Union Health Ministry News

The government's request came ahead of the IPL 2025 season starting March 22.  

The Union Health Ministry has issued a nationwide Mpox advisory, calling for enhanced screening, testing, and contact tracing to curb the spread of the virus States and UTs are directed to follow updated guidelines and ensure readiness of isolation facilities The Health Ministry is focused on improving public health preparedness and communication

CoWIN has adequate safeguards for data privacy, the health ministry said and refuted reports of data leaks from the platform.

A Covid scare that has erupted across many countries A WhatsApp message has been making its rounds about the newly discovered XBB

Govt terms report on approval for Covaxin due to political pressure as misleading and fallacious The reports further claimed that there were several irregularities in the three phases of the clinical trials conducted for the vaccine

As many as 384 drugs have been included in this list with an addition of 34 drugs, while 26 from the previous list have been dropped. 

7,219 new coronavirus infections were reported in a day India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,44,49,726 Active cases declined to 56,745 as per the Union Health Ministry data

15,754 new COVID cases recorded on Friday with 39 fatalities Active cases in the country increased to 1,01,830 The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.47 per cent

Delhi AIIMS has submitted its MASTER PLAN to the Centre It aims at creating ‘50 new Operation Theatres and more than 3000 beds’ The Master plans aims at all-round and holistic re-development of Delhi AIIMS

The Union Health Ministry last week reduced the gap between the second and precaution dose of Covid-19 vaccine for all beneficiaries from nine to six months To encourage booster shots, the government initiated the second round of the 'Har Ghar Dastak campaign 2.0' across states and UTs on June 1 Vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years began on April 1 last year

The Union health ministry has directed airport and port health officers to be vigilant. Cases of Monkeypox have been reported from the UK, the USA, Portugal, Spain, and some other European countries.

Union Health Ministry is also planning to start "Har Ghar Dastak-2.2" campaign for two months June and July. More than 193.53 crore vaccine doses are provided to States and UTs and over 16.72 crore unutilized vaccine doses are still available with them.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will review Covid-19 vaccination program. India`s COVID vaccination coverage had exceeded 191.79 crores.

India has rejected the use of mathematical models by WHO for projecting excess mortality estimates. Full death toll associated with Covid-19 is described as “excess mortality”. India has objected to the use of Global Health Estimates 2019 in one of the models.

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation has recommended reducing the Covishield dose gap. Presently, the second dose of Covishield is being administered 12-16 weeks after the first dose. India continues on a downward trend of new Covid cases.

Govt looking to promote `Heal by India` Union Health Ministry recently organised `Heal by India` Chintan Shivir A five-year plan of action would be formulated within two months

Health ministry has denied Covishield doses going to waste reports. The health ministry said states were advised that no vaccine dose gets expired.

Centre has asked states with high COVID cases to take measures. India saw massive spike in daily COVID cases in last 24 hours.

Service providers will have to obtain the consent of an individual to check vaccination status. Health ministry official said that the service could be utilised by a service provider. Private entities such as travel agencies, offices, or government agencies such as IRCTC can use the service.

Total COVID-19 vaccine doses given crossed the 91-crore mark on Monday. India's average daily vaccination was recorded at 79.08 lakh per day in September.