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The Union health ministry has said that around 30% of the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 in India are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat event held in mid-March at Nizamuddin Markaz in New Delhi

The data analysis of districts across India by the health ministry shows that as of today, 47 districts in 23 states have remained free of new cases for 14 days

The health ministry, during its routine press briefing, said that the spike in cases in India is due to the Tablighi Jamaat gathering that took place in Delhi's Nizamuddin area

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A lawyer by name Shiva Reddy has filed a complaint against former Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar for an alleged fraud that took place during his term as health minister, as elucidated in a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report

 

The health ministry has prepared a list of 311 people who have come in contact with the Nipah virus-affected youth. The list includes people from Kollam, Idukki, Thrissur and Ernakulam of Kerala. 

The Prime Minister's Office has distributed work among the ministries. After a meeting with Modi, the Cabinet secretary has been asked to be on their toes to help the state governments and the Central government to ensure better coordination.
 

A couple of days back, some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company were detected with traces of Polio Virus Type 2

The top court, however, did not grant any relief to the other medicines falling in the list of 328 FDC drugs which were banned by the Health Ministry by its September 7 notification