 | Infrastructure, manpower shortage ails services at Health and Wellness Centres: ReportThe only state, which faced no healthcare workers shortage, was Mizoram. |
 | Nation's health centres functioning hampered by lack of infrastructureOverall, there has been an improvement in inequity in access, despite existing constraints such as infrastructure availability and status of peripheral health facilities. |
 | Don’t fall for fake news, NEET-PG on scheduleThe Union Health Ministry on Saturday clarified that the National Eligibility Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG) will be held on May 21 as per the schedule. |
 | WHO Covid death report 'baseless', attempt to 'tarnish' India's image, say health ministersIndia is likely to raise the issue at the World Health Assembly and other multilateral forums, sources in the ministry said. |
 | India reports 3205 new Covid cases, 31 fatalitiesAn increase of 372 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload which now stands at 19,509, according to the data. |
 | AP bags national award for malaria eliminationFor the last three years, the AP government has strived to make the State malaria-free and succeeded in bringing down malaria cases from 6,040 in 2018 to 1,139 in 2021. |
 | Delhi, Bihar government to reimburse Centre for using COVID jabs as free precaution doseThe Delhi government had written to the Union Health Ministry, saying that the uptake of precaution doses at private COVID vaccination centres was not very promising. |
 | Centre writes to five states, asks them to monitor spread of COVID infection amid surge in casesIn a letter to these states, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said a few states are reporting a higher contribution to India's cases and higher positivity. |
 | Daily COVID-19 cases nearly doubled in past 24 hours to more than 2,000: Union Health MinistryThe country logged 2,183 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,44,280, while the active cases declined to 11,542. |
| COVID: After silence, health ministry holds meeting on Omicron's XE subvariantThe minister chaired a review meeting with experts and officials on the new variant, which is 10 per cent more transmissible. |
 | Germany may have to junk 3 million COVID shots by late JuneMinistry spokesman Hanno Kautz told reporters in Berlin that “not many doses” have been destroyed so far, though he couldn't give an exact figure. |
 | BJP criticises CM for not inviting PM to inaugurate Puri Medical College and HospitalHe said there is enough time for the Chief Minister to show his magnanimity and invite the Prime Minister to the inauguration programme scheduled on April 11, 2022. |
 | India logs 795 new COVID-19 cases; active cases dip to 12,054: Union Health MinistryIndia's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. |
 | 111 MBBS, BDS seats under All India Quota still vacant in Tamil NaduAccording to data from State Selection Committee, 85 MBBS seats and 26 BDS seats remain vacant after the mop-up round. |
 | Surprise inspection at 12 private medical colleges over complaints of lapses, one shut downShow-cause notices have been issued to the rest of the medical colleges and the NMC will decide the further course of action against them. |
