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  30 health officials in Puducherry test Covid positive

  India | January 17, 2022 12:39 IST

  The department also said that the Government Hospital For Chest Disease in Puducherry has been converted into a Covid care centre and 180 beds are arranged for the exclusive treatment of infected patients.

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  Assembly elections 2022: EC reviews Covid situation in poll-bound states with health officials

  Elections | January 06, 2022 17:31 IST

  Five states scheduled for Assembly polls this year are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, and Manipur.

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  'Very low' Covaxin stock, meagre supply of doses likely to hit inoculation: Bengal official

  India | July 25, 2021 6:26 IST

  West Bengal has vaccinated over 2.75 crore people so far and out of them, 81.9 lakh got the second dose, the health official said.

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  ‘Superbug’ fungus spread in two cities, health officials say

  World | July 23, 2021 7:56 IST

  Evidence of an untreatable fungus spreading in two hospitals and a nursing home is found in the US.

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  Maharashtra Cabinet approves proposal to raise retirement age of health dept officials

  India | July 15, 2021 7:52 IST

  Rajesh Tope has said he will meet Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and request him to provide an adequate quantity of COVID-19 vaccines to Maharashtra.

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  251 children die of encephalitis in Bihar

  India | July 02, 2012 20:18 IST

  Patna, Jul 2: At least 251 children died following an outbreak of encephalitis in Bihar since May this year, a health official said today.The highest number of 172 children died of the disease at Sri