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Covid BA.4 and BA.5 variants discovered by INSACOG in India
BA.4 and BA.5 COVID-19 variants have been confirmed and discovered in India by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG). The two cases were discovered in Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
Ask Delhi government to restore providing sanitary napkins in school: Plea in Delhi HC
The plea filed by an NGO Social Jurist claims refusal to provide sanitary napkins by DoE is irrational, unreasonable, and arbitrary. It also points out the move to be violative of the right to education.
Monkeypox Virus Outbreak: experts say ‘No Need To Panic’
Experts believe that currently there is no need to panic as the virus seems less severe and nobody can predict a pandemic. Union Health Ministry has also given calls to NCDC and ICMR to keep a close watch as cases of Monkeypox spread to 11 countries.
WHO works with impacted countries to determine cause of monkeypox
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been consistently working with countries to determine the cause of the escalating infection now turned outbreak of the Monkeypox virus. WHO has promised to give updates on the situation.
Monkeypox reaches 11 countries, WHO predicts outbreakbreak
The World Health Organization (WHO) is anticipating an outbreak of the newly discovered monkeypox virus since the UN confirmed 80 cases in 11 nations. It is characterized by fever, rash, and swollen lymph nodes.
Centre plans “Har Ghar Dastak 2.0 “to promote vaccination drive
Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan Friday took the status of the COVID-19 vaccination programme with all stakeholders and asked states and Union territories to accelerate the pace of vaccination and achieve full vaccination coverage.
India records 3,805 COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
India recorded 3,805 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally of cases to 4,30,98,743 in the country, as per the Health Ministry data on Saturday.
Asian Games postponed amid China COVID-19 surge
Asian Games 2022, due to take place in Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 25, have been postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said on Friday.
“It’s based on estimates,” India refutes the WHO COVID-19 death report
India has strongly objected to the reports by the WHO on COVID - 19 related deaths in India. India has called it an estimate based on another estimate.
India had 4.7 million COVID-19 deaths in 2020-21 says WHO report
The official count of deaths is directly attributable to COVID-19 death and reported to WHO were the cases of COVID-19 infection. As well as those deaths caused due to accidents allegedly reported as COVID-19 deaths due to various mismanagement in the government.
Wearing masks could be made mandatory in Maharashtra: Health Minister Rajesh Tope
The health minister is expected to hold a meeting with top officials for making masks mandatory in public places
PM Modi alerts states over spike in COVID – 19 cases in past two weeks
PM Narendra Modi concluded his meeting with Chief Ministers of all the states on Wednesday, urging the states to be on high-alert as a spike in COVID - 19 cases is witnessed.
DGCI holds meeting for emergency use of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin on children 5-12 yrs of age
In India, children over the age of 12 are now receiving two COVID-19 immunizations.
Masks likely to be made mandatory in Delhi amid rising COVID-19 cases: Report
On April 20, when the DDMA has a meeting to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the city, a definitive decision will be made.
COVID: Delhi Health Minister assures “hospitalization rate going down”
Delhi Health Minister, Satyendra Jain, on Monday, while interacting with the media persons assured that the COVID is under control.
Gujarat reports its first case of Omicron XE variant; states put on high alert
A 60-years-old male from Gujarat has been found infected with the variant and is under observation of Vadodara Municipal Corporation.