Search For "preparedness"
COVID preparedness: Union Health Secy to hold meeting with States
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will hold a meeting with States' health secretaries and senior officers on Monday evening, via video conferencing, to review the preparedness for COVID-19.
Read More
Amid rising COVID cases, Delhi govt hospitals conduct mock drills to revie
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
COVID cases have seen a rise in the country lately, including in the national capital, which reported 153 new cases on Sunday.
Read More
Housing plays key role in disaster preparedness: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
But a new national study found that housing is also important before disasters happen: People with homes not meeting federal quality classifications and those who are housing insecure tend to be less prepared to face natural calamities.
Read More
World Bank approves USD 108 million to improve Assam's flood, disaster pre
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The World Bank has approved a USD 108 million loan to help Assam improve disaster preparedness and enhance flood forecasting.
Read More
Housing plays important role in disaster preparedness: Research
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers are particularly interested in how natural catastrophes such as hurricanes and floods influence people's dwellings in the United States.
Read More
Mock drills help identify outbreak or surge in Covid cases: Dr Randeep Gul
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Supporting the Centre's decision to order fresh mock drills in hospitals across the country to test their Covid preparedness, amid rising cases, former director of AIIMS, Delhi, Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday said the drills would be a timely test of the prevailing healthcare infrastructu
Read More
Fresh countrywide mock drills at hospitals soon to test Covid preparedness
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Amid the spike in influenza cases in the country and the uptick in Covid-19 cases over the past couple of weeks, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday said a mock drill will be done soon in all the states and Union Territories to assess their preparedness to meet the twin thre
Read More
PM Modi advises precaution, maintenance of vigil amid rise in Covid-19 cas
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Amid the spike in influenza cases in the country and the rise of Covid-19 cases in the past 2 weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to assess in terms of preparedness of health infrastructure and logistics, the status of the vaccination campaign, stated an offic
Read More
PM Modi to chair high-level meeting today to review Covid-related situatio
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
In view of the recent surge in COVID cases in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a high-level meeting today to review the Covid-related situation and public health preparedness.
Read More
Delhi Disaster Management Authority takes stock of preparedness for earthq
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Recounting his experience of the Gujarat earthquake that had caused widespread destruction, LG Saxena said that Delhi needed to be fully prepared to handle any disaster and preparations to this effect should be put in place from today itself.
Read More
H3N2 virus: CM Shinde seeks public awareness, asks hospitals to be equippe
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday chaired a review meeting of the Health department at Mumbai's Vidhan Bhavan to take stock of the state's preparedness amid reports of Covid-19 and Influenza H3N2 cases.
Read More
ADG visit Indo-Bangladesh Border, reviews border security
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Additional Director General, BSF(Eastern Command) Kolkata, Sonali Mishra, IPS visited the Indo-Bangladesh International border on Tuesday for reviewing the operational preparedness.
Read More