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India reports 16,577 new COVID-19 cases, 120 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): As many as 16,577 new COVID-19 cases and 120 deaths were reported in India during the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday.
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Canadian govt 'concerned' by sexual assaults during hotel quarantine
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government is concerned by the multiple sexual assaults involving travelers during COVID-19 quarantine enforcement, but will continue with the programs, cabinet ministers told the House of Commons.
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Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 2.5 mln
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], February 26 (ANI): The global COVID-19 death toll surpassed 2.5 million on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
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California tops 50,000 COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], February 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The California authority reported Thursday that the United States' most populous state had 50,991 deaths from COVID-19, about one-tenth of the U.S. total from the pandemic.
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Toll from COVID-19 in Brazil surpasses 250,000 people
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by 1,541 to 251,498 within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said on late Thursday.
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Sri Lankan govt allows burial of COVID-19 victims
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 26 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Thursday granted permission to bury the bodies of the people who died of COVID-19, local media reported.
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COVID-19 vaccination: Registration on CO-WIN for third phase beneficiaries
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): The eligible beneficiaries who are entitled to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from March 1, would be able to register themselves on the CO-WIN platform from Monday onwards.
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Tedros lauds India, PM Modi for supporting vaccine equity
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 25 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "supporting vaccine equity".
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Over 1.30 cr people in India so far vaccinated against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): With 3,95,884 vaccine doses administered to healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) on Thursday, the 41st day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, the total number of vaccination crossed 1.30 crores in the country, said Union Ministry of He
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Doctors welcome second phase vaccination campaign commencing from March 1
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): The second phase of the coronavirus vaccination drive is going to kick start from March 1 with priority given to those who are above 60 and those over 45 with co-morbidities.
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India offers 'Made in India' vaccines to all foreign diplomats and their f
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Envoys, UN workers and people working in intergovernmental agencies and their families may not have to worry about Covid-19 vaccines. The Indian government has offered India-made vaccine in a special Covid vaccine drive for diplomats in all locations
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Pfizer, BioNTech begin testing of third dose against new COVID-19 variants
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Pfizer and its partner BioNTech on Thursday said that they have begun to test how well the third dose of their authorised vaccine stacks up against new coronavirus variants.
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