The Covishield vaccine doses would be initially shipped to 60 consignment points from where those would be distributed further, the sources said
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Here is a quick lowdown on West Bengal’s performance on vital health parameters like infant and child mortality rate, immunisation, malnutrition, the prevalence of anaemia as...
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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan was chairing the plenary session on "Challenges of Post COVID - Scenario in Health, Economy, Social and International Relations" of...
According to the study, reducing the contagious period by half a day could avert up to 1.4 million COVID-19 cases and over 99,000 hospitalisations even if...
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead for COVID-19 at WHO said that schools are part of communities and while considering opening schools it is important to...
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The findings, based on analyses of blood samples from 188 COVID-19 patients, suggest that nearly all survivors of the disease have the immune cells necessary to...
Smokers were 50 per cent more likely to report more than ten symptoms associated with COVID-19 including loss of smell, skipping meals, diarrhoea, fatigue, confusion or...
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the aim of the COVID-19 vaccine dry run which started on January 2, is to assess operational...
A look at the worrying malnutrition trends from National Family and Health Survey 5 (NFHS 5) report that has been released recently by the Health Ministry