Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will on Thursday chair a high-level review meeting with the core team of experts over increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country, official sources said. India has been witnessing an increase in coronavirus infections over the last couple of weeks. As on date, ten states — Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, Karnataka, … Read more
Health ministers of different states who attended the 14th conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) have slammed WHO for its estimate of 4.7 million Covid-related deaths in India, saying it is “baseless” and “intended to show the country in a poor light”. They said India has a robust, efficient and … Read more
No Covid death in the national capital has gone uncounted, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Friday, a day after the World Health Organisation estimated that there were 4.7 million (47 lakh) deaths from the virus in India. Covid death data given by the national capital to the Centre is completely authentic and correct, … Read more
Questioning the modelling methodology used by WHO to estimate 4.7 million deaths in India due to Covid or its impact, top health experts have expressed disappointment over the global health body’s “one-size-fits-all” approach to arrive at the figure. ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava, NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria and … Read more
With Covid-19 cases in India rising again, particularly in the Delhi-NCR, a survey by community social media platform LocalCircles reports that one in three Indians today believes that the fourth wave has already hit the country. At a national level, India has been recording under 3,000 daily cases, though 1,500 of these are in the … Read more
Coronavirus Pandemic April 21 Live Updates: India is seeing a fresh surge in Covid cases and also, related deaths. The state governments including the national capital have already started taking measures like mandatory wearing of masks. The move is a precautionary step as there is a fear of fourth wave that has been creating a … Read more
India’s effective reproduction number (R) for Covid, an indicator of how quickly the infection is spreading, has increased to over one for the first time since January, estimates a researcher from Chennai’s Institute of Mathematical Sciences. The country’s R value, steadily increasing over the last few weeks, is 1.07 for the week between April 12-18, … Read more
Coronavirus Pandemic April 19 Live Updates: After a day of sharp spike in daily case count, India’s new coronavirus infections plunged to 1,247 cases on Tuesday. The day-on-day data analysis shows that there was a 43 per cent decrease in the daily infections. Meanwhile, cases are on rise in Delhi once again. The Monday data … Read more
A total of 9,674 precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the 18-59 years age-group on the first day on Sunday taking the cumulative doses given in the country to 185.74 crore, the Union Health Ministry said. India on Sunday began administering precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines to all aged above 18 years at … Read more
Even though some states have decided to stop penalising people for not wearing masks as COVID-19 cases continue to drop, healthcare experts are of the opinon that it is too early to completely do away with the restriction.They have advised people to voluntarily mask up in order to also stay protected from infections such as … Read more