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Nepal launches COVID-19 vaccination drive with vaccines gifted by India

7:48 pm January 27, 2021

Kathmandu: Nepal on Wednesday launched a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive with the one million doses of vaccine provided by India under grant assistance in sync with its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy. Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli inaugurated the vaccination campaign at the Prime Minister’s residence at Baluwatar on Wednesday morning. At the same time, government hospitals across the country vaccinated doctors […]

Can no longer work in silos: Vardhan stresses on collaboration between countries

11:55 pm December 2, 2020

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday the coronavirus pandemic taught countries that such challenges require shared responsibilities and collaborations had become the order of the day. Vardhan was charing the inaugural session of the annual conference of the India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre under the Sweden-India Nobel memorial week, the Health Ministry said in a statement. […]

India’s COVID-19 caseload goes past 92 lakh; no. of active cases increases by 6,079

11:22 am November 25, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 92 lakh with 44,376 new cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to 86.42 lakh, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The number of total coronavirus cases rose to 92,22,216 in the country, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 1,34,699 […]

No significant mutation of coronavirus in India: Vardhan

8:16 pm September 20, 2020

New Delhi: No significant or drastic mutation in strains of SARS-CoV-2 has been found in India till now, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday during an interaction with his social media followers. He also said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been conducting large-scale sequencing of nationally representative strains collected over a […]

COVID recovery rate rises to 77.32 pc; case fatality rate, one of lowest globally, drops to 1.72 pc

4:26 pm September 6, 2020

New Delhi: With a record 73,642 patients having recuperated in a day, India’s COVID-19 recoveries have surged to nearly 32 lakh, pushing the recovery rate to 77.32 per cent while the case fatality rate, one of the lowest globally, has further dropped to 1.72 per cent as on date, the Union Health Ministry said on […]