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The Minister asked these States to focus on increasing testing in a timely manner and upgrade the health infrastructure
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The Minister asked these States to focus on increasing testing in a timely manner and upgrade the health infrastructure
Smaller States are showing an upward trend in new COVID-19 cases and there is a need to be cautious about this, said Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday.
He was interacting with Health Ministers and Principal Secretaries/ Additional Chief Secretaries of West Bengal and the eight States of the North-eastern Region.
The Minister asked these States to focus on increasing testing in a timely manner and upgrade the health infrastructure. He reiterated the need to focus on peri-urban and rural areas significantly, noted a release issued by the Health Ministry on Wednesday. He said the government aimed to provide COVID-19 vaccines to all adults by end of the year.
Updated 6 hours ago A health worker gives a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a woman at a drive-in vaccination centre in Mumbai on Wednesday. | PTI
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan claimed India will be in a position to vaccinate at least all of its adult population by the end of 2021. Vardhan made the comment in a meeting with health ministers, principal secretaries and additional chief secretaries of West Bengal and eight northeastern states.
India registered 2,67,334 new coronavirus cases, taking the total count of infections to 2,54,96,330 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. The country reported 4,529 deaths, its highest single-day toll. This pushed the overall fatality count to 2,83,248. The World Health Organization said that
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