Health Ministry

New Delhi: The Union Health ministry stated on Wednesday that none of the available COVID-19 vaccines affects the fertility of men and women. “None of the available vaccines affects the fertility of either men or women, as all vaccines and…

New Delhi: Fresh guidelines have been issued by the Union Health Ministry for administering the COVID-19 vaccine to pregnant women and said that pregnancy doesn’t increase the chance of infection. “Most pregnant women will be asymptomatic…

New Delhi: The COVID-19 situation in the country following the second wave is improving with the virus transmission being “very low right now”, the Central government said on Tuesday. The government, however, sounded caution by saying that…

New Delhi: Nearly 4.5 million (44,49,552) beneficiaries have received COVID-19 vaccines in just 19 days since the countrywide vaccination drive was launched on January 16. These include 2,11,346 beneficiaries in Odisha. According to the…

New Delhi: With 9,102 new coronavirus cases reported in the last 24 hours, India saw the lowest surge in daily infections in over seven months. The last time India recorded around 9,000 daily cases was on June 4 last year (9,304) when the…

New Delhi: With Serum Institute of India (SII)-manufactured Oxford University’s Covishield has been rolled out in India as first COVID-19 vaccine, there are four more waiting for approval from the authorities. According to Union Health…

New Delhi: A total of 38 people have tested positive for the new UK COVID-19 strain in India so far, according to an update from the Union Health Ministry on Monday. The break-up is -- 8 samples at National Centre for Disease Control…

New Delhi: Five new cases of the UK strain of coronavirus were detected in India on Thursday, taking the total number of such patients to 25. Four of the five new cases were reported by National Institute of Virology, Pune and one was…

New Delhi: Even as a Bhubaneswar man and several others in the country have tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from UK, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has said it’s incorrect to say that the new coronavirus strain…

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has directed states and union territories (UTs) to set up committees for coordinating and supervising COVID-19 vaccination drive, so that other routine healthcare services can be carried out without…