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UK PM Boris Johnson to receive jab of AstraZeneca vaccine today
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London [UK], March 19 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday announced getting inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine the next day.
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Spain, Cyprus, Italy, France to resume use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
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Madrid [Spain], March 19 (ANI): Spain, Cyprus, Italy and France will resume administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was 'safe and effective.'
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AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is 'safe and effective': European Medicine
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London [UK], March 18 (ANI): The AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is "safe and effective" and the benefits in combating COVID-19 continue to outweigh the risk of side effects, said the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) committee, PRAC, on Thursday after concluding its preliminary review of pe
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No concern regard to Covishield, inoculation program to run with full rigo
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New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry in its weekly press conference said that there is no concern regarding the Indian version of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Covishield and inoculation program will continue to run with full rigour.
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No signal of concern so far: Govt on Oxford Covid vaccine side-effects
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New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): There is no signal of concern regarding the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the country, said Dr VK Paul, Member (Health) of the Niti Aayog, on Wednesday amid speculations and subsequent review of possible side-effects of the vaccine.
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Australia to ask AstraZeneca, EU for 1 million vaccine doses for Papua New
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Canberra [Australia], March 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Australia will ask AstraZeneca and the European authorities to divert 1 million contracted COVID-19 vaccine doses to Papua New Guinea (PNG) amid worsening epidemiological situation in the southwestern Pacific nation, Prime Minister Scott Morrison
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Europe's top drug agency backs use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine followi
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Brussels [Belgium], March 17 (ANI): After several European countries suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine over blood clot concerns, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Tuesday (local time) said regulators remain confident in the safety of the vaccine.
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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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