The move comes after a sharp increase in black fungus cases being reported across India as a post Covid recovery complication.

As per health ministry statistics, 10.1% of the population in the US has been infected, 9% in France, 7.4% in Italy, 7.3% in Brazil, 6% in ...

A 1996-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, Agarwal was the central government's official spokesperson at the national media brie...

The country’s average rate of infections among healthcare personnel is 7% while for Maharashtra it is 21%, said Agarwal during a video conf...

SOPs issued by the Centre laid down social distancing measures for opening religious places from June 8. These norms included that individu...

Presenting statistics on India’s Covid-19 management, the ministry of health and family welfare said on Tuesday that India’s recovery rate ...

In a boost for indigenous production of COVID-19 protective gear, the Centre said it has ordered 2.22 crore personal protection equipment (...

The doubling rate of the cases is considered a marker of how fast the infection is spreading. On that basis, the government earlier said th...

In the past 24 hours, 941 fresh Covid-19 cases and 37 deaths had been reported, said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry.

Addressing a briefing, MEA Additional Secretary Dammu Ravi, who is also the COVID-19 coordinator, said that hydroxychloroquine is in high d...

Ministry had clarified that the most of India is currently at Stage 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic. Asked about Guleria's remarks, Joint Secret...

The ministry has also framed essential features for ventilators to be used for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The features have been d...

New Delhi, Mar 29 () The health ministry on Sunday said 106 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths were reported from six states in the last 24 ...

Components of PPE are goggles, face-shield, mask, gloves, coverall/gowns (with or without aprons), head cover and shoe cover.

In the wake of reports that hydroxychloroquine can be used to prevent coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has catego...

Briefing the press on the coronavirus situation, Health Ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal said, "There is still no hard evidence to say ...

Earlier in the day, The Indian Council for Medical Research wished to involve accredited private laboratories for engagement in coronavirus...