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Urge people to wear masks, follow hand hygiene and physical distancing

The day-wise schedule for certificate verification, which will be taken up between February 24 and March 3, will be published shortly

Hyderabad: The pulse polio drive to cover children up to five years of age was held across the State on Sunday. The polio national immunisation day, which was inaugurated by public representatives involved inoculating close to 38,319,07 children in 23,331 polio booths. The Director of Public Health (DPH) in collaboration with other government departments had […]

The Director of Public Health (DPH) in collaboration with other government departments had arranged for 877 mobile teams and identified 877 transit points to administer polio vaccines.

No case of severe AEFI was reported anywhere,” Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao said.

Out of the 16, 750 beneficiaries planned, 82 per cent i.e. 13, 666 healthcare workers received the vaccine at 324 vaccination centres across all the 33 districts in Telangana.

Unlike some other States, where a few beneficiaries reported severe Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI), no such complications were reported in Telangana.

The UK returnee in the State was one among six travellers from across the country who tested positive for the new variant.

Health Department teams have already identified 358 travellers who reached Hyderabad directly from UK between Dec 15 and 22

Health Department has uploaded list of all the health care workers in COWIN application

Individuals must have to continue taking precautions like wearing mask, sanitising hand and keeping physical distance even after the arrival of the vaccines, health officials said

Health wing urges people to be cautious during GHMC elections

The price cap of Rs. 850 for a single RT-PCR test in Telangana could be the lowest in the country followed by Maharashtra,

The recruited Assistant Professors, who have to undergo certificate verification process on November 19 at DME office, Koti, will go a long way in addressing the shortage of teaching faculty.

Health Minister directed health officials to ensure all walk-in patients with flu-like symptoms at Government healthcare facilities mandatorily undergo Covid-19 tests

State health officials cite Kerala’s experience in handling pandemic; warn people against lowering guard

Eateries, bars and pubs have been registering significant increase in their customers

Officials urge people to be on alert over possibility of rise in cases of water, food and vector-borne ailments

Hyderabad: To strengthen non-clinical services at urban primary health centres in Hyderabad, the State government on Tuesday accorded permission to the Director of Public Health, Telangana, to engage nearly 205 personnel, who will function under District Medical and Health Officer (DM&HO), Hyderabad. Since all the 205 posts are related to non-clinical services, the authorities were […]

Health officials warn of possible surge in Covid cases as economic activity picks up across State