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Equity indices move up marginally led by rally in IT, pharma stocks
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices ticked up during early hours on Wednesday tracking a bounce in Asian markets as China's response to a virus outbreak tempered fears of a global pandemic.
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Seven Indian airports to scan passengers coming from China after deadly vi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Tuesday directed seven airports across the country - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Cochin - to make arrangements for screening of passengers arriving from China in the wake of outbreak of an infe
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Union Health Secy directs state chief secretaries to review preparedness t
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): After an outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus (nCoV) in China, the central government is taking precautionary measures to tackle such viruses.
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Centre comes into action after Novel Corona Virus outbreak in China
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Witnessing deadly outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) in China, the Centre is aggressively reviewing the situation in India. The Union Health Ministry is monitoring the situation in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).
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A team of scientists arrives in Kerala to find the source of Nipah Virus o
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], Jun 13 (ANI): An eight-member team of scientists from Institute of Advanced Virology, Kerala, and National Institute of Virology. Pune, arrived in North Paravur, Ernakulam, to collect samples from fruit-eating bats to find the source of Nipah virus.
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More than 500 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Feb 10 (ANI): The death toll in Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 500, the country's health ministry said on Saturday.
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370 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 21 (ANI): The death toll in the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 370, since the disease ravaged the Central African nation in July last year, the country's health ministry said on Monday.
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Adequate steps taken to check H1N1 flu, Zika outbreak: Nadda
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the issue of H1N1 flu and Zika virus outbreak.
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Nipah Virus controlled within 12 hours: Nadda
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 05 (ANI): Union Minister for Health, J. P. Nadda on Tuesday downplayed the Nipah virus outbreak, assuring that the situation was under control.
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Nipah Virus result of tampering with nature: J.P. Nadda
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 5 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda claimed that the Nipah Virus outbreak in Kerala is the result of "tampering with nature".
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Kozhikode schools, colleges to remain closed till June 12
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], June 02 (ANI): In the wake of the Nipah Virus outbreak in parts of Kerala, schools, colleges, and other educational institutions in Kozhikode will remain shut till June 12.
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18 dead bats in HP's Nahan causes Nipah virus scare
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Nahan (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Amidst the news of the Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, more than 18 dead bats were discovered on Wednesday in the premises of a government school in Himachal Pradesh's Nahan, triggering a panic among locals.
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