Govt to conduct across country Covid response mock drill on Dec 27
The mock drill is being conducted amid fear of a Covid surge in the country in the wake of a spurt of Covid cases reported in China and other countries.
The mock drill is being conducted amid fear of a Covid surge in the country in the wake of a spurt of Covid cases reported in China and other countries.
Epidemiologists predict at least three waves of the virus to hit the country during the following months and cause over a million fatalities.
India recorded 501 new COVID-19 cases while two deaths were reported due to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.
The human rights panel sought an action taken report on the alleged lack of healthcare facilities for breast cancer in Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) empanelled hospitals.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Center and State Governments including Odisha and sought an action taken report on the alleged lack of healthcare facilities for breast cancer in Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) empanelled hospitals.
More than 6 million (62,59,008) doses of corona vaccine have been administered in India since the drive began on January 16 after the approval for 'Covishield' and 'Covaxin'.
As per the Ministry’s data, 1,02,65,706 people have recovered so far and currently there are 1,92,308 active cases.
The country’s overall coronavirus caseload now stands at 1,02,66,674 with 2,57,656 active Covid-19 cases. The active Covid-19 cases comprises 2.51 per cent of the total caseload. The active caseload has remained below the three lakh mark for the tenth consecutive day.
The new SOPs have been issued as new mutant variant of the coronavirus was detected and the Ministry of Health said that the virus is estimated by the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) to be more transmissible and affecting younger population.
The country’s total Covid-19 case load stands at 93,92,919 with 4,53,956 active Covid-19 cases which is 4.83 per cent of the total coronavirus cases in the country.