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Grocery shops, vendors potential virus spreaders: Centre calls for testing

In a letter to states and UTs, Secretary in the Health Ministry, Rajesh Bhushan also stressed the need for operationalising ambulance transport system with oxygen facility

Coronavirus LIVE: 10,483 fresh cases take Maharashtra's tally near 500,000

Coronavirus latest news: India recorded nearly 550,000 cases in 10 days. US tally has surged to 5,031,901 and Brazil 2,917,562. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

CSIR, FSSAI sign MoU for collaborative research on food and nutrition

Vardhan highlighted that the country will see a surge in demand for healthy, nutritious, plant-based, local, seasonal and indigenous foods, produced organically

India's Covid-19 management marked by rising recoveries, few deaths: Govt

While the recovery rate among coronavirus patients has risen to a record high of 67.98 per cent, the fatality rate has gone down to 2.05 per cent

Provide correct phone number, address during Covid-19 testing: Ranchi DC

Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Chhavi Ranjan said in many cases the administration finds it difficult to locate a Covid-19 positive person to take him/her to hospital

Covid updates: 500,000 cases in just over 9 days as India crosses 2-mn mark

The UN health agency's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "Vaccine nationalism is not good, it will not help us"

Coronavirus LIVE: India cases hit 2 million; global tally tops 19 million

Coronavirus latest news: India recorded over 450,000 cases in 9 days. US tally has surged to 4,973,317 and Brazil 2,862,761. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Hope force: India's army of 600,000 virus-hunting women goes on strike

ASHA workers act as a stopgap in the country's porous health care system, delivering assistance from maternal health to immunization in its vast rural hinterland

From one million to two million, India's Covid count doubles in 3 weeks

In this duration, the number of deaths rose from 25,000 to 40,000

2,21,49,351 samples tested for coronavirus till August 5, says ICMR

With the increase of 904 deaths, the toll due to the disease now stands at 40,699 in the country, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

With 56,282 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, India's tally nears 2 mn mark

The death toll due to Covid-19 climbed to 40,699 with 904 new fatalities being reported in 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed

Irrespective of Covid, Karnataka pvt hospitals can not turn away patients

According to the department, it is the duty of every private hospital to provide first aid and take lifesaving steps when any patient approaches it

New drug RLF-100 shows dramatic results for critical Covid-19 patients

Houston Methodist Hospital was the first to report the rapid recovery of patients on ventilators and those with severe medical conditions after three days of treatment

Coronavirus LIVE: 10,309 new cases in Maharashtra; state tally at 468,265

Coronavirus latest news: India recorded over 400,000 cases in 8 days. US tally has surged to 4,597,359 and Brazil 2,566,765. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Coronavirus LIVE: Global deaths pass 700,000, cases over 18.5 million

Coronavirus latest news: India has recorded over 300,000 cases in 6 days. The US's tally has surged to 4,872,014 and Brazil's to 2,755,081. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Less than half a per cent of active Covid-19 cases are now on ventilators

Health ministry highlights India's self-sufficiency in ventilators with the share of domestic production by volume reaching 96%

Covid-19 spreads to new areas but 82% cases from 10 states, UTs: Govt

Giving a break-up of the mortality rate according to gender, Bhushan said about 68 per cent of Covid-19 deaths were reported among male patients and 32 per cent among female patients in India

Unjustified to say Covid-19 deaths are under-reported: Health Ministry

Responding to a question, Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said media reports claiming under-reporting of Covid-19 deaths in the country is "mere conjecture"

Over 50% of Covid-19 deaths in patients aged 60 and above: Health Ministry

Addressing a press conference, Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Health Ministry said that 11 per cent Covid-19 deaths took place in the age group of 26 to 44

India 'flying blind', needs better data collection to control Covid-19

Officially India's death rate is nearly 20 times lower than the US, even though it has the world's fastest growing epidemic and the third highest number of total cases