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Centre exempts hand sanitizers from requirement of sale licence
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): In the wake of COVID19 pandemic, the Union Health Ministry has exempted hand sanitizers from the requirement of sale licence for its stocking or sale under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
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COVID-19 recovered cases cross nine-lakh mark in the country, fatality rat
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The case fatality rate (CFR) for COVID-19 has been constantly falling in India and is currently at 2.28 per cent, while the total recovered cases crossed nine lakhs in the country, according to the Union Health Ministry on Monday.
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COVID-19: Health ministry decides not to put Itolizumab in national treatm
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Even as the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given permission to Itolizumab drug for restricted emergency use on moderate to severe COVID-19 patients, the Union Health Ministry has decided not to include the drug in the national treatment protocol for co
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India conducts over 4.2 lakh COVID-19 tests in single day
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): For the first time, a record number of more than 4.2 lakh COVID tests have been conducted in a single day by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.
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More than 1.5 crore COVID-19 samples tested so far: Health ministry
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Close to 1.5 crore people have been tested for COVID-19 so far across the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. It added that the testing has increased every day.
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1,820 new COVID-19 cases reported in Bihar, tally reaches 33,511
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 24 (ANI): Bihar reported 1,820 COVID-19 cases in the last two days, taking the total number of cases in the state to 33,511.
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Ladakh LG inaugurates COVID-19 testing facility at DIHAR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ladakh [India], July 23 (ANI): Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh RK Mathur on Wednesday inaugurated the COVID-19 testing facility established in adherence to the safety standards and advisories of ICMR at (DIHAR) lab in Leh on July 22.
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Telangana reports 1,554 new Covid cases, 9 fatalities
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 23 (ANI): Telangana on Wednesday reported 1,554 new Covid-19 positive cases and 9 deaths, the state health department said.
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COVID-19: National recovery rate improves to 62.72 pc, case fatality stand
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): As India's national recovery rate of COVID-19 improves to 62.72 percent, the case fatality rate continues to see a declining trend reaching 2.43 percent, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.
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30 states, UTs have lower COVID-19 positivity rate than national average o
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said India's COVID-19 positivity rate is 8.07 per cent and there are at least 30 state and union territories (UTs) which have lower positivity rate than the national average.
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AIIMS to start best practices sessions for doctors across India on COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi in collaboration with Union Health Ministry and NITI Aayog is all set to start a national programme called --"National Clinical Grandrounds on COVID-19" from Wednesday.
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77 pc Delhi's population still susceptible to catch COVID-19 infection: Se
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, 21 July (ANI): While 23.48 per cent population is affected with coronavirus in the national capital as per the findings revealed by the Delhi's sero-survey, at least 77 per cent population is still vulnerable to catch the infection, said the Union Health Ministry official on Tuesd
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