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31.07.2020 / 20:35

Senior bureaucrat Rajesh Bhushan takes charge as health secretary

New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Rajesh Bhushan took charge as the Union health secretary on Friday.He will succeed Preeti Sudan, who was given a three-month extension in April and demitted office on Friday."Rajesh Bhushan, IAS (Bihar:1987) took charge as Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on superannuation of Preeti Sudan, at Nirman Bhawan today," the health ministry said.Bhushan was appointed health secretary as part of a minor top-level bureaucratic reshuffle last Friday, according to a Personnel Ministry order.A 1987 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer, he was appointed Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Health in April this year.The health ministry is at the forefront of the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Capacity utilisation of pvt labs in testing Covid-19 is sub-optimal: Centre to states

New Delhi: The capacity utilisation of Covid-19 testing laboratories, particularly in the private sector, has been grossly sub-optimal in some states and union territories, the Centre pointed out on Wednesday.Aimed at removing all impediments in testing of Covid-19, Preeti Sudan, Health Secretary and Dr Balram Bhargava, director general, Indian Council of Medical (ICMR) on Wednesday urged the States/UTs to take immediate steps to facilitate and ramp up testing stating that ‘test-track-treat’ is the key strategy for early detection and containment of the pandemic.“States/UTs have been strongly advised to take all possible steps to ensure full capacity utilization of all Covid-19 testing laboratories in the States/UTs," said the union health

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Govt asks 10 states to increase surveillance as cases spiral

NEW DELHI : The Union health ministry on Monday asked 10 states with soaring coronavirus cases to craft district-wise plans, focus on bed management and improve surveillance measures, even as the country emerges from a 70-day lockdown.Union health secretary Preeti Sudan met officials of Maharashtra, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh over video conference, as covid-cases continued to rise in 45 municipalities, or municipal corporations, across 38 districts in these states.India has clocked 263,219 covid-19 cases and 7,411 deaths so far.Maharashtra alone recorded 2,553 new covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the state’s tally to 88,528.

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UP, Bihar and 3 other states see surge in Covid-19 cases due to easing of curbs

The government said UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhy Pradesh are witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases for the past three weeks as lockdown rules have been eased and inter-state migration has been allowed

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30 municipal areas contribute 80% of India’s COVID cases

NEW DELHI : With coronavirus cases continuing to rise, top health ministry officials on Saturday held a meeting with senior officers and district magistrates from 30 municipal areas which are contributing almost 80% of the country's COVID-19 cases during which monitoring of old city areas, urban slums, migrant labourer camps and other high density pockets was emphasised.

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Pool testing awaits migrant labourers returning home

Real-time PCR based testing seen as a cost-effective method to scale up covid surveillance

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Centre designates all metros as red zones for lockdown post May 3

NEW DELHI : The Union health ministry has designated all major metropolitan cities—Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad—as red zones after the lockdown ends on May 3, and asked states and local bodies to demarcate containment areas and buffer zones for strict monitoring of movement.

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Bureaucratic rejig: Health Secretary Preeti Sudan gets 3-month extension

NEW DELHI : Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan, who was due to superannuate on April 30, was given a three-month extension as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the central government on Sunday amid the coronavirus crisis.

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Amid lockdown, health secretary seeks ban on export of anti-TB drugs

In India, the leading drug manufacturers of anti-tuberculosis drugs are Macleods Pharma and Lupin

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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