Both the patients are men aged 66 years and 46 years with mild symptoms. Severe symptoms have not been noted, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry said during a press conference.
Two cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected in Karnataka, the Union government said on Thursday while asking people not to panic but follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and get vaccinated without delay. Watch Kurukshetra with Saurav Sharma.
Ringing the alarm bells, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that the new variant, Omicron, spreads five times faster than any other variant and added that it is waiting for more data transmissibility.
While addressing the 12th Indian Organ Donation Day, the Health Minister said that "Jeete ji Raktdaan, Marne ke baad Angadaan" should be the motto of our life."
The Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission has been launched recently by the prime minister to deal with any future pandemic and for strengthening health infrastructure, Mandaviya said.
The Health Ministry said that the guidelines for international arrivals in India have been reviewed in view of increasing vaccination coverage across the globe and the changing nature of the pandemic.
The Ahmedabad-based pharma company earlier had proposed a price of Rs 1,900 for its three-dose regimen, a source had said.
Under three phases of the scheme, 157 new medical colleges have been approved, out of which 63 medical colleges are already functional.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said the Covid Task Force has cautioned about a third wave of the pandemic post the Diwali season.
"The call of the hour is to give the two-dose vaccination/full vaccination covering the entire adult population. The talk of booster dose is not pertinent at the moment," said ICMR DG Dr. Balram Bhargava.
The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers (HCWs) getting inoculated against the viral disease in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) started from February 2.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday, the country saw a total of 37,681 discharges in the last 24 hours.
According to the civic report issued by the municipal corporations last week, 97 cases of dengue were recorded till August 28 this year. At least 124 cases have been reported this year till September 4.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India rose to 4,10,048, the ministry data showed.
Amid deaths of children due to suspected dengue and viral fever in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad, the five-member Central team of the Health Ministry on September 03 conducted a door-to-door inspection in the district.
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 67 crore on Thursday, the Union health ministry said.
About ramping up of daily vaccinations, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, 18.38 crore doses were given in August during which 59.29 lakh doses were administered daily. The average daily vaccination in the last seven days of August has been 80.27 lakh.
The government thinks that this move is feasible now because there are many vaccines available for the people, apart from Covishield and Covaxin, and also because there is a sufficient amount of vaccines available in the country.
Union Health Ministry did a press conference on Thursday where rising cases of COVID-19 was discussed. While the Ministry said that most cases of the pandemic were being reported in Kerala, it also revealed that cases soared high in places where COVID norms were flouted.
More than half of the country's total coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours were reported from Kerala alone, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday, amid concerns surrounding an imminent third wave of Covid.
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