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Union Home, Health Secretaries to hold meetings with Chhattisgarh,
Updated : 1 day, 19 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Amid a sharp rise in the COVID-19 cases in Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, along with Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, will hold two different meetings with the government officials of the two states to discuss COVID
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Growing trend of Covid-19 cases cause of worry; no shortage of vac
Updated : 4 days, 16 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): India has crossed the previous highest surge of Covid-19 cases and the trend is going upward, which is a cause for worry for the country, said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday.
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50 pc beds in all Jharkhand hospitals to be reserved for COVID-19
Updated : 5 days, 11 hours ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 12 (ANI): Jharkhand Health Secretary KK Soan on Monday directed deputy commissioners of all districts to reserve at least 50 per cent beds of their capacity in hospitals for COVID-19 patients.
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Centre writes to Punjab, says contact tracing not done properly, R
Updated : 6 days, 12 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 11 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to Punjab government after the central team visited the state to monitor Covid-19 surge stating that contact tracing has not been done in many districts and RTPCR testing has also decreased.
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Containment zone not strictly followed, RTPCR decreasing : Centre
Updated : 6 days, 12 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India]. April 11 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to the Government of Chhattisgarh which says containment zone is not strictly followed and RTPCR tests are also decreasing in the state.
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'Sub optimal containment zone, skewed RT PCR ratio, manpower short
Updated : 6 days, 12 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India]. April 11 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to Maharashtra government after the feedback from the Central team which visited the state to take the stock of the surge in cases of Covid-19.
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'Strict decision can be taken', U'khand Health Secy on rising COVI
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 8 (ANI): In view of rising COVID-19 cases, Uttarakhand Health Secretary Amit Negi on Thursday said the state government can take strict decisions if needed.
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Fallacy that vaccination process controlled by state, current phas
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Criticism came from various quarters over Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan's remark today that "the aim is not to administer the vaccine to those who want it but to those who need it". Responding to a set of three questions sent by ANI seeking clarif
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COVID-19 death numbers in Punjab, Chhattisgarh cause of concern: H
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases in the country, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said that Chhattisgarh was reporting six per cent of total COVID-19 cases in the country and the death numbers being reported from the state and from Punjab due to
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Maharashtra has seven out of top 10 districts with most active COV
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday informed that of the top 10 districts having the most active COVID-19 cases in the country, seven are from Maharashtra, one from Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Delhi, each.
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On-site registrations for health, frontline workers only at govern
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter on Monday said that on-site registration for health care workers and front line workers will now only be done at government coronavirus vaccination centres and these workers will need to produce origin
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Need to keep vaccine wastage below 1 pc: Union Health Secretary
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has urged the states and the union territories (UTs) to maintain vaccine wastage at less than one per cent.
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