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NHRC asks Centre, Delhi govt to consider providing medical care/insurances
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on the basis of a complaint, asked the Union Health Ministry and the Delhi government to consider providing adequate medical care and financial protection to all the contractual medical and paramedical staff deploy
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COVID patients should take jab after 3 months of recovery: Expert panel
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) on Wednesday recommended that the COVID vaccination should be deferred by three months after clinical recovery of the illness.
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With 4,529 fatalities, India records highest single-day COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): India recorded the highest single-day COVID-19 fatalities with 4,529 new deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry's data on Wednesday.
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With over 4 lakh COVID-19 patients recovered, India records highest-ever s
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The country on Tuesday recorded daily recoveries of more than 4 lakh COVID patients in a single day for the first time. With 4,22,436 recoveries reported in the last 24 hours, the India recorded its highest-ever single-day COVID-19 recoveries on Tuesday, i
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With 4,329 deaths, India records highest single-day COVID-19 fatalities
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): As India's daily spike of coronavirus cases witnesses a dip with only 2,63,533 fresh infections recorded in the last 24 hours, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 continues to remain alarmingly high with 4,329 more fatalities, the highest toll in a single
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Over 59 lakh vaccine doses administered to people of 18-44 age group, says
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): As many as 59,32,704 beneficiaries of age group 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine across 36 states and UTs since phase 3 of vaccination began on May 1, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
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DRDO's anti-COVID drug reduces average recovery time by 2.5 days, oxygen d
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The DRDO's new anti-COVID drug, 2-DG, reduces a patient's average recovery time by two and a half days and oxygen demand by upto 40 per cent, the union health ministry informed on Monday.
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Bleeding, clotting events following COVID vaccination 'minuscule' in India
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The National Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) Committee in its report submitted to the Union Health Ministry said that bleeding and clotting cases following COVID vaccination in India are "minuscule" and in line with the expected number of diagn
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16 COVID-19 variants found active in Uttarakhand, says state health dept
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): At least 16 variants of coronavirus have been found active in Uttarakhand, according to a report of samples sent by the state government for genome sequencing for the virus.
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India reports dip in daily COVID-19 cases, over 2.81 lakh fresh infections
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): India's daily spike of coronavirus cases remained below the 3 lakh mark for the first time in nearly 26 days as only 2,81,386 fresh infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry's data on Monday.
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India reports 3,11,170 new COVID-19 cases, 4,077 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): India reported 3,11,170 new COVID-19 cases and 3,62,437 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Sunday.
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COVID-19: Overall positivity rate of India at 19.8 pc, says Union Health M
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Saturday informed that the overall positivity rate of India now stands at 19.8 per cent.
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