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  2 oxygen plants installed at Delhi's AIIMS, RML hospital to tackle Covid-19

  Hakikat Kya Hai | May 05, 2021 22:29 IST

  The two medical oxygen plants have been installed at AIIMS and Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in the national capital with PM-CARES fund and will start supplying oxygen to these medical facilities by this evening, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

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  Around 2.4% day on day growth in COVID cases has been noticed: Health Ministry

  News | May 05, 2021 16:47 IST

  12 states have more than 1 lakh active cases, 7 states have 50,000 to 1 lakh active cases,& 17 states have less than 50,000 active cases. Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh & Andhra Pradesh have around 1.5 lakh active cases: Lav Agarwal, Union Health Ministry,Jt Secy

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  Health Ministry address media on Covid situation

  News | May 03, 2021 17:22 IST

  1500 PSA oxygen generation plants are being developed. To increase availability of oxygen we're working on converting nitrogen plants into oxygen plants. We've identified 14 industries with PSA nitrogen plants, 37 plants have also been identified: Joint Secy, Health Ministry

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  10 states account for 69.1 pc of new COVID-19 cases: Health Ministry

  India | April 27, 2021 15:08 IST

  Ten states, including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, reported 69.1 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases registered in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

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  Total Covid vaccination across India crosses 14.5 crore, 31 lakh doses given on Monday

  India | April 26, 2021 23:19 IST

  Total vaccination across the country has crossed over 14.5 crore with more than 31 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered till 8 pm on Monday, the Health Ministry said. 

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  Health Ministry releases document advising proning for self care for COVID-19 patients

  India | April 23, 2021 12:02 IST

  The Union Health Ministry has advised 'proning for self-care' for coronavirus patients, stating that it is extremely beneficial for such patients with compromised breathing comfort, especially during home isolation.

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  Self impose lockdown is necessary to break the COVID-19 chain, says Experts

  News | April 22, 2021 16:16 IST

  India, currently being hit badly by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, on Tuesday reported its worst daily death toll, with large parts of the country now under lockdown amid a fast-rising second wave of infections.

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  Health Ministry holds press briefing after a surge in COVID cases

  News | April 21, 2021 17:08 IST

  There are 21,57,000 active cases in India currently i.e. twice the number of maximum active COVID-19 cases last year. More than 13 crore people have been vaccinated in the country so far including 30 lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours: Union Health Secy Rajesh Bhushan

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  Is night-curfew enough to bring down coronavirus cases across the country?

  News | April 16, 2021 12:22 IST

  India’s corona situation is turning grimmer with each passing hour as the nation recorded over two lakh new Covid-19 infection for the second consecutive day today. 10 states comprising Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have shown a steep rise in daily new COVID-19 cases accounting for 79.10 per cent of the new infections.

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  With over 1.68 lakh new COVID-19 cases, India records highest single-day rise so far

  India | April 12, 2021 10:57 IST

  The total number of cases stands at 1,35,27,717. There are 12,01,009 active cases in the country at present while 1,21,56,529 people have recovered from the disease. The death toll has risen to 1,70,179.

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  Harsh Vardhan chairs meeting of Group of Ministers to review COVID-19 situation

  News | April 09, 2021 11:40 IST

  149 districts have not seen a case of COVID in last 7 days, 8 districts have not seen a case in last 14 days, 3 districts have not seen a case in last 21 days, 63 districts have not seen a case in last 28 days: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan

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  India reports single-day spike of over 56,000 COVID cases

  News | March 30, 2021 21:27 IST

  As per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), India on March 30 reported single-day spike of 56,211 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.

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  'Whole country potentially at risk': Govt warns against spike in Covid cases | Key Points

  India | March 30, 2021 18:33 IST

  The whole country is potentially at risk, the government warned on Tuesday against the sudden spike in Covid cases. The Health Ministry, in a presser, said that the coronavirus situation in the country was going from "bad to worse".

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  Centre's 5-fold strategy for States and UTs to contain Covid spread

  India | March 27, 2021 20:44 IST

  Centre on Saturday advised a 5-fold covid containment strategy to states witnessing rise in daily covid cases. The strategy directs these states to increase testing and vaccination, effective tracing, prompt isolation, efficient clinical treatment, and adherence to COVID Appropriate Behaviour.

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  These 10 districts concentrate maximum active covid cases. Check list

  India | March 24, 2021 18:19 IST

  The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said two states are of grave concern, that have shown a recent surge in cases — Maharashtra, which reported more than 28,000 cases in the last 24 hours and Punjab, which is reporting a huge number of cases in proportion to its population.

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  60 per cent of all active cases concentrated in Maharashtra: Health Ministry

  India | March 17, 2021 17:08 IST

  The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday briefed on the Covid situation in the country saying that 60 per cent of active cases are concentrated in Maharashtra.

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  Free COVID-19 vaccination at government centres for 60+, comorbid people from March 1

  India | February 25, 2021 11:38 IST

  India launched the world's largest vaccination drive on January 16 for the healthcare and frontline workers. According to government data, over 11 lakh people have been administered two doses of Covid vaccines so far.

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  COVID: Over 1.17 crore doses administered, informs Health Ministry

  News | February 23, 2021 22:09 IST

  Union Health Ministry secretary Rajesh Bhushan informed that over 1 .17 crore vaccine doses have been administrated. Of this, 1.04 crore include first doses while 12.61 lakh second doses.

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  Overweight, diabetic people at risk of developing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

  News | February 23, 2021 7:45 IST

  People who are overweight and have diabetes are at a higher risk of developing the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as the prevalence of NAFLD is around 9 percent to 32 percent in the Indian population, the Union Health Ministry informed on Monday.

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  Covid-19: Over 87 lakh people vaccinated in India

  News | February 16, 2021 18:27 IST

  As per the data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), India on February 16 reported single-day spike of 9,121 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.