Union Health Ministry

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Bird flu outbreak: Central team takes stock of situation in Kerala

11:16 pm January 7, 2021

Kochi: A three-member central team on Thursday took stock of the situation arising out of outbreak of bird flu in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts,officials said here. The team comprising Union Health Ministry’s public health specialist Dr Ruchi Jain, Pune National Institute of Virology scientist Dr Shailesh Pawar and Delhi RML Hospital physician Dr Anith Jindal […]

Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination in all states, UTs on January 2

5:39 pm December 31, 2020

New Delhi : A dry run for COVID-19 vaccination will be conducted by all state and union territory administrations on January 2 to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges, the Centre said on Thursday. The activity is proposed to be conducted in all state capitals in at least 3 […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

Delhi: Samples of 15 who came from UK sent to check new strain of virus

8:21 pm December 29, 2020

New Delhi: Coronavirus test samples of 15 persons who recently arrived here from the UK and tested positive for COVID-19 have been sent for genome sequencing to check if they have contracted the new variant of the virus, sources said on Tuesday. The results are expected in the next three-four days, they said. The new […]

Six UK returnees test positive for new strain of coronavirus

2:39 pm December 29, 2020

New Delhi: Six persons who returned to India from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the new UK variant genome of SARS-CoV2, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. It said the mutated UK strain was detected in samples in NIMHANS, Bengaluru, in CCMB, Hyderabad and one in NIV, Pune. All these persons have […]

COVID-19:India records 16,432 new cases

2:18 pm December 29, 2020

New Delhi: The daily new coronavirus infections in India dipped below 20,000 for the third time this month taking the COVID-19 caseload to 1,02,24,303, while the recoveries crossed 98 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 16,432 new infections were reported in a span of 24 hours, the […]