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States/UTs must not lower their guard, continue working towards keeping CO
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Observing an upsurge in Coronavirus infection in the past two weeks, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday wrote to all the states and Union Territories to ensure that they do not lower their guard and continue working to bring the COVID-19 pan
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Centre asks 5 states to monitor clusters of COVID-19 cases, follow five-fo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to the officials of five states including Kerala, Karanataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu to closely monitor emerging clusters of COVID-19 cases and maintain an adequate number of te
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India's Health Secretary appointed as chairperson of key world health pane
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): India's Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has been appointed as the Chairperson of Committee B at the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA), informed the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.
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Health Secretary flags concerns regarding slow pace of COVID-19 vaccinatio
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has flagged concerns regarding the considerably slow pace of COVID-19 vaccination drive across states and union territories, and urged them to significantly expedite the pace towards full vaccination coverage by saturating all eligib
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Centre to review COVID vaccination program with States, UTs on Friday: Sou
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): With India witnessing a decline in COVID-19 cases and following the administration of 191.79 crore vaccine doses, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will review the coronavirus vaccination program with all the states and union territories on Friday, inform
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Health Ministry issues advisory to states amid ongoing heatwave
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Sunday issued an advisory to the chief secretary of states amid the rising temperature and heatwave in parts of the country.
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Health Ministry writes to states, UT over surge in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases across the country, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday wrote to the governments of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, and Mizoram over the increasing positivity rate and cases and urged States, Union T
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COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 12-14 years to start from today
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): India will start vaccinating children against COVID-19 in the age group of 12-14 years from Wednesday.
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India to start vaccinating children aged 12-14 years from tomorrow, Only C
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): India will start vaccinating children in the age group of 12-14 years from March 16, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to Chief Secretaries of all states.
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Union Health Secy to address States, UTs on COVID-19 vaccination of childr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): As COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 12-14 years are set to begin from March 16, sources on Monday informed that the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will be addressing a Virtual Conference with States and Union Territories tomorrow (March 15).
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COVID-19: Centre requests States, UTs to accelerate second dose coverage a
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday requested States and Union Territories to direct concerned officials to accelerate the second dose coverage amongst due beneficiaries aged 15-18 years while ensuring that remaining beneficiaries for the
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Election Commission to take call on holding physical poll rallies, roadsho
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Saturday will hold a meeting with the Union Health Secretary and the Chief Health Secretaries of the five poll-bound states to review the ban on holding physical roadshows and rallies by political parties ahead of As
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