Health Ministry

New Delhi: India registered another highest single-day spike of 13,586 coronavirus cases on Friday. With the day’s new cases, the national tally has gone up to 3,80,532 while total 12,573…

New Delhi: Leading health bodies across the world, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, had already included loss of smell and taste among COVID-19 symptoms. Now,…

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has deployed high level teams to 15 States/UTs, including Odisha, with more than 50 districts/municipal bodies that are witnessing high case loads and…

New Delhi: India is now producung three lakh units each of PPEs and N95 masks every day and their quality is being ensured through stringent protocols, the Union Health Ministry said on…

New Delhi: India witnessed the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases with 5,242 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, which also saw 157 deaths. With this, the…

New Delhi: Mathematical modelling studies suggest containing the deadly coronavirus might be possible. However, its success “cannot be guaranteed” since there is efficient human to human…

New Delhi: The Union Health ministry issued guidelines for RT-PCR pooled sampling for specific citizens to test for coronavirus. A decision has been taken to use one-time RT-PCR based…

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has directed chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UT) to ensure implementation of district-level facility-based surveillance for…

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Saturday issued revised guidelines for discharge of coronavirus patients from hospitals. As per the new policy, if patients classified as very mild…

New Delhi: With a view to restart different businesses in stages, the Central government has started discussions to allow malls, cinema halls and local retail stores to open at night in…