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Benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweigh risks: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) said on Wednesday that the benefits of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the potential risks.
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Brazil sees 1,350 COVID-19 deaths, over 50,000 cases in a day
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], February 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Tuesday said it registered 1,350 deaths due to the novel coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours, raising the country's death toll to 233,520.
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Healthians frontline workers and staff in Delhi NCR get vaccinated for COV
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New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): The COVID-19 crisis has unleashed a global health and humanitarian crisis like no other claiming lakhs of lives in India. It has pushed healthcare providers to the wall, adversely affecting their operations and service delivery.
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Greece receives first batch of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Athens [Greece], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Greece has received the first batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and will begin vaccinations on February 15, the country's Health Ministry Secretary General for Primary Health Care Marios Themistokleous said at a ministry briefing.
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Johnson confident in COVID-19 vaccines as South Africa pauses AstraZeneca
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government is "very confident" about the effectiveness of all the COVID-19 vaccines that the country has approved for use so far, despite South Africa's decision to pause the rollout of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine over fears that it
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South African opposition slams govt vaccination drive amid halted AstraZen
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Johannesburg [South Africa], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa's political opposition has slammed the country's government for its handling of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out after Johannesburg halted its plans to use the AstraZeneca vaccine, a Sputnik correspondent reported Monday.
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AstraZeneca's vaccine less protective against virus variant in South Afric
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], February 8 (ANI): South Africa is pausing the country's rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after a study showed it offered reduced protection from the COVID-19 variant first identified there, CNN reported citing South African health officials on Sunday (
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France begins distributing AstraZeneca COVID vaccine amid UK variant warni
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Paris [France], February 7 (ANI): France began distributing the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday as epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet warned the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 -- first identified in the UK - could be dominant in the country by March.
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Estonia receives first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
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Helsinki [Finland], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Estonia has received the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine developed by the UK-Swedish AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company along with Oxford University, the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs said on Sunday.
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Bangladesh starts COVID-19 inoculation drive with Indian-made vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 7 (ANI): Bangladesh on Sunday launched its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign with the Made in India vaccine by Serum Institute of India, reported Dhaka Tribune.
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Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 231,000
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Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 978 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the death toll to 231,012, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday.
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France to start rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine on weekend - Health Ministe
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Paris [France], February 5 (ANI/Sputnik): AstraZeneca vaccine is due to become available for injections to the French population starting this weekend, Health Minister Olivier Veran said.
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