Tag: Health Minister
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No side effects from vaccination in K’taka: Health Minister
According to the state Health Department, of the 6,327 registered healthcare workers on Sunday, 3,699 took the vaccine, accounting for 58 per cent of the target.
January 18, 2021 -
‘Free coronavirus vaccines will be given in first phase to 3 crore people’: Health Minister
The government will give priority to 1 crore healthcare workers and 2 crore frontline workers when India begins the rollout of the Covid vaccine.
January 2, 2021 -
‘Government is fully alert, there’s no need to panic’: Health Minister on spread of UK virus strain
Air India has maintained that no decision has been made yet regarding the ban of flights from the UK.
December 21, 2020 -
Japan to complete new round of Covid-19 antibody tests by yr end
Meanwhile, the infection rates for Osaka and Miyagi Prefecture stood at 0.17 per cent and 0.03 per cent, respectively.
November 27, 2020 -
K’taka healthcare warriors first to get Covid vaccine: Minister
Sudhakar said other priority groups, including senior citizens and people with co-morbidities would be vaccinated in a phased manner after the healthcare warriors.
October 24, 2020 -
RS members discuss govt statement on pandemic, lockdown
O’Brien said the health minister had only congratulated the PM in his statement, and forgot the CMs who worked hard to tackle the crisis.
September 17, 2020 -
Jharkhand: CM Hemant Soren in home quarantine after health minister tests positive for Coronavirus
Health Minister Banna Gupta is the second Minster who has been found positive. Earlier, Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Mithilesh Thakur was found COVID-19 positive. Till now five legislators have been infected with the virus.
August 19, 2020 -
PM holds review meeting with officials, ministers on India’s response to Covid-19 pandemic
The meeting also took stock of the situation in different states and union territories including Delhi.
June 13, 2020 -
Harsh Vardhan holds 16th high-level meeting of Group of Ministers on Covid-19 situation
A brief snapshot was presented to the GOM highlighting the comparative position of India vis-a-vis other countries in similar stage of easing lockdown.
June 9, 2020 -
Health Minister launches COBAS 6800 testing machine for Covid-19
This is the first such testing machine that has been procured by the government for testing of COVID-19 cases and is installed at the National Centre for Disease Control.
May 14, 2020 -
Health Ministry launches ‘Sanjivani App’, two AYUSH based studies related to COVID-19
The ‘Sanjivani’ mobile app will help to generate data on acceptance and usage of AYUSH advocacies and measures among the population and its impact in the prevention of COVID 19.
May 7, 2020 -
India ahead in Covid-19 fight: Harsh Vardhan
"We have put 5 lakh people on community surveillance and so far we have screened 15 lakh people and tested some 42000 people in 125 government labs but only those who were exhibiting symptoms," he said.
April 1, 2020 -
‘Big rise’ in Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, Health Minister says, ‘heading for Stage 3’
State Health Minister Tope while talking to the media said that the number of coronavirus positive patients in the state has increased to 63 with 11 new cases.
March 21, 2020 -
Health Minister reassures people on deadly coronavirus, says PM Modi is ‘personally monitoring’
He also informed that India is extending aid to China on humanitarian grounds.
February 13, 2020 -
PM Modi is closely monitoring coronavirus crisis, state CMs asked to keep close watch: Health Minister
Harsh Vardhan also said that till now 130 suspected cases have been tested out of which 128 cases have turned out to be negative and only two are positive.
February 2, 2020 -
Health Minister reviews preparedness of states for roll out of IMI 2.0 from December 2
The health minister asked state representatives to take lessons from the experience of the polio campaign in which besides efforts from the states, various non-state partners and stakeholders had joined hands to achieve set targets.
November 22, 2019 -
Hurricane Dorian death toll rises to 20 in The Bahamas
Seventeen of the fatalities were in the Abaco Islands where Dorian hit on Sunday and three were in Grand Bahama where it hit on Monday
September 5, 2019