No COVID-19 case reported in Arunachal for four days

Arunachal Pradesh did not report any fresh COVID-19 case in the past four days, a health department official said on Monday. The total caseload in the northeastern state remained at 16,836, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said. Arunachal Pradesh now has five active cases, while 16,775 people have recovered from the disease. The recovery […]

India’s health sector overcame trial by fire amid COVID-19: PM Modi

Terming this year’s Health Budget as extraordinary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that last year was “trial by fire” for India and its health sector because of COVID-19 but the country successfully overcame the challenge. Addressing a webinar on the budget implementation of the health sector, PM Modi said, “The budget allocated for […]

Amit Shah reviews COVID-19 situation as some states report spike in cases

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the country in the wake of a sudden spike in cases in a few states. The review meeting was also attended by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and top officials of the two ministries. The home minister took stock […]

India’s cumulative COVID-19 tests cross 21.15 cr

India on Monday crossed a record number of 21.15 COVID-19 tests in the country, with the addition of 6,20,216 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. According to an official release from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), progressive countrywide expansion in testing infrastructure has played a crucial role in the steep […]

India second fastest to administer 1 cr vaccine doses

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to healthcare and frontline workers crossed over 1.04 crore on Friday in the country, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). Briefing the reporters, Mandeep Bhandari, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry said, “1,04,49,942 vaccinations of healthcare and frontline workers carried out till today. 70,52,845 healthcare […]

Third topmost globally, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 94 lakhs

With cumulative vaccination coverage to healthcare workers and frontline workers against COVID-19 in the country crossing 94 lakhs, India has become the third topmost country globally with the highest cumulative vaccination numbers, after USA and the UK. “The cumulative vaccination coverage to healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) against coronavirus in the country has […]

India’s COVID-19 recovery rate now at 97.32 pc

India on Tuesday recorded another landmark achievement as the national recovery rate from COVID-19 touched 97.32 per cent, among the highest in the world, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed. India continues to follow the trajectory of steady decline in active cases with the country’s total active caseload dropping to 1.36 lakh (1,36,872) […]

India vaccinates close to 8 million beneficiaries against COVID-19 in 28 days

India has vaccinated close to 80 lakh beneficiaries in its fight against COVID-19, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed here on Saturday. “Till 8:00 AM 13 February, 79,67,647 beneficiaries have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination exercise. Out of these, 5,909,136 are health care workers and 2,058,511 are front line workers. A […]

Despite COVID-19, govt took up reforms to make India one of the top economies: Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the ongoing COVID-19 situation did not deter the Central government from taking measures for reforms that are necessary for sustaining long term growth for this country. While replying to the discussion on the Union Budget in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said that these reforms will lay a […]