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COVID-19 State-wise Status - December 2023 (Last updated on December 31, 2023; 10.44 a.m.) Source: MoHFW, Government of India | WHO Global Situation Reports on COVID-19 [External Link]. Source: World Health Organization |
COVID-19 Research Resources Repository (Data Sets) [ External Link] Source: National Digital Library of India | Weekly Epidemiological Reports on COVID-19 - December 2023 (Last updated on December 22, 2023) Source: World Health Organization |
Daily Updates from Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (ICMR) [External Link] Source: ICMR, New Delhi | COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions. [External Link] Source: Food and Drug Administration |
PIB Daily Bulletin on COVID19 - October 2022 (Last updated on October 28, 2022; 6.02 p.m.) Source: PIB, Government of India | The WHO’s India Updates on COVID-19, Updates 1-116. (Last updated on July 22, 2022) Source: World Health Organization - India |
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Press Releases in December
December 29, 2023
1897. Mushroom derived bioactive compounds have potential to combat COVID-19 and other viral infections - Ministry of Science and Technology
Natural anti-infective, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and antithrombotic products derived from a wide range of easily sourced mushrooms and their bioactive molecules have the potential to combat covid, according to a new paper. 11.48 a.m. IST. Read more... [https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1991432]. Click here for PDF.
December 20, 2023
1896. Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya reviews COVID-19 Situation and Preparedness of public health system for Surveillance, Containment and Management in view of rising COVID-19 Cases in some parts of the country - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today chaired a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 situation in India and preparedness of public health system for surveillance, containment and management of COVID-19 in view of the recent spike in cases of COVID-19 in some states. He was joined by Prof. S P Singh Baghel and Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Ministers of State for Health and Family Welfare. Dr V K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog was also present. 1.01 p.m. IST.Read more... [https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1988564]. Click here for PDF.
December 18, 2023
1895. Centre issues advisory to States in view of a recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases and detection of first case of JN.1 variant in India - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
States advised to ensure adequate testing including higher number of RT-PCR tests; and send positive samples for genome sequencing to INSACOG laboratories. 6.09 p.m. IST. Read more... [https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1987840]. Click here for PDF.
December 16, 2023
1894.A case of JN.1, a subvariant of COVID19, found in Kerala as part of the ongoing routine surveillance by INSACOG - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
A case of JN.1 subvariant of COVID19 has been detected in Kerala, as part of the ongoing routine surveillance activity by INSACOG. This was stated by Dr Rajiv Bahl, DG, ICMR, here today.
The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) is a network of Genomic Laboratories that has been monitoring the COVID-19 in India from a genomic perspective; ICMR is a part of this consortium. As per the revised surveillance guidelines in the context of COVID-19, patients of ILI and SARI are tested for Covid-19 and positive cases referred for Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS). 7.14 p.m. IST. Read more... [https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1987212]. Click here for PDF.
December 07, 2023
1893. Pneumonia Cases in AIIMS Delhi have no link to the recent surge in respiratory infections in children in China - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
A recent media report in a national daily has claimed that AIIMS Delhi has detected seven bacterial cases linked to the recent surge in Pneumonia cases in China. The news report is ill-informed and provides misleading information. 1.04 p.m. IST. Read more... [https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1983438]. Click here for PDF.
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COVID-19: National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
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Information related to COVID-19
Source : Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
Standard Operating Procedures SOPs: National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
Source : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
ICMR Third National Sero-survey for SARS-CoV-2 infection
Source: Indian Council of Medical Research.
Government of India PIB Press Briefing, 4 th February 2021
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COVID-19 VACCINE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY
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Full Text: World Migration Report 2020
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World Bank Report: COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens
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WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the World Health Assembly
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Atmanirbhar Bharat Package 3.0
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