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COVID-19: Union Health Secretary urges States, UTs to ensure that no restr
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has urged the States and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure that no restriction is imposed on the movement of medical oxygen from one State to another.
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Centre directs over 35 districts to fully utilise RT-PCR testing to curb C
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): The Centre directed over 35 districts across the country to make full utilisation of RT-PCR testing to curb COVID-19 transmission and bring mortality rate below one percent.
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COVID-19: Union Health Secretary talks with counterparts of 5 States, UT e
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): As India became the second most COVID-affected country after a record spike of 90,633 in new coronavirus cases in the country on Sunday, the Union health secretary held a review meeting through video conference (VC) with the health secretaries of five St
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15 districts across 5 states exhibiting high COVID-19 caseload and fatalit
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Friday directed the authorities in 15 districts of five states-- Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh to proactively curb the chain of coronavirus transmission and bring mortality be
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Studies indicate COVID19 immunity stays from 5 months to a year
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Different scientific studies are under the consideration of the health ministry that say that COVID-19 immunity or antibodies last for 5 months to upto an year, according to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday.
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4 states, 2 UTs showing higher COVID-19 positivity rate among healthcare
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the healthcare workers being infected due to coronavirus, the Central government said that four states and two union territories are showing higher positivity rate among healthcare workers which includes--doctors, paramedics, nur
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COVID-19: 1.92 % patients in ICU while 0.29 % patients on ventilator battl
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday informed that about 2.70 per cent patients are on oxygen support, 1.92 per cent on ICU while 0.29 per cent patients are on the ventilators, in the battle against coronavirus disease in India.
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8 states/UTs report 14 per cent of Covid-19 deaths, higher than national a
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): At least eight states and union territories are accounting for nearly 9 per cent of India's active cases and about 14 per cent of COVID-19 deaths, even higher than national Case Fatality Rate (CFR) average, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family
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Grocery shops, other vendors can be potential spreaders of COVID-19, Centr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has raised concerns that grocery shops, vegetable, and other vendors can be potential spreaders of coronavirus infection to a large number of people.
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Union Health Secretary directs 4 states to adopt ways to reduce COVID-19 m
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Friday directed the governments of four states -- Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, to analyse the factors driving the high COVID-19 mortality and devise ways and means to reduce the mortality.
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COVID-19: Union Health Secy, ICMR ask states, UTs to ramp up testing capac
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General, Dr Balram Bhargava, have written to all states and union territories (UTs) to ramp up COVID-19 testing capacity.
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Union Health Secy holds discussion over reduction of COVID-19 fatality rat
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan on Friday chaired a video conference meeting with States and Union Territories, Centres of Excellence and Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi and discussed the clinical case management to reduce fatality rat
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