Those international passengers who have arrived in India during the last 14 days, if symptomatic and tested positive, will be subjected to genome sequencing, in view of the new COVID strain in the United Kingdom.
India recorded 19,556 new COVID-19 cases taking toll to 1,00,75,116. 30,376 recoveries , and 301 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, as per Health Ministry Total cases.
A total of 1,46,111 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 48,801 from Maharashtra followed by 12,016 from Karnataka, 11,995 from Tamil Nadu, 10,304 from Delhi, 9,401 from West Bengal, 8,212 from Uttar Pradesh, 7,078 from Andhra Pradesh and 5,212 from Punjab.
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The 333 new fatalities include 98 from Maharashtra, 40 from West Bengal, 26 from Delhi, 30 from Kerala and 19 from Uttar Pradesh.
The Union Health Ministry has called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK, which has led to a surge in the infection rate there.
On storage of COVID vaccine, secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Rajesh Bhushan on December 15 said, "We shared a detailed guideline with state governments in terms of it.
The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday alerted states and union territories of any adverse event that may occur once COVID-19 vaccination begins in the country.
Union Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on December 08 said that some of the vaccine candidates may get licensed in the next few weeks.
The Union Health Ministry has developed a digital platform, including a mobile application, for real-time monitoring of COVID-19 vaccine delivery, recording data and to enable people to get themselves registered for vaccination.
The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday raised hopes of Indians as potential coronavirus vaccine candidates in the country may get emergency approval and license in the "next few weeks".
The Union Health Ministry has asked all states to ensure implementation of a new set of health warnings with enhanced pictorial images on all tobacco products as notified by it.
The Union Health Ministry has said in response to an RTI application that it does not know where records related to agenda circulated in meetings of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 are held.
India's coronavirus active caseload has dipped to 4.03 lakh, the lowest after 138 days, comprising 4.18 per cent of the total COVID-19 infections reported so far in the country, Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
India's coronavirus active cases have remained below the 5-lakh mark, with its share further shrinking to 4.60 per cent of the total COVID-19 infections reported so far, Union Health Ministry on Tuesday informed.
Over 69 per cent of the 41,322 new COVID-19 cases reported in a span of 24 hours are from eight states and union territories with Maharashtra recording the highest number of new infections followed by Delhi and Kerala, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
With 37,975 new COVID-19 infections, India's total cases rise to 91,77,841. With 480 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,34,218 . Total active cases at 4,38,667
The first Americans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine could get it as soon as December 11 or 12, the White House vaccine czar said on Sunday.
The Union Health Ministry on Thursday approved a new category called 'Wards of COVID warriors' in the guidelines for selection and nomination of candidates against Central Pool MBBS/BDS seats for the academic year 2020-21.
Manpower will be increased to inspect over 4,000 containment areas in Delhi following the government-induced Standard Operating Procedures, said Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary of Union Health Ministry while addressing media persons on November 17.
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