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Health Ministry asks authorities to ramp up completion of new med colleges

The Centre on Thursday urged 14 states to accelerate the utilisation of central funds and exponentially expedite the completion of new medical colleges attached to existing District hospitals

Centre issues comprehensive guidelines for monkeypox patients, contacts

A 21-day isolation, wearing masks, following hand hygiene, keeping lesions fully covered are among the guidelines

Data story: India logs 18,313 new Covid cases, 57 deaths in 24 hours

The count of active cases across India on July 27 saw a decrease of 2,486

Free Covid-19 vaccination campaign lifted booster dose coverage: Govt

From a daily average of 4.7 lakh doses per day till July 15, the number of precaution shots went up to 20.4 lakh per day (from July 15 till date)

Data story: India logs 14,830 new Covid cases, active tally at 147,512

India has so far administered 2,025,057,717 vaccine doses

International travellers with monkeypox symptoms to be sent to LNJP: Report

International travellers arriving in Delhi with monkeypox symptoms such as high fever and back pain will be sent to the LNJP Hospital from the airport, sources said on Monday. The decision was taken in a review meeting chaired by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Monday, they said. The Delhi government on Monday asked district authorities and officials concerned to adhere to the Centre's guidelines on management of the infection, which also state that referral arrangements from airport/port to identified link hospital need to be established or strengthened. The sources said that those travellers having symptoms like high fever, back pain and joint pain at the IGI Airport will be sent to the isolation ward at LNJP Hospital, which has a special 20-member team to deal with such patients. The samples of suspected patients will be sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, while the district administration will quarantine the family members and carry out contact tracing of

Telangana gearing up to tackle monkeypox outbreak, says Minister

Telangana is gearing up to tackle monkeypox disease and has designated a state-run hospital in Hyderabad as the nodal facility to treat patients, state Health Minister T Harish Rao said on Monday.

Data story: India logs 16,866 new cases, active infections see net decline

India has added 138,087 cases in the past 7 days

Monkeypox outbreak: Delhi reports India's 4th case, Centre in a huddle

Delhi man has no foreign travel history, attended party in Manali recently

3.54 cr people yet to receive booster dose in Tamil Nadu: Health Minister

Currently 3.54 crore in Tamil Nadu are yet to receive the COVID-19 precautionary dose even after completing the six-month period after the second dose

Monkeypox suspect from Telangana's Kamareddy admitted to Fever Hospital

A 40-year old person, who returned from abroad to Kamareddy district in Telangana, has shown symptoms of monkeypox, state health officials said on Sunday.

Delhi reports India's fourth monkeypox case; Centre holds review meeting

A 34-year-old man from Delhi with no history of foreign travel tested positive for monkeypox, taking India's tally of cases to four and prompting the Centre to hold a high-level review meeting

Monkeypox-infected Delhi man stable, had painful lesions: Officials

The Delhi man is the fourth reported cases of monkeypox in the country; three cases of monkeypox had earlier been reported from Kerala

Pakistan seeks to plug health sector shortcomings during dialogue with US

In order to identify the shortcomings of the health ministry and bolster collaborative work, a delegation led by Pakistani Health Minister Qadir Patel has reached the US for a health dialogue.

WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency as infection count rises

According to WHO, monkeypox is a viral zoonotic infection caused by the monkeypox virus. It spreads mostly from human contact.

Almost 23 crore Ayushman Bharat health accounts created so far, says govt

Almost 23 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) numbers, which are 14-digit health Ids, have been created so far, with Andhra Pradesh generating the highest 3.21 crore

Data story: India logs 21,880 new Covid cases, death toll reaches 525,930

India has added 137,038 cases in the past 7 days

Centre asks states to increase testing, vaccination amid recent Covid surge

Reviews Covid-19 situation in nine states where test positivity rates have been rising

Data story: India logs 20,557 cases, 2,603 deaths as Punjab clears backlog

India has added 133,769 cases in the past 7 days

Maharashtra's Thane reports 151 fresh Covid-19 infections, 1 death

Maharashtra's Thane district has reported 151 new COVID-19 cases, taking its infection count to 7,32,799, a health official said on Wednesday