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Glenmark cuts COVID-19 drug Favipiravir price by 27 pc
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 13 (ANI): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said on Monday it has cut the price of its anti-viral drug Favipiravir under the brand name FabiFlu for treatment of patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 by 27 per cent to Rs 75 per tablet.
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Bhubaneswar undertakes sero-surveillance to ascertain extent of COVID-19 s
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 11 (ANI): In a bid to ascertain the level of COVID-19 spread in the region and for efficient management and control in the state capital, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started sero-surveillance from Saturday.
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COVID-19 biggest test of financial system's resilience: RBI Governor Das
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 11 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken several measures to protect the country's financial system and support the economy after COVID-19 crisis, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Saturday.
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COVID-19: Union Health Ministry to conduct another sero-surveillance acros
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is planning to conduct a nationwide sero-surveillance to evaluate the trend of COVID-19 among the population, the Central government informed on Thursday.
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Chandigarh reports 424 COVID-19 cases so far
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 26 (ANI): The total number of COVID-19 cases in Chandigarh stands at 424 while the death toll is at six, said Health Department, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, Chandigarh.
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Thiruvananthapuram to introduce area-specific random COVID-19 testing
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 25 (ANI): With the state capital reporting an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and at least in five active cases, the source of infection couldn't be traced, the district administration for the first time is introducing area-specific random s
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NCDC to conduct sero-surveillance study focusing on 20,000 households in D
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is set to conduct a sero-surveillance study in all 11 districts of Delhi focusing on as many as 20,000 households on a random basis including individuals below 18 years of age. The survey is expected to start
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Bengaluru deploys surveillance team to keep eye on travellers coming from
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 18 (ANI): Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has deployed a COVID-19 infection control "surveillance team" to look after travellers coming from other states.
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Dispensaries in South West Delhi designated as COVID testing centres
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): A meeting was held on Wednesday under the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) with all departments and directions were issued in compliance of directions received from MHA to ensure heightened surveillance in the containment zones and increase facilit
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Karnataka directs random COVID-19 testing to ensure effective surveillance
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 18 (ANI): The Karnataka Government has directed random testing using RT-PCR pooled sample technique, for slum dwellers, vendors/bill collectors, delivery boys of food chains and couriers, to ensure effective surveillance in view of recent increase in COVID
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Not only in Xinjiang, China threatens overseas Uighurs
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 17 (ANI): China's atrocities on Uighur Muslims living in Xinjiang are known to the world. Now, leaked documents from the province show that across Europe, exiled Uighurs report surveillance by Beijing and threats of harm to their relatives in the region if they m
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PM Modi asks other states to adopt Punjab's COVID combat model
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 16 (ANI): Appreciating Punjab's COVID micro-containment and house-to-house surveillance strategy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked all other states to adopt the model, which was helping Punjab successfully control the spread of the pandemic to a signific
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