Tag: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India registers a Record of Highest Single day recoveries
Delhi, 22 SEP 2020
In an unprecedented surge, India has recorded the highest number of single day recoveries.
More than 1 lakh (1,01,468) new recoveries have been registered in the last 24 hours in the country.
In another landmark achievement, the trend of very high number of single day recoveries has sustained for the past four consecutiv...
India’s total corona pacent recoveries 23 lakh, recovery rate 75%
Delhi, 24 August 2020
With more patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and home isolation (in case of mild and moderate cases), India's COVID-19 total recoveries have crossed 23lakh today.
Recovery of 23,38,035patients has been made possible because of effective implementation of the policy of TESTING aggressively, TRACKING com...
DCGI approves Phase II+III trials of Oxford University vaccine by Seru...
India’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) further drops to 2.11% , Total Recoveries more than 11.8 lakh
Delhi, 03 AUG 2020
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given approval to Serum Institute of India, Pune to conduct Phase II+III clinical trials of Oxford University-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine (COVISHIELD) in India. This will hasten the d...
Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network immunization services during C...
Delhi 03 AUG 2020
The Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) is an innovative technological solution aimed at strengthening immunization supply chain systems across the country. This is being implemented under National Health Mission (NHM) by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. eVIN aims to provide real-time information on vaccine stock...
India conducts 2 crore COVID tests, per million 14640 tests
Delhi, 03 AUG 2020
In a landmark achievement, India has tested 2,02,02,858 COVID-19 samples so far. This is pursuant to the key strategy followed by State/UT governments under the guidance of Centre for management of COVID-19 to “Test aggressively, Track efficiently and Isolate and Treat promptly". Effective implementation of this approach has led...
Central teams deployed to over 50 municipal bodies facing high COVID-1...
Delhi, 09 JUN 2020
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has deployed high level multi-disciplinary Central teams to 15 States/UTs with more than 50 districts/municipal bodies that are witnessing high case load and high spurt of cases to assist the State Governments by providing technical support for containment and facilitate management of CO...
Immunity of the people of India, against 4.1 per lakh deaths rate in t...
India has about 0.2 deaths/lakh population compared to approx. 4.1 deaths/lakh population for the world So far, more than 24 lakh samples have been tested
Delhi, 19 MAY 2020
So far more than 24 lakh people have been tested in the country. In which less people than the world have known Corona. As the immunity of the people of India has increased, ...
New Specified Health Warning on Tobacco Products packs
Delhi, 04 MAY 2020
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has notified new sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by making an amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008 vide GSR 248(E) dated 13th April 2020 “The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products...
How many N99 masks and PPE covers do have?
Delhi, 30 MAR 2020
The prevention, containment and management of COVID-19 in the country are being monitored at the highest level and various actions have been initiated in collaboration with the States. In order to meet the requirement of PPEs, masks and ventilators, factories producing essential items are working round the clock and ordinance fa...
Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COV...
Delhi, 29 MAR 2020
As per the announcement made under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, the launch of ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19’ has been approved with the following conditions:
It will provide an insurance cover of Rs. 50 lakh for ninety (90) days to a total of around 22....
launches National Teleconsultation Centre (CoNTeC)
Delhi, 28 MAR 2020
The Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched the National Teleconsultation Centre (CoNTeC) today and also interacted with Nodal Officers of Medical Colleges of States and other AIIMS of the country and reviewed the COVID-19 preparedness.
The project CoNTeC, an acronym for COVID-19 National Tele...