Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak during the One World TB Summit on World Tuberculosis Day, in Varanasi, on March 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on March 25 said India … Read more
Mansukh Mandaviya. File | Photo Credit: PTI Of 60,202 postgraduate (PG) medical seats available for 2021-2022, 3,744 remained vacant after counselling, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed the Rajya Sabha on December 13. Similarly, of the 92,065 UG seats available in 2021-2022, 197 seats were left vacant for MBBS courses after counselling, the Minister said … Read more
The minister said 51.48 per cent of people in the state were covered as against the targeted 21.21 lakh on the vaccination to children aged between 12-14 years. More than 50 lakh people were yet to receive the first dose of vaccination against COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu while over 1.34 crore people have not got … Read more
Government advisory on how to identify fake vaccines The Centre shared with the states a list of parameters to identify the authenticity of the Covid vaccines being used in the country. The Health Ministry said in a letter written to the states, that it has prepared the parameters with information from the vaccine manufacturing companies … Read more
The third Covid wave may occur either because of mutations in the virus or due to the available pool of susceptible population, and is also dependent on various pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions for management of the pandemic, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. In a written reply, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said vaccination protects … Read more
Among the seven ministers promoted to the Cabinet, Mandaviya became Gujarat’s youngest MLA at 28 years when he entered the Assembly in 2002. (Picture courtesy: Indian Express) Mansukh Mandaviya takes over the Union health ministry at a critical juncture. On the one hand, the government is ramping up its Covid-19 vaccination drive; on another, it … Read more
After Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and his deputy resigned on Wednesday, the Congress said it is a candid submission of the government’s “monumental failure” in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying if things go right, the credit will go to him and if … Read more
Dr Vardhan also highlighted key features of this CoWIN platform. Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has informed that it is mandatory for everyone to be registered at CoWIN, India’s own app for managing Coronavirus vaccination drive. The union minister took to Twitter to inform people beneficiaries have to be registered on the platform if in … Read more
There are two vaccines that are currently under second phase of human clinical trials and one in third. Image: Reuters As the Coronavirus vaccine development reaches the advanced stages of human clinical trials, the central government has made a roadmap for distribution/supply chain of vaccines in India. To give the recent updates and country’s plan … 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