Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya gets PhD degree from a Gujarat University

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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who holds the charge of chemicals and fertilizers ministry, has been conferred PhD degree by the Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University in Gujarat. The minister is learnt to have appeared for viva on October 1 at the university. The university, in a tweet, said, “We are very happy to inform that … Read more

PM Modi launches digital health mission. Long road ahead but here is what to expect now

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi through a video conference on Monday, September 27th launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. (Photo source: ANI) It is being touted as a transformational move that has the potential to take healthcare delivery in India into a new phase of portable patient health records. Prime Minister Narendra Modi through a video … Read more

CoWIN adds new feature to offer real-time data on Covid-19 vccination

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The launch of the new real-time ticker comes on the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File) The Centre has introduced a real-time ticker tracking the vaccination count on the CoWIN portal. National Health Authority CEO RS Sharma tweeted: “…we have added a ticker to show vaccinations happening in near real-time. We are currently clocking … Read more

Vaccination: India breaks a new record, becomes fastest country to administer 10M doses in single day

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Great day for India, both on the vaccination cricket front: PM Modi The country on Monday achieved yet another feat by administering more than 1 crore vaccine doses for the third time in the last 11 days. On Monday, a total of 1,05,76,911 doses were administered, the officials stated. They also added that the figure … Read more

FE Healthcare Summit: There is a need to adopt a life cycle approach in the journey towards a healthy India, says Mansukh Mandaviya

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Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare & Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India Mansukh Mandaviya. Terming healthcare as the topmost priority aligned with the Prime Minister’s vision for a Healthy India, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare & Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India Mansukh Mandaviya while addressing his Guest of Honour note … Read more

Now get your Covid vaccination certificate ‘within seconds’ on WhatsApp; details here

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Now get COVID-19 vaccination certificate through MyGov Corona Helpdesk in 3 easy steps (Photo: Reuters) Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday announced that people can get “Get COVID19 vaccination certificate within seconds on WhatsApp.” Taking to microblogging site Twitter, the office of Mansukh Mandaviya shared a post with the caption, “Revolutionising common man’s life … Read more

3rd Covid wave may occur either due to mutations in virus or pool of susceptible population: Govt

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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

India first to make DNA based Covid-19 vaccine, 1,573 oxygen plants will be operational before next surge: Mansukh Mandavia

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Mandavia said that the Centre has allotted 15 to 20 lakh vaccine doses to some states Newly inducted Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandavia during the monsoon Parliament session told at the Rajya Sabha that India will become the first country to develop a DNA-based Covid-19 vaccine. Referring to Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D, the world’s first plasmid … Read more

Health minister says 13.50 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses to be supplied in July

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The state governments have been complaining of vaccine shortages and have been shutting down vaccination centres for want of vaccines. Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said state governments and private hospitals would receive a total of 13.50 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses in July. The total June supplies were 11.46 doses. The government started … Read more

Covid-19: Govt to develop paediatric units, set up additional hospital beds amid third-wave warning

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The govt has targeted accelerating health system preparedness and respond immediately to early prevention, detection, and management. (Picture courtesy: IE) The Union Cabinet has approved Rs 23,123 crore under Phase II of the government’s Covid-19 Emergency Response & Health System Preparedness Package amid the pandemic’s second wave. Of the total amount, states will bear Rs … Read more