The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,05,34,505, pushing the national Covid recovery rate of 97.20%, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.43%.
Allocation for health ministry stands at Rs 73,931.77 cr , up from Rs 69,000 cr last year. AYUSH ministry budget stands at Rs 2,970 cr, up from last year’s Rs 2,122 cr.
The states and UTs have also been asked to start vaccinating frontline workers from the first week of February, the Union Health ministry said in a statement Friday.
Health Ministry Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani said the database of frontline workers is being updated by states and UTs in collaboration with the respective line ministries.
Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said aside from scheduled 100 beneficiaries, person handling vaccination session could add additional people as long as they were part of the database.
Union home secretary said rumour mongering can create unwarranted doubts among people and hence, there is a need to check all such kinds of unfounded scaremongering.
Modi govt may have to strike a fine balance between health finance and economic reality even as the pandemic has tested the capacity of Indian health system.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.
Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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