Tag: Ministry Of Health

New Delhi: Hypertension has been found to be the most common non communicable disease (NCD) which is screened across India in Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) followed by diabetes and cancer, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. So far, since its inception last year, a total of 1,33,84,332 women and men, aged […]

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched the ‘World Health Organization (WHO) India Country Cooperation Strategy 2019-2023: A Time of Transition programme in New Delhi. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the scheme begun in collaboration with the WHO will bring major changes in the health sector. He said that […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today informed that as per the guidelines issued by the Health ministry, it has decided to allow home isolation of mild /asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patients. Informing about the decision, additional chief secretary Pradipta Mohapatra said, “Odisha has decided to implement the revised discharge and home isolation guidelines with some changes. If we […]

New Delhi: India recorded a spike of 34,884 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 671 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 10,38,716 cases with a death total of 26,273, the Health Ministry’s data stated on Saturday. India had crossed the one million mark with over 25,000 fatalities on Friday. According to Health […]

New Delhi: With 60,975 fresh Coronavirus infections in 24 hours, India’s tally mounted to 31,67,323 on Tuesday, while the toll climbed to 58,390 with 848 more fatalities, said the Health Ministry. In India though with fatality rate, which is the proportion of people who die from the disease among individuals diagnosed, has dropped to 1.84 […]

New Delhi: Students are prohibited from using saliva for turning pages or separating answer sheets, while staff and examinees from containment zones will not be allowed physically at the exam centres, as per the Union Health Ministry’s latest guidelines on conducting examinations amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The guidelines stated that for staff and examinees […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the nation-wide rollout of the much waited COVID-19 vaccine, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has sought support of universities and colleges to create awareness among people about the mega programme. The move comes after the Health Ministry requested the University Grants Commission (UGC) to work together on mass immunization against the ongoing […]