The Vietnamese authorities have discovered a very dangerous variant of COVID-19 that has combined mutations first found in India and the UK and is spreading very quickly by air.
The World Health Organisation gave its approval to the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine SINOVAC for emergency use. This is 8th vaccine to receive the Emergency Use Listing from WHO.
The Research Design and Standards Organization, which sets standards for the Indian Railway Sector has become the first standards body in the country to join 'One Nation, One Standard' scheme of the central government.
The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan has been awarded with the 'WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award' for his accomplishments in the area of tobacco control.