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India should be able to fully vaccinate 60 crore people against COVID-19 b
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Medanta Hospitals chairman Dr Naresh Trehan has said that many new coronavirus vaccines are coming to India and the shortage of the doses are likely to be over by July-August.
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India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crosses 20 cr mark
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): India achieved a significant landmark in its ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive as the cumulative number of coronavirus vaccines administered surpassed 20 crore mark on Wednesday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MohFW).
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Pak FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi seeks US help for securing COVID vaccine doses
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 23 (ANI): Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi sought US help for arranging coronavirus vaccines for Pakistan as the country could not get the supply committed under COVAX, owing to excessive global demand.
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COVID-19 vaccination drive in Africa hampered by shortages, financing issu
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brazzaville [Congo], May 21 (ANI): Africa's rollout of coronavirus vaccines is being undermined by supply shortages and financial difficulties, the African regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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China supports India, SA proposal for IPR waiver for COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): Extending its support to India and South Africa's proposal for a temporary waiver of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for coronavirus vaccines, China said that it is in favour of all efforts for fair vaccine access.
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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines effective against Covid variants found in India:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 18, (ANI): The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines appear to protect against COVID variants B.1.617 and B.1.618 first identified in India, researchers have reported in a new pre-print paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, CNN reported.
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Chennai Airport handled 44.26 MT of inbound vaccines, related cargo since
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 17 (ANI): Since January this year, the Chennai Airport has handled 44.26 MT of inbound vaccine and related cargo domestically, the Airport Authority of India informed on Monday.
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Second coronavirus vaccines delayed for Australian Olympic swimmers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Olympic swimmers have been granted special permission to delay their second coronavirus vaccine after suffering side effects from the first injection.
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US CDC says fully vaccinated people no longer need masks indoors or outdoo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday (local time) announced that people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need their masks indoors and outdoors.
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Delhi Deputy CM urges Centre to vaccinate Indians first before exporting C
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Urging the Central government to vaccinate Indian citizens first before exporting the coronavirus vaccines, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia on Sunday said the Centre exported 6.5 crore vaccine doses to 93 countries in the last 3 months at a t
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COVID-19: Pope Francis backs vaccine patents waiver
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], May 9 (ANI): Pope Francis has backed growing calls for a patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines in a video message for a public concert on Saturday.
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Priyanka Chopra appeals to Joe Biden requesting COVID-19 assistance for In
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (India): Global star Priyanka Chopra Jonas, on Tuesday, reached out to US President Joe Biden, World Health Organisation (WHO), and other US government officials to help India in its fight against the raging second wave of COVID-19.
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