Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Active Caseload declines to 4.65 lakhs
Posted
On: 16 NOV 2020 11:37AM by PIB
43,851 COVID-19
patients recovered in the last 24 hours against just 30,548 newly detected cases. This translates
to a net reduction of 13,303 in the Active Caseload which now stands at 4,65,478.
Daily new cases numbering 30,548 is a historic low that
assumes significance given many countries in Europe and
The Government’s efforts to continue to maintain high
levels of comprehensive testing have resulted in bringing down the net
positivity to sustained low levels.
The Recovery Rate has improved to 93.27% today. The total recovered cases stand at 82,49,579.
78.59% of the
recovered cases reported in the last 24 hours are from ten States/UTs.
76.63% of the new cases
have been reported from ten States/UTs.
Kerala recorded 4,581 new cases.
78.85% of the 435 new deaths are concentrated in ten
States/UTs.
About a fifth, 21.84% of new fatalities reported are from
14 States/UTs have death per million higher than National
Average of 94
13 States/UTs have a Case Fatality Rate higher than
National Average.
The Union government is working in close co-ordination with
these States/UTs to improve their clinical care management of the critical
patients in the ICU, through a carefully developed Standard of Care protocol
which covers the private and government hospitals and provides guidelines for
hospitalised cases and those in home isolation. Multi-disciplinary central
teams are also deputed to States/UTs to provide them support in COVID
management.
High level meetings are regularly conducted for review of
the public health response measures being taken by the State/UT governments.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Harsh Vardhan chairs 147th
session of WHO Executive Board
Highlights global partnerships and investment in global public health for
strengthening health systems
There is no better future without ‘Health For All’: Dr Harsh Vardhan
Posted
On: 16 NOV 2020 3:23PM by PIB
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family
Welfare digitally chaired the WHO Executive Board, here today through Video
Conference.
His opening remarks are as follows:
Distinguished Members of the WHO Executive Board,
Hon’ble Ministers, Excellencies and other
DG-WHO, Regional Director of WHO South-
Heads & Representatives of UN Agencies, Partner
Organizations,
Brothers, Sisters and Health-care Workers around the world!
Today, we have once again joined virtually for the Resumed
147th Session of the WHO Executive Board. I welcome you all today amidst what
we all know are unprecedented times.
And yet, I would say that 2020 has been the year of
collaborative action.
Mankind was already fighting overwhelming challenges -
Poverty, Hunger, Inequality, Climate Change. Pollution. Violence. War. Disease
- and now the Pandemic which has shaken us to the core. But we came together as
the nations of the world because we chose not to be overwhelmed.
We choose optimism and struggle to achieve. We choose a
better future.
There is no better future without Health For All. A lesson
we knew; and a lesson that we have now re-learnt.
In
All the Member States of WHO share the same philosophy:
Health above all.
Each member nation here will agree with me that in the
gravest of situations, humankind has conquered its adversaries with
collaborations and supplementing efforts of each other by pooling resources.
We at WHO believe in the principle that the enjoyment of
the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of
every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief,
economic or social condition. We, therefore, commit to work with the
The pandemic has made humanity acutely aware of the
consequences of ignoring health systems strengthening and preparedness. In such
times of global crisis, risk management and mitigation both would require
further strengthening of global partnerships to re-invigorate interest and
investment in global public health.
I am sure that our constant engagement with each member
state, their interface with each other as well as all stakeholders will
reinforce reforms and help accelerate progress toward the sustainable
development goals and universal health coverage with the most productive,
efficient and targeted utilization of resources.
As I happen to be the Health Minister of
Excellencies,
This pandemic has claimed more than one million three
hundred thousand precious lives, infected millions and snatched away the
livelihoods of billions. My heartfelt condolences to those families across the
world who have lost their near and dear ones to this deadly disease.
I also take this opportunity to salute our doctors and
health-workers who had been working relentlessly in rendering selfless services
to fight this deadly disease and I urge all of you to please join me in giving
them a big hand.
Excellencies and Distinguished Delegates,
In the last over 10 months of this pandemic, I have
observed that the World Health Organization, with a mandate to be the lead
agency for health, has done a commendable job of working along with Member
States from the very beginning to provide required technical assistance to
support the continuation of essential health-care service delivery.
WHO and its Member States across the globe are committed to
harnessing this opportunity to build back health systems that are more resilient,
and which can meet everyone’s health needs.
We are already identifying and acting on the lessons learnt
from the current crisis so that together we can achieve more robust and
resilient health systems that can promote a sustained economic recovery and a
healthier future for people across the world.
Let me mention that from the beginning of the outbreak, all
Member States have acted with speed, scale and solidarity to control and
suppress the spread of COVID-19 and empower individuals and communities to stay
safe, healthy and well.
Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and
Gentlemen,
This is the time that we must enhance our cooperation and
collaboration. We must work in unison with each other as Member States, with
all UN Organizations, as well as the global community of partners, for
efficient, effective and responsive discharge of public health obligations.
Excellencies,
Today, for the current Session, we have an elaborate agenda
to cover, which includes - Outcome of the recently concluded
resumed Session of the Seventy-third World Health Assembly and the Report of
the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board;
along with few managerial, administrative, financial and staffing matters of
the Organization.
I am looking forward to your active engagement and fruitful
deliberations on these agenda items.
Finally, I take this opportunity to once again thank all of
you for reposing your faith and trust in me and look forward to our association
and continued cooperation.
Acknowledging the contributions of our
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