Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Spain's Canary IslandsA cruise ship carrying passengers with a hantavirus outbreak has arrived in Spain's Canary Islands. Most of the nearly 150 people on board ...
10 May, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee reviews covid-19 readiness as Bengal sees rise in cases; urges caution, not panicWest Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee convened a meeting to assess Covid-19 readiness as the state sees a rise in cases, reporting 5...
09 Jun, 2025, 10.41 PM IST
India's health ministry to review preparedness amid emerging public health situation in ChinaThe health ministry has advised all States and Union Territories (UTs) to promptly assess public health and hospital preparedness and imple...
26 Nov, 2023, 05.06 PM IST
Delhi government hospitals step up COVID-19 preparedness with mock drills"For critical patients who need to be shifted to the ICU, we have a red corridor. We checked whether all the ventilators and oxygen points ...
26 Mar, 2023, 07.29 PM IST
Covid cases: Mock drill at Delhi govt hospitals on Sunday to check preparedness"All the MS/MDs and CDMOs of all the hospitals of Delhi government are hereby requested to hold a mock drill on 26.03.2023 (Sunday) to chec...
25 Mar, 2023, 06.03 PM IST
Sikkim government issues an advisory asking people to take precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of Covid-19Sikkim had faced severe COVID-19 infection in recent waves. In Assam the Health Department staged a mock drill in 1,264 government health i...
29 Dec, 2022, 08.59 PM IST
Delhi logs 16 fresh Covid cases, positivity rate 0.44 pcOn Tuesday, mock drills were conducted at various hospitals in Delhi to assess their preparedness, including availability of beds and manpo...
27 Dec, 2022, 10.26 PM IST
UP conducts mock drills at Covid hospitals, deputy CM Pathak reviews facilities at Lucknow hospital"A mock drill is being conducted across all Covid hospitals in the state to check their preparedness. I personally checked the Covid manage...
27 Dec, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
Mock drill in hospitals in Bengal to check Covid preparednessThe mock drill started at city-based hospitals including MR Bangur Hospital, Infectious Diseases & Beleghata General Hospital, Medical Coll...
27 Dec, 2022, 12.46 PM IST
Mumbai hospitals to conduct mock drill to check health infrastructure preparedness for COVID-19In the wake of a spurt in COVID-19 cases in some countries like China, Japan, Brazil and South Korea, the Union government has issued guide...
27 Dec, 2022, 10.50 AM IST
Centre asks states, UTs to review health infra preparedness amid rise in Covid casesTo tackle a possible rise in COVID-19 cases, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on January 1 advised states to start setting up makeshif...
04 Jan, 2022, 09.32 PM IST
West Bengal government forms ten-member expert committee ahead of impending third Covid waveThe 10-member expert committee, including experts from Medicine Department, Liver, Epidemiology, has been formed by the West Bengal governm...
22 Jun, 2021, 07.45 PM IST
Central teams find infection control practices not duly followed in high case load districtsSix high-level multi-disciplinary teams were constituted by the Union Health Ministry to assist and review state health departments for pro...
29 Apr, 2020, 02.39 PM IST
Central team visits quarantine centre near KolkataTwo central teams are in West Bengal to look into the state's preparedness for tackling the COVID-19 outbreak.
23 Apr, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
World Bank approves $1 billion aid to India to fight Covid-19This is the largest ever health sector support from the Bank to India.
03 Apr, 2020, 08.44 AM IST
COVID-19: District collectors flag off gaps on ground at hospitalsOnly 40 percent officials responded saying that hospitals were adequately prepared. While 50% officials agreed that there were adequate iso...
02 Apr, 2020, 08.00 PM IST
Covid-19: Government asks public, private hospitals to set aside beds as cases riseCentre asked all hospitals to mobilise additional manpower to step up combat readiness to take on virus.
21 Mar, 2020, 09.01 AM IST