Health Ministry

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 Monday. "There are some reports in a section of the…

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 coronavirus tally has risen to 96,169 with 56,316…

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 transmission, the Union Health Ministry said on…

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 pooled sampling for surveillance purposes vis-à-vis…

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 Covid-19 through sero-survey. A sero-survey involves…

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 and pre-symptomatic cases do not show any fever for…

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 Green zones. According to a report, the government…

New Delhi: For the first time, more than 1900 new cases of coronavirus were reported in India over a 24-hour span. The government of India revealed on Friday that there have been 1,913 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the total…

New Delhi: Even as the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and death toll continues to rise in India, there is a silver lining -- the doubling rate of positive cases, has improved to 11.3 days. Prior to the lockdown, cases were doubling…

New Delhi: Days after plasma therapy was being touted as an alternative to treating COVID-19 patients till the time a vaccine is found, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, burst the bubble on Tuesday. Terming that plasma…