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  'Should wear mask while exercising in groups', advises Health Ministry

  News | September 03, 2020 18:58 IST

  Health Ministry advised people to wear face mask while exercising in groups. "If people are cycling or running or jogging in groups, then they must wear masks and follow social distancing

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  COVID-19: Case fatality trajectory increased by 50% in Delhi, says Health Ministry

  News | September 03, 2020 18:14 IST

  Health Ministry held press conference in New Delhi on September 03 on the current situation of COVID-19 in the country.

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  Health Ministry releases guidelines, SOPs for conducting exams amid coronavirus pandemic: Full list

  Education | September 02, 2020 23:17 IST

  The Ministry of Health on Wednesday released guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on preventive measures to be followed while conducting examinations to contain the spread of coronavirus.

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  Nepal struggles with increases Covid-19 cases

  News | August 31, 2020 15:58 IST

  Recovery rate of Nepal's COVID-19 infected patients stood at around 56 percent in an early fortnight of August, while towards the end of the month, it has dipped down to 54, increasing worries and panic for health workers and government.

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  Health ministry recommends COVID tests for all tuberculosis patients and vice versa

  India | August 26, 2020 23:10 IST

  The prevalence of tuberculosis among COVID-19 patients has been found to be 0.37 to 4.47 per cent in different studies, the ministry said and highlighted that there has been an overall decline in tuberculosis notification by 26 per cent during January to June, as compared to the previous year, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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  India records 68,898 fresh Covid-19 cases, 983 deaths; tally breaches 2.9 million-mark

  India | August 21, 2020 9:40 IST

  India recorded a spike in coronavirus cases again on Friday morning after the country recorded 68,898 new cases and 983 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union health ministry data. India’s tally now stands at 29,05,824. Out of these, 6,92,028 are active cases and 21,58,947 recovered, according to the health ministry.

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  COVID-19 fatality rate in India dips to 1.99 percent: Health Ministry

  News | August 11, 2020 19:05 IST

  Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a press conference over COVID-19 situation in India on August 11 announced that the COIVD-19 fatality rate has fallen below 2 percent.

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  Expert panel on coronavirus vaccine to meet tomorrow; discuss on priority, logistics, distribution

  India | August 11, 2020 18:19 IST

  The government has constituted a National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration, which will meet tomorrow. Their terms of reference constitute all matters related to logistics of vaccines, ways to address issues of equity etc.

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  Hospital beds and ventilators- a new challenge in Nepal's fight against COVID-19

  News | August 10, 2020 21:16 IST

  Nepal government allocated hospitals in Kathmandu valley are now running short of beds for COVID-19 patients, along with life-saving ventilators which stand low in number.

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  COVID-19 recovery rate rises to 68.32 per cent, fatality rate drops to 2.04% : Health Ministry

  India | August 08, 2020 19:10 IST

  Focused and effective efforts towards containment, testing, isolation and treatment by the Centre, states and Union Territories have resulted in the recovery rate rising to 68.32 per cent and fatality rate steadily declining to 2.04 per cent, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.

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  Thoroughly unjustified to say COVID-19 deaths are under-reported: Health Ministry

  India | August 04, 2020 21:43 IST

  Responding to a question, Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said media reports claiming under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths in the country is "mere conjecture".

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  COVID-19 fatality rate lowest, recoveries double: What Health Ministry said in presser

  India | August 04, 2020 17:29 IST

  Recovered cases in the country are now double of the active cases, the Union Health Ministry said in its daily briefing today. It said over 2 crore COVID-19 tests have been conducted, including over 6.6 lakh tests in the last 24 hours. The ministry also said that the case fatality rate is the lowest since the first lockdown.

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  ICMR plans to set up registry of hospitalised COVID-19 patients

  India | August 02, 2020 13:17 IST

   The ICMR in collaboration with the Health Ministry and the AIIMS is planning to set up the National Clinical Registry which will help researchers and policy makers understand effectiveness of investigational therapies, adverse effects taking place and generate evidence for improving the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

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  Senior bureaucrat Rajesh Bhushan takes charge as health secretary

  India | July 31, 2020 21:54 IST

  ​Senior bureaucrat Rajesh Bhushan took charge as the Union health secretary on Friday. He will succeed Preeti Sudan, who was given a three-month extension in April and demitted office on Friday.  

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  Source of 80% new COVID cases can be traced within 72 hrs: Health Ministry

  News | July 30, 2020 21:24 IST

  The Health Ministry on community transmission has stated that in 80% of new cases, source of infection and close contacts can be traced within 72 hours.

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  Herd immunity in India can't be a strategic option: Health Ministry

  News | July 30, 2020 18:51 IST

  The Ministry of Health said that herd immunity in a country of the size and population of India can't be a strategic option.

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  Herd immunity not a strategic option for tackling COVID-19 in populous country like India, says Govt

  India | July 30, 2020 17:51 IST

  The Health Ministry on Thursday said that herd immunity in India to defeat the coronavirus pandemic is not a strategic option and that the only solution is immunisation.

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  Health ministry asks DCGI to ensure equitable distribution of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab drugs

  India | July 29, 2020 21:07 IST

  The Union health ministry has asked the Drugs Controller General of India to ensure equitable distribution of Remdesivir and Tocilizumab drugs, which have been included as "investigational therapies" in the national treatment protocols for COVID-19, across the country.

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  COVID-19 fatality rate declining progressively, total recoveries 9.88 lakh: Health ministry

  India | July 29, 2020 19:06 IST

  India's COVID-19 case fatality rate (CFR) is lower than what it is globally. On Wednesday, the CFR stood at 2.23 per cent, the lowest since April 1, the health ministry said in a statement.

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  Tobacco use accelerates transmission of COVID-19: Health ministry

  India | July 29, 2020 12:26 IST

  Smokers, it warned, are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 as the act of smoking means that fingers (and possibly contaminated cigarettes) are in contact with lips which increases the possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth.