid-19 outbreak in China, Italy had donated Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to China and now when Italy is in dire need of PPE, China wants to sell them to Italy, according to a report in the Spectator magazine.
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COVID-19: Empowered Committee opens up dialogue with private sector, start
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): An Empowered Committe constitued by the Centre and chaired by Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog has opened up cross-sectoral dialogue within the private sector and start ups to engender collaboration among them to produce health equipment and Personnel Protectiv
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No shortage of PPEs for health care workers at institute: AIIMS
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) administration here on Saturday said there is no shortage of Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) for the healthcare workers at the institute.
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Doctors in Siliguri complain of poor quality COVID-19 protection gear
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Doctors at the North Bengal Medical College, Siliguri on Tuesday claimed that they have been provided raincoats, sunglasses and masks made of bedsheets instead of the PPEs (Personal Protective Equipments) such as laboratory glasses and surgical/N
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Prioritise treatment of patients, distribute masks and PPEs to staff: J-K
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Monday chaired a high-level meeting at Raj Bhavan to review the arrangements being put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the Union Territory.
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400 NDRF personnel deployed in every battalion to contain Covid-19 outbrea
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Director General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), SN Pradhan on Thursday said 400 personnel have been geared with Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) in every battalion for assisting states amid coronavirus outbreak.
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Rahul Gandhi urges release of Rs 2.66 cr from MPLAD fund to combat COVID-1
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday requested for an 'urgent release' of Rs 2.66 crore from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) funds for the purchase of ventilators, testing kits, personal protection equipment (PPEs) a
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Aware of disruption in import of components required for PPE, masks: Lav A
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The government is aware of disruption in the import of certain components required for PPE and masks since the cases of COVID-19 started pouring in from other parts of the world, said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, here on Wednesday.
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FORDA urges Dr Harsh Vardhan to provide adequate PPEs to doctors treating
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) has urged Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to provide an adequate number of masks and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to ensure the protection of doctors from the risk of coronavirus infection
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