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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: Sep 26, 2023 11:37 IST

A health worker prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to a beneficiary, at a vaccination centre in Mumbai, Friday, April 28, 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 - September 2023 (Last updated on September 26, 2023; 11.28 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 - September 2023 (Last updated on September 1, 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
JANUARY	FEBRUARY
MARCH	APRIL
MAY	JUNE
JULY	AUGUST

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

External Links on COVID-19

Press Releases in August

August 21, 2023

1890. Principal Secretary to Hon’ble Prime Minister chairs high level meeting to review current status and preparedness for COVID-19 - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

In view of the recent reports of detection of certain newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus reported globally, Dr. P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to Hon’ble Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting to review the global and national COVID-19 situation, newer variants in circulation and their public health impact. 8.27 p.m. IST. Read more... [https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1950898]. 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.