New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday expressed concern over the surge in COVID-19 cases in Delhi and pressed for mandatory retesting of all persons who test negative in rapid antigen tests and develop symptoms of Influenza-like illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) later. He said false negative results of the disease … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has the highest COVID-19 recovery rate of 86.78 per cent globally with 62,27,295 recovered cases and the lowest fatality rate at 1.53 per cent, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday. Vardhan, who chaired the 21th meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 via video-conference here, appealed to … Read more
New Delhi: US deputy secretary of state Stephen Biegun’s three-day India trip from Monday will help to prepare for 2+2 (foreign + defence) ministerial meet in Delhi on October 26-27that, among other issues, will result in closer contacts between lawmakers of the two sides and widen strategic partnership. Biegun and his Indian counterpart foreign secretary … Read more
In India, nearly 70 lakh people have been infected by COVID-19 disease. (Reuters photo) Less than 48 hours after the Narendra Modi government announced the ayurvedic recommendations for treating the asymptomatic patients of COVID-19 infection, the Indian Medical Association has launched a scathing attack seeking scientific proofs behind such protocol. The latest guidelines were based … Read more
The Centre estimates to receive and utilise 40-50 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine covering 20-25 crore people by July next year and it is preparing a format for the states to submit by October-end their list of priority population group to receive the vaccine, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. He said priority … Read more
The vaccines will be priced at a maximum of $3 per dose and made available to 92 countries. Serum Institute of India will manufacture another 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledging an additional $150 million to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The funding will help Serum Institute accelerate … Read more
The coronavirus vaccine might be ready by the first quarter of 2021, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. “While no date has been fixed for the vaccine launch, it may be ready by the first quarter of 2021,” he said. Harsh Vardhan also said that the government is considering emergency … Read more
Privatisation is a bigger political decision and not an economic one alone, Vishwanathan said, adding that a bank holding company needs to be created first. (Representational image) Former Reserve Bank deputy governor N S Vishwanathan on Tuesday said there is a need to separate governance of state-run banks from the government and pitched for doing … Read more
NEW DELHI: The total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has crossed the 3 crore mark in India, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data. A total of 3,00,41,400 samples have been tested until August 16 with 7,31,697 samples being tested on Sunday, the ICMR said. “Focusing on timely and aggressive … Read more