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Rajesh Bhushan, Union health secretary, pointed out that Telangana had reported an increase in weekly cases from 132 in the week ending March 8 to 267 in the week ending March 15.

Centre warns state on rising Covid cases

17 Mar 2023 12:00 AM
Drugs control administration authorities in the state are keeping an eye on the availability of Covid essential drugs in medical stores across Andhra Pradesh to avoid any short supply.. (AP/PTI Photo)

Andhra officials keep check on 38 essential Covid drugs

29 Dec 2022 12:32 AM
Around 82 per cent of the eligible population in India have received the first dose of the vaccine while around 43 per cent have been fully inoculated. (PTI file image)

Lucky draw among strategies planned to improve Covid vaccination coverage

Health Ministry has planned other initiatives also like organising workplace vaccination and providing badges to fully vaccinated employees
22 Nov 2021 10:27 AM
People stand outside a COVID vaccination centre in Bengaluru, June 28, 2021. (PTI/Shailendra Bhojak)

India sees slight rise in COVID cases, reports 48,786 new infections, 1,005 deaths

The active cases have further declined to 5,23,257 comprising 1.72 per cent of the total infections
01 Jul 2021 11:30 AM
"More than 24,65,980 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the states and UTs within the next three days," the health ministry said. (PTI)

States, UTs to get over 24 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses in 3 days

The ministry said that the government has so far provided 32,13,75,820 vaccine doses to states and UTs
30 Jun 2021 12:40 PM
A BMC health worker collects swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 testing, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai on June 22, 2021. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

COVID-19: India's active caseload declines to 6,43,194, lowest in 82 days

As daily recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new cases for the 41st consecutive day, the recovery rate improved to 96.56 per cent
23 Jun 2021 11:16 AM
Medical staff wearing PPE suits (Personal Protection Equipment) transfers a body of a patient who died of Covid-19 coronavirus into a ambulance at mortuary in New Delhi on May 18, 2021. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

India logs 13 per cent fall in new COVID cases in week; still highest globally: WHO

Globally, despite a declining trend, the incidence of cases remains at some of the highest levels since the start of the pandemic
19 May 2021 12:05 PM
Staff of Government ENT Hospital gets administered with COVID Vaccine during the vaccination drive at the Hospital premises in Visakhapatnam. (DC Image/P Narasimha Murthy)

Need to increase pace of vaccinations: Health Ministry tells states

While some states are carrying out vaccination twice a week some others are carrying out four or more than four times a week
21 Feb 2021 7:21 PM
The ministry said that from November 25 to December 23 midnight, about 33,000 passengers disembarked at various Indian airports from the UK. (PTI/file photo)

14 more UK returnees test positive for new strain of coronavirus; total 20

The tally includes six people who were found positive for the new virus strain on Tuesday.
30 Dec 2020 11:49 AM
Policy seeks to digitize the personal health records of citizens of India by developing a digital health ID

Chhattisgarh fears National Digital Health Mission may turn into surveillance tool

The National Health Authority has outlined how this data would be collected, stored and shared, in the draft policy.
08 Sep 2020 10:38 AM
India's drug regulator grants Gilead Sciences marketing authorisation for remdesivir. (AFP Photo)

India's drug regulator grants Gilead Sciences marketing authorisation for remdesivir

The approval process for remdesivir was accelerated in view of emergency situation and unmet need for medicines in light of covid19 outbreak
03 Jun 2020 11:53 AM
India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday with 8,380 new infections reported in the last 24 hours. (PTI Photo)

India registers 8,380 fresh covid cases in a day, toll crosses 5000

India is the ninth worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic
31 May 2020 3:31 PM
Record jump of 5,242 COVID-19 cases in 24 hrs, tally reaches 96,169; death toll touches 3,029. (PTI Photo)

Coronavirus tally in India nears 1 lakh, deaths cross 3,000

A record jump of 5,242 cases in the last 24 hours
18 May 2020 10:38 AM
Covid19 death toll rises to 2,293, total cases at 70,756 in India. (PTI Photo)

India's coronavirus count crosses 74k mark, death toll rises to 2,410

Of the 2,293 deaths, Maharashtra accounts for the highest number of fatalities at 921
12 May 2020 10:36 AM
New guidelines for home isolation of people with very mild symptoms of coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Patients with very mild Covid19 symptoms can opt for home isolation

The patient should be clinically assigned as a very mild case or pre-symptomatic case by the treating medical officer
28 Apr 2020 11:28 AM
The leading anti-TB drugs manufacturers at present having contract agreement with National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) are Macleods and Lupin

Union health ministry seeks ban on export of anti-TB drug

Delay in production and receipt of supply may cause acute shortage of these drugs, Union Health Secretary said
22 Apr 2020 1:47 PM
Drugs with less than 60 pc shelf life allowed to be imported on condition. (PTI Photo)

India will import drugs with less than 60 pc shelf life, condition apply

Health ministry has instructed to take various steps to ensure availability of a sufficient quantity of drugs in the domestic retail market
19 Apr 2020 11:08 AM
Centre has approved the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness package aimed at boosting national and state health systems. (AFP Photo)

Centre approves covid19 emergency package for states, UTs

The activities to be undertaken include disinfection of hospitals, government offices, public utilities and ambulances
09 Apr 2020 1:20 PM
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Coronavirus cases in India touch 31

Apart from Delhi, coronavirus cases have been reported in Uttar Pradesh, Rajashtan, Telangana, and Kerala
06 Mar 2020 1:40 PM
This has hit the patients who are suffering from rare diseases like thalassemia, sickle cell anaemia, lysosomal storage disorders, Hirschsprung’s disease, Gaucher’s disease, cystic fibrosis, haemangiomas and certain forms of muscular dystrophy.

Hyderabad: Centre removes data on rare diseases prevalence rat

Those suffering from such ailments hit by lack of info.
28 Feb 2020 2:24 AM

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A boy bathes in the Ranbir water canal to cool himself on a hot summer day in Jammu. Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Imperial College of London. She said that before human activities increased global temperatures, heat waves like this year’s would have struck India once in about half a century. (AP Image)

In Pictures | India reels under intense heatwave
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sat on a dharna for one-and-a-half hours at Delhi on Monday, and set a 24-hour deadline to the Centre to announce its decision on the Telangana government's demand that it procure all the paddy produced in the state in the rabi season. (Telangana CM KCR and BKU leader Rakesh Singh Tikait during the protest at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi- DC Image)

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Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (PTI)

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Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out a successful trial of drones that will be used for aerial surveillance on August 15, which marks the 75th Independence Day. (Photo by - HU Naqash)

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