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India may have the second highest number of cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), but the country has one of the lowest deaths per million in the world, the Union health ministry said. He posted a tweet on Wednesday morning that listed the number of Covid-19 deaths per million in India …

States have been working hard to control the outbreak of vector-borne diseases amid the Covid pandemic. (Proceedings) New Delhi: Amid increasing cases of COVID-19 patients also contracting other seasonal illnesses with similar symptoms, and health complications arising due to delay in diagnosis, the Ministry of Health has issued guidelines for …

The Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the positivity rate for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India is on a “steady downward trend” and that the country’s cumulative positivity rate is 8 .7%, the weekly rate at 6.24% and the daily rate at 5.16%. The Health Ministry also said that …

The daily count of new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India continues to fall. On Monday, the country registered 66,732 new cases, bringing the tally to 7,120,538, according to the Union Ministry of Health. The number of new deaths also dropped for the ninth day in a row. …

Harsh Vardhan said that “the authorization of emergency use for the COVID-19 vaccine will depend on data from clinical trials.” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday that his ministry will soon launch the FELUDA paper strip test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. This has been developed by CSIR-IGIB …

Up to 18 states and Union Territories have recorded recovery rates above the national average, the ministry said. Active COVID-19 cases in India stayed below the nine lakh mark for the second day in a row and now constitute only 12.65 percent of the total number of cases, the Union …

India may be heading towards the seven million mark in terms of the number of cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), but the daily count has been slowly declining. And in other good news, the number of active cases in the country has dropped below the nine lakh mark for the …

Covishield is currently in phase 2 and phase 3 human trials. (Figurative) New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health has said it disagrees with the Rs 80 billion figure cited by Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, and that it …

The Indian government said on Tuesday that according to the second national sero-survey report from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), it was estimated that one in 15 people over the age of 10 would be exposed to Covid-19 in August 2020. “Of 29,082 people surveyed between August 17 …

India recorded a drop in the number of new cases of coronavirus disease on Tuesday. According to the Union Ministry of Health, the number of new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours is 70,589; the country has registered more than 80,000 cases in recent days. The national tally …