Of the 1.17 lakh health and wellness centres operationalised in the country, one lakh will have teleconsultation services from April 16, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. If someone living in a remote village needs health-related advices from an expert, the teleconsultation services will be quite helpful for him, Mandaviya said in a … Read more
The instructions for implementation of COVID-19 pre-call announcements and caller tunes to Telecom Service Providers were issued by DoT following directions received from the Union Health Ministry. The COVID-19 awareness pre-call audio announcements set by telecom operators at the start of the pandemic may soon become history. After almost two years of raising awareness about … Read more
New Delhi : The Union Health Ministry‘s national telemedicine initiative eSanjeevani has crossed three crore teleconsultation and also sets a record of passing 1.7 lakhs consultations in a day. Of the three crore beneficiaries, 2,26,72,187 people have been served through eSanjeevani AB-HWC portal, which is a doctor-to-doctor telemedicine service under Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres … Read more
Currently, healthcare and frontline workers and those aged above 60 years are being administered precaution doses. The government is considering allowing booster dose of Covid vaccine for all those above 18 years in view of a surge in infections in parts of the world and ease difficulties faced during international travel, sources said on Monday. … Read more
With this, the national capital’s case count increased to 18,62,802, while the death toll rose to 26,141. Delhi on Saturday reported 161 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death, while the positivity rate stood at 0.44 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the national capital’s case count increased to … Read more
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 178.80 crore on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said. The Covid-19 cases is on its downward slope for some time now, but future mutations causing a yet another wave cannot be ruled out especially with high prevalence of cases in European and South East Asian … Read more
On Saturday, more than 23 lakh (23,23,288) vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of final reports for the day by late night, it said. The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 178.80 crore on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry … Read more
Passengers have been given the option of either uploading their negative RT-PCR test report or their certificate of full vaccination. The government has eased quarantine and Covid-19 testing requirements for international travellers, with daily Covid-19 positive cases declining by 80% from peak levels a month ago and test case positivity falling below 5%. V K … Read more
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed 165.6 crore (1,65,60,85,526) on Saturday and more than 53 lakh (53,47,810) vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm. India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 165.6 crore with more than 53 lakh vaccine doses administered on Saturday, the Union health ministry said. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase … Read more
A total of 6,041 Omicron cases have been detected so far, an increase of 5.01 per cent since Friday, the data updated at 8 am showed. India registered 2,68,833 new Covid infections in a day taking the tally to 3,68,50,962, which includes 6,041 Omicron variant cases, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. … Read more