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COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 Released by India and the WHO [HTML and PDF]

Mar 28, 2020 11:17 IST

Updated: Dec 31, 2023 11:02 IST

A medic puts up a notice at a Covid-19 testing centre of the district hospital after cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 were detected in the country, in Chikkamagaluru district, Saturday, December 23, 2023. Photo: PTI

An up-to-date compilation of more than 1,800 official statements by the Government of India from January 17, 2020. Links to articles published by The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy on COVID-19, daily State-wise Status by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, all-India SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Testing Status by the Indian Council of Medical Research, and the WHO's 'Global Situation Reports' and 'India Updates' are also provided on this page.

COVID-19 updates from India and the World
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

PIB Press Releases – COVID-19 for the year 2023
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COVID-19: Month-wise Press Releases for the Year :- 2020 , 2021 and 2022

External Links on COVID-19

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.

Return to PIB Releases – COVID 19

Priya, R, et al., 2022 . COVID-19: Urban Middle Class Survey Highlights Need for People’s Agency in Policy Making , The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, February 18.

Subramanian, S. 2021 . Pandemic-induced Poverty in India after the First Wave of COVID-19: An Elaboration of Two Earlier Estimates , The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, August 19.

Shankar, G. and Kumari, R. 2020 . The Migrant Economy During the Pandemic: An Exploratory Study in Baisi Block, Bihar , The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, December 10.

Jacob, N. 2020 . Sewage Testing as a Pandemic Monitoring Tool , The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, September 10.

Chaturvedi, S. 2020 . Pandemic Exposes Weaknesses in India’s Disaster Management Responses , The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, September 3.

Mudliar, P. 2020 . A Reality Check on India’s Search for Digital Utopia , The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, August 28.

Ebenezer, R. 2020 . Ensuring Zero Tolerance for all Forms of Forced Labour , The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, July 14.

Ngullie, O. G. and Ansari, A. A. 2020 . India’s Public Distribution System and the Pandemic – Revisiting Delhi’s Beneficiaries , The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, June 26.

Vijay, G. and Gudavarthy, A. 2020 . A Pandemic as a Political Reality Check , The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, April 15.

External Links on COVID-19

COVID-19: National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. [https://ncdc.gov.in/index4.php?lang=1&level=0&linkid=132&lid=549].

Statement on the eighth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

Source : World Health Organization. [https://www.who.int/news/item/15-07-2021-statement-on-the-eighth-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-pandemic].

Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline

Source : World Health Organization. [https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-therapeutics-2021.1].

Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme

Source : World Health Organization. [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA74/A74_16-en.pdf].

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

Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Governement of India.