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Covid-19: States, UTs directed to hold mop-up rounds to inoculate health workers
ANI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 09, 2021 09:03 PM IST
"States and UTs have also been advised that mop up rounds for healthcare workers must be organised by February 24," Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry said.
Ministry asks states to implement plan for regulating online health aggregators
PTI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 27, 2021 08:55 PM IST
The ministry has further advised that the Department of Home of the state concerned may also be requested to investigate such matters with an objective to prevent any kind of violation (civil or criminal/cyber or otherwise) of applicable laws.
‘Misinformation’: Health ministry says no ban on export of Covid-19 vaccine
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2021 06:56 PM IST
The health secretary rubbished the claims that the government has banned the export of Covid-19 vaccines to meet local demands first.
New Covid-19 strain yet to be detected in India, says Niti Aayog member VK Paul
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Srivatsan K C | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 22, 2020 06:40 PM IST
While the new strain of the infection has increased transmissibility of the virus, the severity of the disease and the case fatality are not affected by this mutation, Dr Paul said.
Govt never spoke about vaccinating the entire country, says health ministry
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Srivatsan K C | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 01, 2020 06:28 PM IST
Bhushan also said that the average daily positivity rate in India has been 3.72 per cent and with 211 cases per million, India has the lowest cases per million count “among all the big nations.”
Number of recovered Covid-19 patients is 3.5 times more than active cases: Health Ministry
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Prashasti Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 03, 2020 04:16 PM IST
“In the last 24 hours, more than 11 lakh Covid-19 tests have been conducted,” said Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry. “Single-day highest recovery of 68,584 was recorded yesterday,” he added.
India’s Covid-19 recovery rate is now more than 75%, says health ministry
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Niyati Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 25, 2020 05:40 PM IST
The recovered Covid-19 cases in India are 3.4 times more than the active cases as of Tuesday, according to Union health ministry.
