Trial volunteers given 'actual vaccine' to be issued certificates via Co-WINVolunteers for vaccines which have got regulatory approval will only be eligible for QR-based certificates through Co-WIN. "However, those ...
People who participated in Covid vaccine trials will get CoWIN certificates: Health MinistryResponding to a question if people who participated in clinical trials of vaccine will be given certificate by CoWin, Joint Secretary in th...
Continued and sharp decline in daily Covid cases: GovtIn a joint press briefing on the pandemic situation, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said almost 79 per cent decline in daily n...
Health ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal tests positive for coronavirusA 1996-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, Agarwal was the central government's official spokesperson at the national media brie...
Infection rates for Maharashtra's healthcare personnel high: Lav Agarwal, Ministry of HealthThe country’s average rate of infections among healthcare personnel is 7% while for Maharashtra it is 21%, said Agarwal during a video conf...
India has reduced pandemic’s pace, says governmentAddressing a daily briefing on the coronavirus situation of the country, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said the countr...
Some relatively large COVID-19 outbreaks noticed in particular locations: GovernmentAsked if there has been a community transmission of the disease, joint secretary in the health ministry Lav Agarwal at a press briefing sai...
Doubling rate of Covid-19 cases slows to 7.5 days as against 3.4: Health MinistryThe doubling rate of the cases is considered a marker of how fast the infection is spreading. On that basis, the government earlier said th...
No new case in 54 districts across 23 states and UTs in last 14 days: Health MinistryAlong with Mahe in Puducherry, Kodagu in Karnataka too, has not registered any new case in the last 28 days, reiterated Lav Agarwal, health...
More than 29 per cent of India's cases can be attributed to Nizamuddin cluster: Lav Agarwal"A total of 4,291 COVID-19 cases or 29.8 per cent of the 14,378 coronavirus infections reported so far are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat co...
Covid's chain of transmission can be ascertained only after 28 days: Lav AgarwalLav Agarwal also gave the example of the Trauma Centre of the AIIMS- state of the art facility fully dedicated to treat covid-19 patients.
586 COVID-19 hospitals with 1 lakh isolation beds, over 11K ICU beds across country: Health MinistryAddressing a press briefing, Health Ministry's Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said the government has taken early preemptive action to identif...
Limited evidence of efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine in treating covid-19 cases: Lav AgarwalThe Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) had prohibited the export of the drug on March 25. But it left the option of export open to...
The process of identifying a covid 'hotspot' is not uniform: Lav AgarwalThe ministry has also framed essential features for ventilators to be used for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The features have been d...
106 new COVID-19 cases, six deaths reported from six states in last 24 hours: Health MinistryNew 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 ...
COVID-19: Health Ministry asks over 10 domestic manufactures to produce PPEComponents of PPE are goggles, face-shield, mask, gloves, coverall/gowns (with or without aprons), head cover and shoe cover.
17 states earmarking hospitals for dedicated treatment of COVID-19 patients: Health MinistryBriefing the press on the coronavirus situation, Health Ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal said, "There is still no hard evidence to say ...