The finance minister said this comprises eight relief measures and other eight measures to support economic growth.
At a Congressional hearing on Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic, health ministry official Luis Ricardo Miranda said he had warned the President about pressure being mounted to purchase the Covaxin vaccine at an inflated price.
India reported 46,148 new Covid-19 cases and 979 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday.
Among those who worked tirelessly behind the scene while the nation was reeling under the Coronavirus pandemic are oxygen tanker drivers like Vasudevan and Radhakrishnan, who left their families behind to ensure constant delivery of oxygen to hospitals.
Warning update follows an extensive review of information and discussion by CDC’s Advisory Committee.
Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to Karnataka chief secretary P Ravi Kumar in this regard.
Serum will apply for DCGI approval for clinical trial of Covovax on children as the production has commenced.
There are 48 cases of the 'delta plus' variant across 11 states, the Health Ministry said Friday, insisting the spread is "very localised". Maximum cases so far have been reported from Maharashtra (20), with Tamil Nadu recording 9 and Madhya Pradesh 7.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government has decided to bring back some Covid-related restrictions in the state after Delta Plus variant cases have been reported.
A nurse in Bihar inoculated a man with an empty syringe during a busy vaccine drive.
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