HEALTH SECRETARY RAJESH BHUSHAN

Kerala & Maharashtra have 75% active cases of Covid: Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Health Ministry

Kerala has 38% of the total active cases of the country while Maharashtra has 37% of the total active cases. Karnataka has 4% & Tamil Nadu ...

Coronavirus in India: 33 states, UTs have less than 5,000 active cases now, says Health Ministry

As many as 33 states and UTs in the country have less than 5,000 active COVID-19 cases, said Union Health Ministry on February 09 adding th...

97 pc of 7.75L people surveyed after getting jabs satisfied with COVID vaccination process: Govt

The government is taking feedback from those vaccinated since January 17 through its mobile app CoWIN and has got responses from 7.75 lakh ...

No new Covid-19 deaths 7 states/UTs in 3 weeks, says Centre

The Centre, however, noted that the last national sero-survey findings have shown that over 70 per cent of the population is still suscepti...

COVID-19 positivity rate at 5.42%; third sero-survey shows large population still vulnerable: Govt

India's cumulative COVID-19 positivity rate has declined to 5.42 per cent while the weekly positivity rate (last week) was recorded at 1.82...

COVID vaccination in India: Over 25 lakh doses administered by 2 PM till Jan 28, informs Health Ministry

Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, on January 28, briefed media about the ongoing COVID vaccination drive. While addressing the media, Bhusha...

Guidelines issued to states, UTs to ensure no wastage of COVID vaccines: Health secretary

The government has been urging healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses, not to hesitate to get vaccinated against COVID-19, stress...

COVID-19: Of those vaccinated, 0.18 pc were adverse events, says government

​​ Addressing a press conference, NITI Aayog member (Health) V K Paul said concerns about adverse effects and serious problems post immunis...

COVID-19: Over 4.5 lakh people vaccinated so far, only 0.18% were adverse events, says govt

As many as 4,54,049 people have been vaccinated till early Tuesday morning as India's active COVID-19 cases came down to 2 lakhs amid the o...

Over 4.5 lakh people vaccinated in country till now, says Health Ministry

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan informed that the COVID-19 cases per million in the country is 7,668 while the active cases are less ...

Govt rules out the option to choose between vaccines, cites logistical limitations & vaccine availability

The health secretary also said that the vaccination rollout is expected to last beyond one year and in the beginning the vaccination it wil...

Four more COVID-19 vaccines are in pipeline: Health Ministry

Addressing a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said Zydus Cadila, Sputnik V, Biological E and Gennova are other vaccine...

Health Ministry asks states to keep vigil on New Year events, be wary of 'super spreaders'

Keeping in view the fresh surge of coronavirus cases in Europe and the Americas, there was still a need for maintaining comprehensive preca...

Active Covid-19 cases lowest in 6 months: Union Health Secretary

COVID-19 cases in the country are less than 2.7 lakhs and are the lowest in six months, informed Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on D...

Data on frontline healthcare workers being fed into Co-WIN for COVID-19 vaccination: Centre

Listing the recommendations by the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC), he said the committee has stresse...

'Adverse event' won't impact Covishield licensing, says Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan

Serum Institute, too, has denied allegation of side-effect of Covishield, a Covid-19 vaccine candidate it developed along with Oxford Unive...

Govt undertook 3-pronged approach to tackle COVID-19: Health secretary

Speaking at the inaugural session at Asia Health 2020 organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry, Union Health Secretary said a "who...