Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan holds a meeting with Health Ministers of 11 states to review the #COVID19 situation via video conferencing
"Our recovery rate is at 92.38%. Despite the increasing cases, fatality rate is at 1.30% of the country," he says
Worst affected state is Chhattisgarh with positivity rate of 20% & growth rate of 8%. There has been 10 fold rise in cases. In Punjab, 80% UK variant cases found, which was confirmed by genome sequencing: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
This has come to our notice that the sudden increase in cases are largely or may be event driven including grand weddings, local body election, farmer's protest, etc: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
There is no vaccine shortage in any part of the country. The Centre is providing the required quantities to all States and UTs: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
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Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane proceeded on a five-day visit to Bangladesh. The visit aims to further enhance the defence cooperation and strong bilateral ties between India and Bangladesh: Indian Army
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Army Chief MM Naravane will pay tributes to martyrs of the Liberation War by laying a wreath at the Shikha Anirban on 8 April 2021. This will be followed by one to one meetings with the three Service Chiefs of Bangladesh’s Armed Forces: Indian Army
Army Chief will interact with Bangladesh's Minister of Foreign Affairs on April 11 at Bangladesh Army's Multipurpose Complex where he'll attend a seminar on UN Peace Support Operations&deliver an address on 'Changing Nature of Global Conflicts:Role of UN Peacekeepers':Indian Army
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes his second dose of #COVID19 vaccine at AIIMS
He received the first dose of Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN on March 1
The two nurses who administered #COVID19 vaccine to PM Narendra Modi at AIIMS, Delhi are — P. Niveda from Puducherry and Nisha Sharma from Punjab.
I have given the second dose of COVAXIN to our Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. He spoke to us. It was a memorable moment for me as I got to meet him and vaccinate him: Sister Nisha Sharma who inoculated PM Modi today.
Delhi: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain held the 3rd Meeting of India-Bahrain High Joint Commission, today.
Indian side thanked Govt of Bahrain for safety & welfare of Indian community, especially during COVID. It also expressed appreciation to Bahraini side for facilitation of repatriation flights & for providing free Covid vaccination to all including Indian community in Bahrain: MEA
The Bahraini side appreciated India for keeping open the supply chains to Bahrain of essential items including food and medicines during the #COVID19 pandemic. It particularly thanked India for gifting 100,000 doses of 'made in India' Covid vaccine to Bahrain: MEA
Deplorable attempts by some state governments to distract attention from their failures and spread panic among the people: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister
I have seen statements made by public representatives in Maharashtra about shortage of vaccines. This is nothing but an attempt to divert attention from Maharashtra government’s repeated failures to control the spread of pandemic: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
Inability of Maharashtra govt to act responsibly is beyond comprehension. To spread panic among the people is to compound the folly further. Vaccine supplies are being monitored on a real-time basis, and State governments are being apprised regularly about it: Union Health Min
Mumbai: Suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze brought to Special NIA Court.
NIA seeks custody of Sachin Waze for 4 more days. His lawyer says that he's not opposing NIA's demand of remand, adds that he (Waze)is ready to cooperate with CBI in their probe. He says that he wants to register his objection on Waze being taken to CSMT station with handcuffs on
Special NIA Court extends NIA custody remand of Sachin Waze till 9th April.
We do not have enough vaccine doses at various vaccination centres, and people have to be sent back due to a shortage of doses. We have demanded from the Centre that people of age group 20-40 years must be vaccinated on priority: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope
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We are working on war footing to increase the number of beds in Pune, Mumbai, Nashik and other parts of the State: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope
12 metric tonnes of oxygen is produced & over 7 tonnes of oxygen is consumed daily. We've demanded that we should be supplied medical oxygen from nearby states. If needed, we'll close down industries that use oxygen but won't let supply of medical oxygen be affected: Rajesh Tope