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Rahul Gandhi questions India's progress on COVID-19 vaccine, says other co
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not deploying coronavirus vaccines in the country despite other countries like the US and the UK beginning their respective vaccination drives.
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Pfizer, Moderna testing their vaccines against UK coronavirus strain
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): Pfizer and Moderna are testing their coronavirus vaccines to see if they work against the new mutated version of the virus that's recently been found in the United Kingdom and other countries, CNN reported.
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Fitch revises India's FY21 GDP contraction forecast to 9.4 pc
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], December 8 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has revised India's GDP forecast to minus 9.4 per cent in the current fiscal year from a previously projected contraction of 10.5 per cent after the economy staged a sharper rebound in the second quarter.
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Trump tells Georgia supporters vaccines against COVID-19 to become availab
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Georgia [US], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Coronavirus vaccines will be made available in the US next week, US President Donald Trump said at the Saturday rally in Valdosta, Georgia.
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Wall Street stocks hit record highs on promise of coronavirus vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): US stocks have an early start to the so-called "Santa Claus" rally, typical for the month of December, as the top equities index S&P 500 and the technology benchmark Nasdaq hit record highs based on the promise of the upcoming coronavirus vaccines
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Centre has plan to vaccinate around 30 cr people for COVID-19 by July-Augu
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said that the Central government a plan to provide coronavirus vaccines to around 25-30 crore people by July-August next year.
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High storage cost of Ultra-Cold COVID-19 vaccines should not hinder use: W
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The troublesome storing conditions of some candidate coronavirus vaccines and the associated high costs should not discourage countries from adopting them as an immunization means, Kate O'Brien, the director for Immunization, Vaccines and Biol
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UN still in discussion on Russian offer of free coronavirus vaccines for i
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Months after Russian President Vladimir Putin made an offer to provide free Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines to all the United Nations staff worldwide, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday said they are still holding discussions and looking at the
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Macron calls for distributing first COVID-19 vaccine doses to low-income c
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron told the G20 summit on Saturday that the world's leading economies should join efforts to create a system that envisions disturbing first doses of potential coronavirus vaccines to least developed countries.
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Indian airlines, airports are all set to handle distribution of temperatur
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): As some of the coronavirus vaccine trials across the world are in their final stages, Indian airports and airlines have geared up to to handle the distribution of temperature-sensitive vaccines in the country.
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WHO concerned about spike in COVID-19 cases in Europe, Americas: Director
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation (WHO) is concerned about surging COVID-19 cases in various countries, especially in Europe and the Americas, despite encouraging news about coronavirus vaccines, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on
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Switzerland increases Covid-19 vaccines procurement fund to USD 430 millio
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland has allotted additional 100 million Swiss francs (USD 109 million) for its fund earmarked to be spent on the purchase of coronavirus vaccines, the government said in a press release on Wednesday.
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