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10 Apr 2023

DNA: Drinking is forbidden for doctors!

The country's health director has issued an advisory for doctors. It has been said in this advisory that doctors should stay away from alcohol. Although this is only a suggestion, there are no instructions. The figures of the World Health Organization have also been cited in this advisory.

24 Dec 2022

Covid-19 latest guidelines: Random sampling for int'l passengers begins TODAY

Following the guidelines by the Ministry of Health, airport authorities will start random sampling of 2 percent of passengers arriving at the airport from international flights.

23 Dec 2022

Covid-19 random sampling at airports: What happens if you fail the screening?

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare also issued 'Guidelines for International Arrivals' in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and said that the guidelines will be reviewed and revised from time to time.

25 Oct 2021

Centre rushes multidisciplinary team to Kanpur after city reports Zika virus c

Kanpur on Saturday saw its first Zika virus case. Centre has now rushed a high-level multi-disciplinary team to the city. The multidisciplinary team comprises of an entomologist, public health specialists and gynaecologist.

21 Oct 2021

Over 100 monuments lit up in tricolour to mark India's 100 cr vaccinations

09 Jul 2021

Negligence of people will increase risk of COVID-19, says Ministry of Health

The government said that it is working actively with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Moderna to see how its vaccine can be imported and made available in the country.

Bombay High Court

14 Jun 2021

COVID-19 vaccination: Guidelines do not allow door-to-door drive, Centre to HC

Some state govt and municipalities were conducting door-to-door vaccination for special categories of citizens The advisory guidelines were ignored by them while doing so The HC then pointed out that in case Maharashtra

22 May 2021

Ministry of Health: Continuous decrease in Corona cases, still highest deaths in 6 states

Health Ministry spokesman Luv Agarwal said in a press conference that the cases of corona has been steadily decreasing in the country for 20 days. He told that in 22 states of the country, the number of people recovering are more than newly reported cases.

Finance Ministry

10 May 2021

FinMin: Rs 35k crore budgeted demand for grant used by Centre to pay for vax

The clarification came over reports that suggested that the entire grant provided in the budget was meant for transfers to states with the Centre having no funds to go buy vaccines on its own. Also, this grant is exempted from the quarterly expenditure control restrictions applicable to other demands. This helps to ensure that there is no hindrance in the vaccination programme. The amount provided under this head for vaccinations is actually operated by the Ministry of Health.

Covid-19 vaccination

09 May 2021

Over 72 lakh jabs still available with states, UTs: Centre

The Centre has provided over 17 crore free vaccines to the states, UTs Over 46 lakh doses will be provided over the next three days These vaccines are being given by the Health Ministry free of cost

08 May 2021

COVID-19 alert: 12 states account for over 80 per cent of active cases

Maharashtra is by far the worst affected state with 6.57 lakh active cases A record of 4,187 deaths from Covid-19 in one day brought the death toll in India to 2,38,270

25 Apr 2021

Iran is ready to offer technical assistance to India to fight COVID-19 surge

Iran Health Minister Saeed Namaki has written to his Indian counterpart Dr Harsh Vardhan Saeed Namaki expressed readiness to support India as it battles the second wave of COVID-19 The government and people of Iran are ready to spare no technical assistance, expertise and equipment in these difficult days

25 Apr 2021

COVID Alert: Active cases of coronavirus in India surpasses 26-lakh mark

Single-day spike of over 3.49 lakh new COVID-19 cases in India, record 2,767 fatalities The death toll increased to 1,92,311 with a record 2,767 daily new fatalities The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities

23 Apr 2021

Don't take Remdesivir at home; advises Ministry of Health!

Remdesivir is not a magic bullet and this is not a drug that reduces mortality We may use it as we don't have a very good antiviral drug It has a limited role and we should be very careful in its usage

03 Apr 2021

Over 7 crore Indians given COVID-19 vaccination, says Health Ministry

So far, 1,23,03,131 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the country, according to a provisional report till 7 pm on Friday. A total of 11,83,917 people aged 45 and above were given the first dose on April 2. The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers getting inoculated and vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2.

29 Mar 2021

India reports 68,020 COVID cases in last 24 hrs, global caseload tops 127 mil

The COVID-19 count reached 12,039,644 in India on Monday (March 29) with 68,020 new cases in the last 24 hours. The country recorded 291 fresh fatalities as well, taking the total death toll to 161,843.

23 Mar 2021

Govt's corona helpdesk chatbot on Whatsapp surpasses 3 cr users in India

The official WhatsApp chatbot by the Ministry of Health and MyGov, developed by artificial intelligence-focussed start-up Haptik, was made available to all WhatsApp users for free in English and Hindi languages. To contact the helpline, citizens were required to save the WhatsApp number +91 9013151515 on their phones, and then start a chat by typing "Hi" and sending it to the number. Depending on the question, users were provided verified and real-time information in the form of a video, infographic or text.

19 Mar 2021

Why are Coronavirus cases are increasing in the country?

In the last 24 hours, 39,726 cases of corona have been reported, 154 people have died if we look at the fresh report of the Ministry of Health. However, 20,654 people have recovered from Coronavirus. 85% of cases have been found in 6 states of the country.

14 Mar 2021

India records 25,320 fresh COVID-19 cases in 24 hrs, highest in over 3 months

The death toll increased to 1,58,607 on March 14 The country's active caseload increased to 2,10,544 and constitutes 1.85 percent of the total infections The recovery rate dropped to 96.75 per cent from 96.82 per cent on Saturday

World Kidney Day

11 Mar 2021

World Kidney Day 2021: Follow these tips to lead a healthy life

CKD is known to be a ‘silent killer’ as it is difficult to detect especially in the early stages and is not cured easily. Kidney diseases are usually non-communicable and diabetes, high blood pressure are seen as the worst enemies of kidneys.

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