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Six vaccines currently undergoing clinical trials in India
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Informing that the Drugs Controller General of India has granted clearance for the clinical trials of one more candidate vaccine from India, NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr VK Paul on Tuesday said six vaccines are currently undergoing clinical trials in
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Maharashtra, Kerala, K'taka, West Bengal and Delhi contribute to 54 pc of
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and Delhi contribute to 54% of the total active cases in the country, says Secretary of the Union Health Ministry, Rajesh Bhushan, on Tuesday.
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NEGVAC working on management of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out: Govt
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said that the Centre had in August this year constituted the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC), which is providing guidance on prioritisation of population groups, procur
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COVID-19: Centre consults with states/UTs for cold chain storage of vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): In order to augment the cold-chain requirement for the storage of COVID-19 vaccine, the Union Health Ministry in consultation with states/Union Territories has assessed the additional requirement for cold-chain storage facilities like walk-in coolers,
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Six COVID vaccine candidates in different clinical trial stage in India, t
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said that there are six COVID-19 vaccine candidates in different clinical trial stages being developed by various manufacturers in India.
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`Adverse event' has not affected timelines of COVID-19 vaccine trial: Heal
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday that "adverse event" related to vaccine trial participant in Chennai will not affect the timelines and noted that a trial site has an institutional ethics committee which is independent of the manufacture
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India's positive COVID-19 cases per million lowest among big nations in pa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): India recorded 211 COVID-19 cases per million population over the last seven days, which is lowest among big nations, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
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Govt never spoke about vaccinating entire country, says Health Secretary B
Updated : 5 years, 3 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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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Centre trains frontline healthcare workers through iGOT platform to manage
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): In a bid to build capacity among the frontline corona warriors involved in the COVID-19 pandemic management, the central government has created an Integrated Government Online Training Platform (iGOT) to train healthcare professionals and non-medicos thro
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