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Ebola watch: Health Ministry directs states, UTs to bolster surveillanceIndia is enhancing its readiness for Ebola. The Union Health Ministry has directed states to boost surveillance and hospital preparedness. ...22 May, 2026, 07.52 PM IST- India monitors Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda; preparedness measures strengthenedIndia is closely watching the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The nation is enhancing its surveillance...18 May, 2026, 07.48 PM IST
- Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship: India monitors situation, no cases on Indian soilThe Union Health Ministry is monitoring hantavirus cases on the cruise ship MV Hondius, where three deaths and five confirmed infections ha...08 May, 2026, 06.01 PM IST
- AI tool in national disease surveillance helped issue over 5,000 alerts to health authorities: DataDeveloped by WadhwaniAI, a New Delhi-based healthcare AI solutions provider, the 'Health Sentinel' tool could have helped slash 98 per cent...16 Nov, 2025, 09.47 PM IST
- AI tool in national disease surveillance helped issue over 5,000 alerts to health authorities: DataNearly 200 countries are legally bound by the International Health Regulations (IHR) to operate a national disease surveillance system. The...16 Nov, 2025, 12.03 PM IST
- Nipah virus in Kerala: Three cases detected in Malappuram, Palakkad this year; govt traces 677 contactsIn 2025, Kerala's Malappuram and Palakkad districts reported three Nipah virus infections, prompting the tracing of 677 contacts. The gover...01 Aug, 2025, 03.53 PM IST
- India has robust system to tackle pandemics: Health MinisterIndia is ready to tackle future pandemics with a robust health system. Steps include the National Center for Disease Control, integrated di...04 Feb, 2025, 02.49 PM IST
- 13 cases of Zika virus infection till Jul 22 this year: MoS Anupriya PatelThirteen cases of Zika virus were reported in India by July 22, 2023, with 3 from Karnataka and 10 from Maharashtra. Minister of State for ...30 Jul, 2024, 05.36 PM IST
- Over 1800 disease outbreaks reported across country last year: GovtA total of 1,862 disease outbreaks were reported to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme last year, with the highest number being ...26 Jul, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
- Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme strengthened in view of future pandemics: GovtThe IDSP, under the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP), has also been strengthened to use advanced data modelling and data analy...09 Feb, 2024, 04.42 PM IST
- Govt guidelines on monkeypox stress on surveillance, rapid identification, isolationThe guidelines proposed a surveillance strategy to rapidly identify cases and clusters of infections and the sources of infections as soon ...31 May, 2022, 09.33 PM IST
- 5.4 crore COVID-19 samples tested; 40 lakh people under surveillance: GovernmentUnion Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said India is testing about one million samples a day at 1,697 laboratories across the ...16 Sep, 2020, 12.54 PM IST
- Early lockdown prevented 14-29 lakh Covid cases, up to 78,000 deaths in India: Harsh VardhanThe health minister elaborated on India’s response to the pandemic. He said a detailed community surveillance programme was initiated for t...14 Sep, 2020, 02.04 PM IST
- 38 coronavirus cases in Gujarat; over 1 cr tracked under surveillance programmeOut of the three new cases, one patient has history of travel to Dubai, while the two others are cases of local transmission of the viral i...26 Mar, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
- Surveillance of foodborne diseases: Lack of labs, personnel biggest hurdleWe do not have enough labs and Epidemoilogists in the country at the district level to investigate such diseases.13 Mar, 2015, 05.15 PM IST
- 216 dead across the country due to swine flu in FebruaryHealth Ministry had said that Swine Flu has claimed 191 lives in the country against the total number of 2,038 cases reported in January th...11 Feb, 2015, 10.38 PM IST
- Workshop on aquatic animal diseases heldThe two-day workshop on national surveillance programme for aquatic animal diseases concluded at National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources ...29 May, 2013, 05.19 AM IST
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