Union health ministry
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
Directing door-to-door vaccination is not feasible: Supreme Court
A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud also dismissed another PIL, which demanded compensation for kin in each Covid death
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Chhattisgarh government 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.
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