The BJP's Jharkhand unit on Sunday launched a no-holds-barred attack on state Health Minister and Congress leader Banna Gupta after a video of his purported video chat with a woman went viral on social media.
With the spike in Covid-19 cases across the country and in Maharashtra, State Health Minister Tanaji Sawant informed that the state would be conducting a mock drill on April 13-14.
The country recorded 6,155 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, marking a marginal increase from Friday's tally of 6,050 cases, the Union health ministry stated in a bulletin on Saturday.
Amid a nationwide upward trend in the COVID cases, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a review meet with the health ministers of all states and Union Territories on Friday afternoon, sources said.
In view of the increasing Covid-19 infections in many states of the country, the scope of testing and vaccination will be increased in Uttarakhand, State Health Minister Dr Dhan Singh Rawat said on Monday.
The ongoing agitation by private doctors, demanding a rollback of the bill, entered the 11th day on Tuesday with work at the private hospitals coming to a standstill.
Amid massive protest by the doctors in Rajasthan against the Right to Health (RTH) Bill, the state health minister Parsadi Lal Meena on Monday said that the government would not take back the bill at any cost.
After the H3N2 virus claimed one victim in Haryana, the state health minister Anil Vij on Friday said that the cause of the patient's death is yet to be confirmed as he also had lung cancer.
After the detection of H3N2 virus cases, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian on Tuesday announced that a mega drive consisting of 1000 fever camps would be organised in Tamil Nadu.