Take action against institutions giving Covid vaccination package with hotels: Centre to statesIn a letter to all states and UTs, Additional Secretary to Health ministry Manohar Agnani said it has come to the notice of the Union healt...
30 May, 2021, 08.17 AM IST
Earmark Covid beds in healthcare facilities, health ministry asks central ministriesBhushan has asked the central ministries to ensure that maximum possible dedicated hospitals and blocks are earmarked and prepared immediat...
19 Apr, 2021, 08.05 AM IST
Ensure movement restrictions do not hamper vaccination exercise: Centre to statesThe Union health ministry has asked states and union territories to ensure that restrictions on movement imposed by them for Covid-19 contr...
18 Apr, 2021, 08.47 PM IST
Delhi, Punjab and Maharashtra told to finish 1st phase of vaccinationsAdditional secretary (health) Manohar Agnani has written to the three states pointing out their vaccination coverage of healthcare and fron...
08 Apr, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
Centre writes to Maharashtra, Punjab and Delhi govts flagging below-par vaccination of beneficiariesAganani's letter comes after a strongly worded statement issued by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in which he hit out at Maharashtra a...
07 Apr, 2021, 10.27 PM IST
No vaccine in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh may run out of jabs by ThursdayOn Tuesday, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh became the first district in the country to run out of covid vaccines, and two more districts in the st...
07 Apr, 2021, 07.31 AM IST
Initiate COVID-19 vaccination of frontline workers from first week of February: Centre to statesIn the letter, Health Ministry Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani said the database of frontline workers is being updated by states and UT...
29 Jan, 2021, 10.39 PM IST
9.99 lakh healthcare workers received vaccine shots till Thursday 6 pm: Centre"The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID-19 has touched 9,99,065 (till 6 pm Wednesday) through 18,159 sessions...
21 Jan, 2021, 09.16 PM IST
Covid: Nearly 10 lakhs vaccinated, CoWIN software enhanced"The provisional figures for today, up to 6 pm - vaccination sessions were organised in 27 states and UTs and a total of 1,92,581 beneficia...
21 Jan, 2021, 09.10 PM IST
1.48 lakh inoculated, 133 adverse events: GovernmentThe ministry of health and family welfare, however, said that there has not been a single serious or severe AEFI attributable to vaccinatio...
19 Jan, 2021, 12.11 AM IST
No 'serious or severe' adverse effect post COVID-19 immunisation report so far: GovernmentIn a press conference, additional secretary in the health ministry Manohar Agnani said the man from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh died due to ...
18 Jan, 2021, 10.18 PM IST
India poised to take the lead in vaccine distribution to Asia-Pacific: Moody's Analytics“As the largest producer of vaccines in the world, with 60% of the global share, India is well-positioned to use its existing manufacturing...
18 Jan, 2021, 02.32 PM IST
2,24,301 beneficiaries given vaccine so far; 447 cases of adverse effect reported: Health MinistryHealth Ministry's Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani said a total of 2,24,301 beneficiaries have been vaccinated till January 17 as per pr...
17 Jan, 2021, 09.08 PM IST
Covid-19 vaccination drive: CoWIN app troubles on day oneHealth workers faced some technical glitches while uploading data on the app about beneficiaries receiving the vaccine in some sites, as th...
17 Jan, 2021, 09.05 AM IST
Over 1.91 lakh people vaccinated on Day 1; no case of post-vaccination hospitalisation reported: Health MinistryThousands of healthcare and sanitary workers at the frontline of India's COVID-19 battle got their first jabs on Saturday as Prime Minister...
16 Jan, 2021, 09.48 PM IST
Govt effects major additional secretary-level bureaucratic reshuffleVineet Joshi, Director General, National Testing Agency, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Minist...
03 Nov, 2020, 07.26 PM IST
Babus reshuffle: 17 new joint secretaries appointedAnurag Agarwal, also from the same service, has been appointed joint secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, an order issued by the Depa...
18 Sep, 2017, 08.53 PM IST