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Step up Covid-19 testing and genome sequencing: Mansukh Mandaviya

India reported 13,313 new cases in the last 24 hours and the active caseload currently stands at 83,990

Focus on whole genome sequencing: Mandaviya to officials amid Covid surge

Mandaviya, who chaired a meeting with key experts and officials amid an upsurge of Covid cases, stressed on the need to focus on districts reporting high case positivity and undertake adequate testing

AIIMS Delhi director Randeep Guleria gets another three-month extension

Dr Guleria was appointed as the director for a term of five years on March 28, 2017, his tenure was to end on March 24, but it was extended by three months till June 24

Health Minister to hold review meeting to discuss rising Covid cases

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a review meeting on Thursday to discuss the spike in the number of Covid cases in the country

Data story: India logs 12,249 new Covid cases, active tally over 80,000

India has added 86,128 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 9,923 new cases; over 82,000 infections in 7 days

The count of active cases across India on June 20 saw an increase of 2,613

Maharashtra's daily Covid cases jump by 55% to 3,659; one fatality

The addition to the tally was 1,305 or 55 per cent more than the 2,354 cases reported a day earlier

Data story: India logs 12,781 fresh Covid cases, 18 new deaths reported

India has so far administered 1,961,866,707 vaccine doses

Telangana: Active cases zoom past 2,000-mark with 236 fresh infections

No fresh fatality occurred due to the infection in the state and the death toll continued to be 4,111

Maharashtra logs 4,004 new Covid cases in 24 hrs; active tally at 23,746

A day earlier the state had reported 3,883 cases and two Covid-19 fatalities

4 cr Indians experienced long Covid symptoms in last two years: Study

Long Covid is defined as having new or ongoing symptoms four weeks or more after the start of disease; symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of concentration and joint pain

Data story: India logs 12,899 new cases, active tally crosses 70,000 mark

India has added 74,675 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 12,847 new cases; over 65,000 infections in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,958,403,471 vaccine doses

NTAGI members agree to reduce Covid-19 booster gap to six months

The Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of the NTAGI on Thursday recommended reducing the gap between the second and precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the current nine to six months

Top 300 drug brands to have QR codes on label for ensuring authenticity

The Union Ministry of Health has made amendments to the Drugs Rules, 1945, to implement this

89% of India's adult population fully vaccinated against Covid: Mandaviya

The cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country have exceeded 195.67 crore, according to the Health Ministry's provisional reports till 7 am on Thursday.

Data story: India logs 12,213 cases, biggest single-day jump since Feb 25

India has so far administered 1,956,737,014 vaccine doses

India's new Covid cases at 12,213; cross 10K-mark 1st time after Feb 26

India on Thursday reported 12,213 fresh Covid cases in a single-day rise as against the previous day's count of 8,822 infections, the Union Health Ministry said

NTAGI to review Covaxin, Corbevax vaccine data for 6-12 years on Thursday

The agenda for the NTAGI's meeting includes discussion on CMC Vellore study on the feasibility of allowing precaution dose of a Covid vaccine separate from the one used for primary vaccination

Data story: India logs 8,822 new Covid-19 cases, death toll at 524,792

India has added 55,235 cases in the past 7 days