The ongoing 14th conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) strongly objected to a WHO report estimating 4.7 million (47 lakh) Covid-related fatalities in India as baseless and devoid of facts, sources said. In its report released on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that nearly 15 million people were … Read more
The central government on Tuesday revealed that the country registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than the previous year. The data comes months ahead of schedule, as the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares its estimates of excess COVID-19 deaths whose methodology the country reportedly has opposed. According to a report by Reuters, some … Read more
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday played down apprehensions about XE variant of the coronavirus saying it is just another form of Omicron, and asked people to maintain precautions as the pandemic is not over yet. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters where he spoke in detail about the central government’s measures to … Read more
India recorded less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in 715 days and its active infection count fell below 13,000, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The number of active cases is the lowest in 714 days, the data showed. Thirteen new fatalities pushed the death toll from … Read more
Coronavirus March 31 Updates: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday released an updated Strategic Preparedness, Readiness & Response Plan for Covid-19. This was WHO’s third strategic plan in response to the virus. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the plan lays out three possible scenarios for how the pandemic will evolve this year. … Read more
Coronavirus March 29 Latest Updates: The world is seeing a new wave of Covid-19 infections with a sharp surge in daily cases in several countries. The only relief is that the new round of infections is not seeing high mortality rate as compared to Delta wave. While India remains in the green zone so far, … Read more
Delhi had on Saturday logged 161 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.44 per cent, and one death. Delhi on Sunday reported 132 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.38 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the national capital’s case count increased to 18,62,934, the … Read more
Poonawalla was speaking at a felicitation ceremony organised for him by the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture in Pune. Serum Institute of India’s chairman and MD Cyrus Poonawalla on Monday said his company works with the goal to sell vaccines at the price of a cup of tea and make them affordable for … Read more
The Union Health Ministry continues to provide support to states and UTs to enhance preparedness and response capacities against COVID-19. Omicron variant is the dominant variant in the country presently and the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the country is showing a sustained declining trend since January 21, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed … Read more
Delhi had on Saturday reported 1,604 cases with a positivity rate of 2.87 per cent, and 17 deaths. Coronavirus: Delhi on Sunday reported 1,410 fresh COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths, while the positivity rate dropped to 2.45 per cent, according to data shared by the health department. With this, the national capital’s case count increased … Read more