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Spain, Germany, France, Italy halt rollout of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
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London [UK], March 16 (ANI): Spain, Germany, France and Italy became the latest European countries to temporarily halt the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine over a small number of blood clots concern, as the third wave of infections looms over the continent.
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Bangladesh records 1,773 new COVID-19 cases, 26 more deaths
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Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 1,773 new COVID-19 cases and 26 more deaths on Monday, taking the tally at 559,168 and the death toll at 8,571, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
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Netherlands suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine amid blood clotting concer
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Moscow [Russia], March 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The Dutch authorities are halting the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus amid concerns over recent blood clotting incidents.
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'No evidence' of blood clot risk from vaccine: AstraZeneca
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London [UK], March 13 (ANI): AstraZeneca on Friday defended its vaccine saying that there was "no evidence of an increased risk" of blood clots, and European and UK medicines regulators have each said the link between the vaccine and blood clots has not been confirmed and that rollouts shoul
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WHO encourages all nations to closely monitor adverse effects of any vacci
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Genoa [Italy], March 12 (ANI/Sputnik): All countries should closely monitor adverse health effects related to the use of any vaccine, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) told Sputnik following the suspension of the AstraZeneca drug in several EU countries.
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WHO assessing reports on risks related to AstraZeneca vaccine against COVI
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 12 (ANI): A spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) told Sputnik that its Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was carefully assessing the reports on risks related to the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19.
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Vietnam overlooks Chinese vaccines for its COVID-19 inoculation programme
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Hanoi [Vietnam], March 11 (ANI): Vietnam, which recently began its inoculation drive, has overlooked China-made vaccines, opting for the vaccine developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca instead.
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Top Cambodian leaders receive 1st shot of Indian-made COVID-19 vaccine
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Phnom Penh [Cambodia], March 11 (ANI): Cambodian leaders including President of National Assembly Heng Samrin, President of Senate Say Chhum, Deputy PM of National Assembly Samdech Heng Samrin and Deputy PM of Foreign Affairs (Prak Sokhonn) on Thursday received the first shot of AstraZene
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India is helping every country with COVID-19 vaccine: Farooq Abdullah
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New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): With Pakistan set to receive free doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, being manufactured in India, through the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi), former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that I
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Cambodian PM, First Lady receive shot of Made-in-India coronavirus vaccine
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Phnom Penh [Cambodia], March 10 (ANI): Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and the First Lady on Wednesday received a shot of Made-in-India coronavirus vaccine.
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Pakistan to get 16 million doses of India-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine th
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 9 (ANI): Pakistan would get a total of 16 million free doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, being manufactured in India, through the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) for inoculating 45 million people, officials told Public Accounts C
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Australian health minister in hospital with suspected infection
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Canberra [Australia], March 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt was admitted to hospital due to suspected infection, according to the federal government on Tuesday.
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