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Indian American NGO to build 100 oxygen generation plants in India

8:25 pm May 25, 2021

Washington : An Indian American non-profit body on Tuesday announced plans to build 100 oxygen generation plants in India to enhance the country’s capacity to face the COVID-19 crisis. The first 15 plants, for which orders have been placed, will be set up in the next 90 days at an estimated cost of USD 1.6 million, Sewa International USA said. Sewa […]

Family members can also be covered under workplace COVID-19 vaccination: Govt

11:56 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry Saturday announced that family members and dependents of workers can also be covered under the COVID-19 vaccination drive at industrial and workplace inoculation centres. In a letter to all chief secretaries, the Health Ministry said that for industrial and private workplace CVCs (COVID-19 vaccination centres), the vaccine doses will have to be procured […]

14.8 lakh COVID vaccine doses administered on Monday

11:37 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 18.44 crore with 14,79,592 doses given on Monday, the Union Health Ministry said. The ministry said 6,63,329 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday and cumulatively 59,32,704 people across 36 states and […]

165 infected with UK variant of COVID-19 in India, says govt

2:59 pm January 28, 2021

New Delhi: The number of people who have tested positive for the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 165, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective state governments. Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive […]

New strain coronavirus cases go up to 90 in India

4:03 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: The number of people infected with the new UK-linked variant of coronavirus has gone up to 90 in India, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. These 90 cases include the 82 announced by the ministry till Friday. ”The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus, first reported in the […]

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