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Granules India gets licence from DRDO to manufacture, market 2-DG Covid drug

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COVID vaccination: Rumours, fake news harming poor the most, says Harsh Vardhan

centralised vaccination policy from today, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said fake information against coronavirus vaccines is harming people in economically weaker section of society the most.

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On World No Tobacco Day, what India's health minister says about Covid risk among smokers

Harsh Vardhan said that smokers face a 40-50% higher risk of developing severe disease deaths from COVID-19. He further expressed that use of tobacco in the country has decreased by six percentage points from 34.6% in 2009-10 to 28.6% in 2016-17.Vardhan, who chaired an event to mark the World No Tobacco Day, said, “In India, over 1.3 million deaths are attributable to tobacco use every year amounting to 3500 deaths per day, imposing a lot of avoidable socio-economic burden.

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Dr Reddy's shares important information on DRDO's 2-DG Covid drug. Details here

2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), found to help speed up recovery and reduce oxygen dependence has been launched by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).The 2-DG drug has been developed jointly by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, a lab of the DRDO, in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Hyderabad.Dr Reddy's on Wednesday shared a few important information regarding the drug. Take a look:The national drug regulator, Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), had cleared the formulation on May 1 for emergency use as an adjunct therapy in moderate to severe Covid-19 patients.1st batch of the anti-Covid-19 drug releasedDefence Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday (May 17)

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West Bengal Covid-19 positivity rate over 40%, says Harsh Vardhan; calls more testing

West Bengal on Friday registered its highest single-day spike of 19,216 Covid-19 cases, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the positivity rate in many districts of the state is over 40% West Bengal.The Union Health Minister asked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to increase the state's testing capacity and augment the health infrastructure in the state significantly.The death toll breached the 12000-mark, as 112 more people succumbed to the infection, taking the total number of fatalities to 12,076 in Bengal.Accordingly, the number of active cases in the state climbed to 1,24,098.As many as 17,780 recoveries have been reported in Bengal in the last 24 hours.Meanwhile, the West Bengal government today moved to the

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AIIMS, 3 other Delhi hospitals to add more COVID beds, says Harsh Vardhan

Delhi is in verge of collapsing and the massive COVID surge continues, Union Health Min Dr Harsh Vardhan held a meeting today to discuss ramping up COVID dedicated and ICU beds at four government hospitals, news agency ANI reported.Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said, meeting was held today to discuss ramping up COVID dedicated and ICU beds at four government hospitals - AIIMS, Lady Hardinge, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia and Safdarjung."These hospitals also been asked to make preparations to add more beds if pandemic surges further," he added.Meanwhile, in city's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, at least 25 patients succumbed to covid-19 in the past 24 hours, due to shortage of medical oxygen.

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In Punjab, 80% of cases are due to the UK variant of Covid-19: Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan said, news agency ANI reported. He attributed the spike in cases to large weddings, local body elections, farmer protest, etc."In Punjab, 80% of cases are due to the UK variant of COVID19.

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Seven more Covid-19 vaccine candidates in clinical trial stage: Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan said that seven more vaccines to combat the coronavirus are in the clinical trial stage in the country. "Around seven more Covid vaccine candidates are in clinical trials.

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Government is planning to widen umbrella of covid-19 vaccines beneficiaries

covid-19 vaccines beneficiaries in the near future below the age of 45 years, union health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday. He was speaking at India Economic Conclave’ organized by The Times Now.The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on 16th Jan 2021 with vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) and vaccination of the frontline workers (FLWs) started from 2nd Feb 2021.The next phase of covid-19 vaccination commenced from 1st March 2021 for those who are over 60 years of age and for people aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions.

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Prakash Javadekar receives first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Pune

#Covid19 vaccine today at Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune.Vaccination process is easy & #MadeinIndia vaccine are fully safeI appeal all citizens to get vaccinated as & when they become eligibleटीका है सुरक्षा कवच #Covishield #LargestVaccineDrive pic.twitter.com/s2h3qauG34India on March 1 commenced its second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive to inoculate people above 60 years and those over 45 with comorbidities against the coronavirus.President Ram Nath Kovind, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan have already been vaccinated against COVID-19.The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16, 2021, and the vaccination of the Frontline Workers (FLWs)

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gets her first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

#COVID19 vaccine, at Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj.

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Amit Shah reviews COVID-19 situation as some states report spike in cases

NEW DELHI : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the country in the wake of sudden spike in cases in a few states.The review meeting was also attended by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and top officials of the two ministries.The home minister took stock of the coronavirus situation in the country, particularly in the states which have witnessed a spike in cases recently, a home ministry official said.The ongoing vaccination drive and the steps needed to check further spread of the virus were discussed in the meeting, the official said.The possible assistance to be offered to the affected states was also discussed in the meeting, another official said.There have been

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Harsh Vardhan says 'both Covid-19 vaccines safe' after Chhattisgarh rejects Covaxin

Chhattisgarh asked the central government to halt the supply of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan came forward to iterate that both the vaccine being administered currently in India were approved after "due evaluation of pre-clinical and clinical trial data"."Central Drugs Standards and Control Org, headed by DCGI, has granted permission to manufacture two Covid-19 vaccines based on the prescribed procedure and after due evaluation of pre-clinical and clinical trial data," said the minister on Thursday.Also Read | Inside the Mindtree makeover strategy"Only Covishield and Covaxin are being used for vaccination drive in-country.

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Having Covid-19 vaccine does not mean we should be complacent: Harsh Vardhan

NEW DELHI : Having the Covid-19 vaccine does not mean one should be complacent, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday stressing that preventive measures must be followed now and in the near future as well.These remarks were made by Vardhan, also the Chairman of the Indian Red Cross Society, as he presided over the distribution of masks and soaps among various Transport Unions, a health ministry statement said."I am very happy to be a part of the initiative of distributing masks as part of the Covid-19 response activities.

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Third phase of COVID-19 vaccination covering people aged above 50 likely to begin in March: Govt

NEW DELHI : The third phase of vaccination against the coronavirus is likely to commence in March and will cover 27 crore people aged 50 years and above and those with co-morbidities, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Lok Sabha on Friday.Replying to questions on vaccines and the vaccination drive against the coronavirus during the Question Hour, Vardhan said nearly five million people have been inoculated in the country so far.He added that the vaccination drive for frontline workers has begun this week."In coming days, 27 crore people who are of above 50 years of age and those under 50 with co-morbidities will be vaccinated," Vardhan said.The vaccination drive began on January 16, starting with healthcare workers and then the frontline

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22 countries have requested India for supply of COVID-19 vaccines: Harsh Vardhan

COVID-19 vaccines from 22 countries so far these have already been supplied to 15 countries, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday.Replying to queries during question hour in Lok Sabha, the minister said the vaccines have been supplied both as grant assistance and contract doses."We have received requests for vaccine supply from 22 nations so far. Out of these, supply has already been made to 15 nations as grant assistance as well as contract doses.

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Highly deplorable to overreact, entice fear without due diligence on COVID-19 vaccine: Vardhan

New Delhi: It is highly deplorable to overreact, entice fear and spread misinformation without doing any due diligence on COVID-19 vaccine, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday after Bharat Biotech released a factsheet specifying conditions when Covaxin should not be given.He was replying to a tweet that asked why such a crucial information was allegedly not made public earlier.The health minister also referred to an earlier tweet by him on January 15, wherein he had posted a chart with details of all those people who should not get the vaccine."Highly deplorable to over-react, entice fear and spread misinformation without performing an iota of due diligence. These facts have been in public domain since the beginning.

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Co-WIN app for COVID vaccination: Should you register yourself? Here's what govt says

COVID-19 vaccination drive. To monitor the inoculation drive and track the listed beneficiaries for vaccination on a real-time basis, the central government has developed Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network or Co-WIN application.COVID-19 Vaccine Intelligence Network has been developed for planning, implementation, monitoring, & evaluation of COVID-19 vaccination in India, health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said.

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'Can Covid vaccine cause infertility?': Health minister Harsh Vardhan busts myths

On side-effects of the Covid-19 vaccines, Harsh Vardhan said some individuals may have side-effects such as mild fever and pain at the site of injection and body ache. However, these side-effects are temporary and should go away on their own after some time, he added.After being administered #COVID19Vaccine, some individuals may have side effects like mild fever, pain at injection site & bodyache.

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Covid-19 update: Second inoculation dry run held; states to get vaccines soon

Covid-19 vaccination drive was conducted on Friday in 736 districts across all states and union territories. Overseeing the exercise in Tamil Nadu, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the entire population of the country will be inoculated soon.

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Zydus Cadila Covid jab gets nod for Phase-3 trial, Harsh Vardhan says it's safe

Zydus Cadila, Ahmedabad based drug firm, to initiate Phase III clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D.

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Covid-19 vaccination: Govt to provide free vaccines to 1 cr healthcare, 2 cr frontline workers, in 1st phase

New Delhi: The government will provide free vaccines to most prioritised beneficiaries inlcuding1 crore healthcare and 2 crore frontline workers, in the first phase of covid-19 vaccination that is expected to begin soon, union health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.As the Subject Expert Committee of Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Saturday granted permission for restricted emergency use of Pune based Serum Institute of India’s vaccine, subject to multiple regulatory conditionalities and permission of restricted use in emergency situation in public interest as an abundant precaution, in clinical trial mode, especially in the context of infection by mutant strains, to Bharat Biotech International Ltd.,

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Harsh Vardhan says nationwide dry run of Covid vaccination will be successful

Harsh Vardhan expressed that he is confident that this crucial drive would be conducted successfully and the entire end-to-end process will be put to test on the field.With the objective to gear up for the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine across the country, the dry run will be conducted by all the States and UT governments from Saturday.Talking about the objective of this drive, the union minister tweeted on Friday evening, "I have utmost confidence of the success of this critical drive where the entire end-to-end process will be put to test in the field environment.

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Health Ministry launches India's first fully indigenous pneumococcal vaccine

Harsh Vardhan, Union health minister, today launched Pneumosil, India's first Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV), developed by Serum Institute of India in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Speaking at the event, Harsh Vardhan said vaccines from Serum Institute are used in 170 countries and emphasised that the company has developed this vaccine during the Coronavirus pandemic and also got the government's approval. He also said this vaccine development falls in line with Aatmanirbhar Bharat, the prime minister's vision.He also acknowledged the efforts made by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in this development making India self-reliant in PCV.

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Ensuring no compromise on scientific, regulatory norms of COVID vaccine: Harsh Vardhan

NEW DELHI : The vaccine against COVID-19 is expected to be available in the coming weeks and with stringent oversight, it is being ensured that there is no compromise on the scientific and regulatory norms, stretching from the safety of the trials to the efficacy of the vaccine, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday.Vardhan, who digitally addressed the inter-ministerial meeting on Vaccination of South Asia against COVID-19 by the World Bank here, detailed how by leveraging the existing digital interventions of the Mission Indradhanush immunisation programme, the country is building the advanced CO-WIN digital platform, which will allow citizens to self-register for vaccination, monitor their status and be provided with a QR

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PM Modi to chair all-party meeting to discuss Covid-19 situation on Friday

COVID-19 situation in the country, reported news agency ANI citing sources.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the virtual meeting, according to media reports. The meeting comes under the backdrop of India's total coronavirus cases crossing 94 lakh-mark on Monday.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, and Parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi are likely to attend the meeting, news agency PTI quoted sources as saying, adding that the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry has reached out to floor leaders of all the parties.Floor leaders of all parties from both houses of parliament have been called for the meeting, which will be held virtually on Friday at 10.30 am, sources told PTI.

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India brings 50,000 Ayushman Bharat centres into operation during pandemic

Centres (AB-HWCs) across the country.Aiming at providing Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) services to the communities closer to their homes, 1.5 lakh AB-HWCs are to be established by December 2022, the union health ministry said on Friday. “With more than 50,000 having been established, one third of the target has been met.

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How combating Covid-19 pandemic can help India eradicate TB by 2025, reveals Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday.Vardhan, who digitally addressed the 33rd Stop TB Partnership board meet, noted that from January to October, only 14.5 lakh tuberculosis cases were notified in the country, which is 29 per cent lower than the same period in 2019, with the decline being over 35-40 per cent in states such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Goa, a statement issued by the health ministry said.Speaking on India's strategy of turning the crisis into opportunity, he said, "COVID-19 has provided us with an opportunity to boost TB elimination activities through health system strengthening and infectious diseases control."Specifically, he highlighted that several dedicated infectious diseases hospitals have come

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RT-PCR tests to be doubled; 300 more ICU beds at DRDO facility: Shah's Covid measures for Delhi

Delhi's COVID-19 situation in the wake of recent spike in cases in the national capital.Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain and senior officers of the central government attended the meeting chaired by Shah.The home minister reviewed the situation arising due to the spike in COVID-19 cases in Delhi and discussed ways to deal with it, a home ministry official said.After the meeting, Amit Shah said that it has been decided that the number of RT-PCR tests to be doubled and 300 more ICU beds are to be set up at a DRDO facility in Delhi."Mobile Testing Vans of ICMR and Health Ministry to be deployed at vulnerable spots.

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Nirmala Sitharaman said the government is assessing GDP contraction and is not closed to the option of another stimulus package to soften the blow the pandemic dealt the economy. Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said India’s covid-19 count would drop to 40,000 active cases by February 2021 if “coronavirus-appropriate behaviour is followed", a prediction based on modelling done by “scientists from the world".

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Festival season and winters make next ten weeks crucial for India's Covid fight: Vardhan

Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Friday chaired a meeting with heads/directors of autonomous institutions under the Department of Science &Technology (DST) and CSIR through video conferencing to review the activities taken under the “Jan Andolan" on Covid appropriate behaviour.Highlighting the importance of the coming months in the country’s collective fight against the pandemic, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, “We are now entering into the tenth month of our fight against COVID-19.

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Crucial times ahead in the battle against Covid-19: Harsh Vardhan

COVID Appropriate Behaviour with the heads of all AIIMS and central government hospitals.Highlighting the importance of the coming months in the country’s collective fight against the pandemic, Harsh Vardhan said, “We are now entering into the tenth month of our fight against COVID-19. It was on the 8th of January when we had our first meeting of the expert group.

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Maharashtra, Chandigarh and Delhi worst performers in COVID grant utilisation, says Vardhan

NEW DELHI : Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that Maharashtra with 42.5 per cent, Chandigarh with 47.8 per cent and Delhi with 75.4 per cent are the worst performers in COVID-19 grant utilisation.Dr Harsh Vardhan said this in his 'Sunday Samvaad' programme."Maharashtra (42.5 per cent), Chandigarh (47.8 per cent) and Delhi (75.4 per cent) are worst performers in COVID-19 grant utilisation. In the first phase, the Government of India released ₹3,000 cr to all States and UTs to battle the pandemic," said Dr Vardhan.Dr Vardhan also said that the rumour about prioritising vaccination of youth over the elderly is false.

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Govt launches portal for updates, developments on Covid-19 vaccine

New Delhi: In a bid to make transparent information readily available for Covid-19 vaccine development, the government on Monday launched the Vaccine Portal and National Clinical Registry for coronavirus.Developed by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the portal consists of all the information regarding the Indian efforts towards vaccine development against various diseases including the most recent covid-19.“The portal provides useful and important information related to vaccine development, ongoing clinical trials and progress made in this area locally and globally at regular intervals," said Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, adding that in the times of covid-19, vaccine development need to be watched

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India tops total global Covid-19 recoveries

#IndiaFightsCoronaIndia occupies the top position in the world in terms of Total Recoveries.More than 43 lakh have recovered.India's Recoveries constitute 19% of total global Recoveries.https://t.co/sJf1AS4zBg pic.twitter.com/K77KOdgE9sAs per the data of Worldometers, after India, the USA constitutes 18.70 per cent of total COVID-19 recoveries and Brazil's share of total recoveries stood at 16.90 per cent.On Sunday, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the government is giving all necessary support for development of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the country and three vaccine candidates are in different phases of clinical trial.

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Three Covid-19 vaccine candidates in different stages of clinical trial: Harsh Vardhan

vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the country and three vaccine candidates are in different phases of clinical trial, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Parliament on Sunday.Replying to a discussion in Lok Sabha on the coronavirus pandemic, the Health minister said so far 6.37 crore tests have been conducted in the country which is "probably the highest in the world".Vardhan said on the scientific front, nearly 2,000 genomes of the novel coronavirus have been sequenced so far in the country.He listed out a series of steps taken to contain the spread of infection and combat the pandemic.Over 15 lakh people have been screened at airports, he said.When Nepal reported its first case, screening of 16 lakh people was done on the border,

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ICMR is actively exploring saliva-based test for Covid-19: Vardhan

New Delhi: Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, on Sunday said there's no significant mutation in SARS-CoV-2 in India and that ICMR is actively exploring saliva-based test for Covid-19.He was answering questions posed by his social media interactors on the Sunday Samvaad platform. These questions covered a multitude of queries concerning not only the current situation of Covid but also the government’s approach to it.Speaking on the concrete measures that have been planned to handle such public health emergencies in the future, he said ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ will strengthen the nation to an extent where we will be able to overcome any eventuality including another pandemic.

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3 Covid-19 vaccine candidates in advanced stage of clinical trials: Vardhan

NEW DELHI : Three of the nearly 30 coronavirus vaccine candidates in the country are in advanced stages of clinical trials, while four are in pre-clinical development stage, Science and Technology Ministry Harsh Vardhan said on Friday.A high-level expert group is looking into matters related to vaccine distribution and immunisation, he said."Nationally, nearly 30 vaccine candidates are under development, by both industry and academia.

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Government to use immunisation program mechanism for covid-19 vaccine distribution

NEW DELHI : The government plans to use the universal immunisation programme mechanism for distribution of covid-19 vaccines after they receive approval from the drug regulator, union health minister Harsh Vardhan said in a statement to the Lok Sabha on Friday.“Once available, the coronavirus vaccine distribution follows the same route as for the current practice of vaccines distribution under Universal Immunization Program (UIP)," Vardhan said in a written statement.Under the UIP mechanism, the government provides several vaccines to infants, children and pregnant women, including the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, oral polio vaccine, and those against hepatitis B, diptheria, tetanus and rotavirus infections.However, the

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Need to ensure access to COVID-19 diagnostics, vaccines is fair: Harsh Vardhan

NEW DELHI : Access to protection should not be a factor of the ability to pay and there is a need to ensure that access to COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines is fair and equitable, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday.Vardhan was addressing through video conferencing joint G20 Finance and Health Ministers Meeting here."The current pandemic and the global crisis arising out of that highlights, more than ever, the need for national and global solidarity. We need to focus on creating effective health systems for improved pandemic preparedness.

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Covid vaccine may be available by start of 2021: Harsh Vardhan

₹25,000 crore from the Centre that is need to fight covid-19. Raut also alleged the Centre had stopped supplies of medical equipment like PPE kits and masks from 1 September.

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Health leaders call for greater investments in health; continued efforts and solidarity to combat pandemic in WHO South-East Asia Region

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‘Covid-19 vaccine likely by March 2021’

covid-19 vaccine is expected by March 2021 and the Indian government is working on the details for emergency authorization for mass vaccination, especially for senior citizens and people working in high-risk settings, health minister Harsh Vardhan said during an interaction with his followers on social media in the first episode of Sunday Samvad.“While no date has been fixed for the vaccine launch, it may be ready by the first quarter of 2021" and the Centre is taking all precautions in conducting the human trials. The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 under the chairmanship of V.K.

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Unique Health IDs under NDHM program will never be mandatory: Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. He was interacting with his social media followers online on the Sunday Samvad platform’s first episode.Allaying fears, the health minister clarified that it is an utter lie that those who do not become part of this digital health ecosystem system shall not be allowed to access the hospitals.

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Covid-19 vaccine likely to be ready by first quarter of 2021: Harsh Vardhan

New Delhi: Expected to be ready by the first quarter of 2021, the Indian government is considering emergency authorization of covid-19 vaccination especially in the case of senior citizens and people working in high-risk settings, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. He was interacting with his social media followers online on the Sunday Samvad platform’s first episode.“While no date has been fixed for the vaccine launch, it may be ready by the first quarter of 2021." The government is taking full precautions in conducting the human trials of the vaccine.

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The race for a covid-19 vaccine: 5 things you need to know

2021: YEAR OF THE VACCINE?If 2020 was the year of the pandemic, 2021 could turn out to be the year of the vaccine. Recently, Union health and family welfare minister Harsh Vardhan said India could have a vaccine by year-end.

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India has one of lowest global Covid-19 fatality rates: Harsh Vardhan

NEW DELHI : India has one of the lowest global COVID fatality rates and is working on the coronavirus vaccine development, Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.The minister, who chaired 20th meeting of Group of Ministers on COVID-19, said health infrastructure in the country has been amply strengthened.According to the Health Ministry, India has reported 26,48,998 total COIVD-19 cases and 62,550 deaths.Dr Vardhan informed the GOM that country's Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is at its lowest at 1.81 per cent and the recovery rate has climbed to 76.47 per cent."As of now, only 0.29 per cent of cases are on ventilators, 1.93 per cent on ICU and only 2.88 percent of cases are on oxygen," he said.The GoM was briefed on the current status

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Covid-19 vaccine will be developed by end of 2020, says Dr Harsh Vardhan

COVID-19 vaccine candidates is in the third phase of the clinical trial. We are very confident that a vaccine will be developed by end of this year," Dr Harsh Vardhan said while inaugurating an NDRF 10-bedded makeshift hospital here.He further said: "I am happy to say that in the eighth month of the battle, India has the best recovery rate of 75 per cent.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0