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Omicron is at least 3 times more transmissible than Delta variant: Health
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Tuesday alerted States and Union Territories about the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, and said that based on current scientific evidence, Omicron is at least three times more transmissible than the Delta variant.
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Home Secretary reviews COVID-19 situation in Union Territories
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla along with Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday chaired a meeting to review the COVID-19 situation in Union Territories.
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COVID-19: Centre advises states, UTs to emphasize on district level contai
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): Centre has advised the states and Union Territories to emphasize on the district level measures for containment of COVID-19 clusters as 27 districts across 10 states/ UTs have been reporting high positivity rates in the past two weeks.
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Union Health Secy reviews public health response to COVID-19, progress of
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): In light of the emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan reviewed public health response to COVID-19 and the progress of vaccination in the country, with the states and Union Territories on Thursday.
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Union Health Min asks States to submit samples of COVID cases of foreign r
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New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): As India reported nearly two dozen Omicron cases, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Wednesday asked all the States to submit all the samples of positive cases of international travellers and their contacts as well as from emerging hotspots.
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Social inequality, AIDS, pandemics are interrelated: Union Health Secretar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Social inequality, AIDS and pandemics are interrelated, said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan here on Wednesday.
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Centre reviews preparedness to deal with COVID-19 variant Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Union Health Secretary, Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high-level meeting on Tuesday with officials from States and Union Territories to review COVID-19 public health response measures and preparedness amid reports of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in various cou
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Union Health Secretary to hold review meeting with States on 'Omicron' COV
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday will hold a review meeting with the States on the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron'.
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NHA report for 2017-18 released: Centre's health expenditure in GDP increa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday released findings of the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India for 2017-18.
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Cabinet, health secretaries to attend meet on COVID-19 chaired by PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Top officials including Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba and Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will attend the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday on the situation relating to COVID-19 and vaccination in the country.
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Amid rising concern over new COVID-19 variant, India to screen, test trave
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Amid rising concern about a new COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa, the Union Health Ministry has directed states to "rigorously' screen and test people travelling from three countries--South Africa, Botswana, and Hong Kong-- where the cases
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Covid-19: Health Secretary writes to States, UTs to implement Test-Track-T
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday wrote to the additional Secretary, principal Secretary, secretary of health of all states and Union Territories to adhere to strict implementation of the Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate measures in the wake
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