Urgent need to refill gaps in Indian healthcare post-Covid: ReportIndia's healthcare delivery system has historically suffered from ad-hoc regulation, poor monitoring, and modest budgetary allocations. The...
08 Jul, 2022, 06.21 PM IST
India implementing largest immunisation programme globally: Mansukh MandaviyaThe minister noted that while the pace of routine immunization has slowed down due to Covid pandemic, IMI 4.0 will immensely contribute in ...
07 Feb, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
Vaccinations for children between 15-18 years; booster shots for frontline workers, senior citizens with comorbiditiesPrime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Christmas on Saturday night and announced two big changes in the vaccination policy. "...
28 Dec, 2021, 05.52 PM IST
6 states reporting surge in COVID daily cases; account for 79.57% of new infections: GovtMaharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh - continue to report a high surge in daily COVID-19 cases and acco...
27 Mar, 2021, 03.40 PM IST
Cabinet secy to hold review meeting with 8 states, UTs showing rise in Covid-19 casesThe states showing a surge are Telangana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal.
27 Feb, 2021, 01.54 PM IST
COVID-19: India's active caseload falls below 1.5 lakh; no fresh deaths in 21 states, UTsThe country reported 78 new Covid-19 fatalities on Tuesday, the health ministry said, as it underlined that a steady decline is being obser...
23 Feb, 2021, 03.54 PM IST
Four detected with South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India, one with Brazil strainOne Brazil returnee has tested positive for the Brazil variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the first week of February. The traveller and contacts have...
16 Feb, 2021, 08.04 PM IST
COVID-19: Over 85 lakh healthcare, frontline workers vaccinated so far, says Health MinistryTotal 35 persons have been hospitalised after being administered a vaccine so far, which account for 0.0004 per cent of the total vaccinati...
15 Feb, 2021, 10.01 PM IST
COVID-19: Over 70 lakh vaccinated in IndiaThe total cumulative vaccination coverage of 70,17,114 includes 57,05,228 healthcare workers (HCWs) and 13,11,886 frontline workers (FLWs),...
11 Feb, 2021, 02.26 PM IST
Over 7 million vaccinated against covid-19 in only 26 days in India11 Feb, 2021, 01.32 PM IST
COVID-19: Less than 5,000 active cases in 33 states, UTsActive COVID-19 cases in the country have dropped to 1.41 lakh comprising just 1.30 per cent of the total infections, while 33 states and U...
10 Feb, 2021, 01.54 PM IST
No new COVID-19 deaths in 7 states/UTs in 3 weeks: GovernmentUnion Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the Centre has advised states and UTs that all frontline workers must be scheduled for vaccinati...
09 Feb, 2021, 06.57 PM IST
India achieves 60 lakh COVID-19 vaccinations in 24 days, fastest in world: Health ministryTill Monday evening, 60,35,660 beneficiaries were vaccinated through 1,24,744 sessions. Of these, 54,12,270 are healthcare workers and 6,23...
08 Feb, 2021, 09.11 PM IST
Second dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine to be administered to healthcare workers from Feb 13Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 45,93,427 beneficiaries have been vaccinated against COVID-19 till 1.30 PM on Thursday..
04 Feb, 2021, 11.01 PM IST
Guidelines issued to states, UTs to ensure no wastage of COVID vaccines: Health secretaryThe government has been urging healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses, not to hesitate to get vaccinated against COVID-19, stress...
28 Jan, 2021, 06.57 PM IST
India carried out 5th highest no of COVID vaccination till Jan 26: GovernmentAddressing a press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that India was the fastest country to reach 1 million COVID-19 va...
28 Jan, 2021, 06.02 PM IST
Chattisgarh and Kerala using RSBY cards for public distribution systemChhattisgarh and Kerala are using smart card-based IT platform of the RSBY for all public distribution system (PDS) beneficiaries in their ...
22 Jan, 2013, 08.44 AM IST