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Less severe COVID-19 cases associated with flu shot
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that people, who received a flu shot during the last flu season, were significantly less likely to test positive for COVID-19 when the pandemic hit. Those who did test positive faced lesser complications than those who didn
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Belize former mayor thanks India for 25,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Belmopan [Belize], March 23 (ANI): Former Mayor of Belize, Zenaida Moya, has thanked India for providing 25,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to the Central America country.
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan takes first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday received his first dose of coronavirus vaccine. This comes a day after the South Asian nation received half a million doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by China.
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Andre Russell thanks PM Modi for sending COVID-19 vaccines to Jamaica
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): West Indies player Andre Russell has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending coronavirus vaccines to Jamaica.
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Supply of COVID-19 vaccines abroad based on assessment of adequate availab
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday clarified that the supply of coronavirus vaccines abroad is based on the assessment of adequate availability in the country and that the supply is being done taking into account the requirements of India's vaccination program.
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Quad to expand India's manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines, aims to create
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): The United States, along with other "like-minded" democracies, is set to announce a 'historic agreement' to expand COVID-19 vaccine production capacity, which will look at expanding the supply of coronavirus vaccines coming out of India, a senior administrati
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US will share Covid-19 vaccines with world if there is surplus: Biden
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): The United States will share coronavirus vaccines with other countries if it ends up with a surplus, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday.
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WTO calls for ramping up vaccine production in developing nations
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on pharmaceutical companies to scale up the production of coronavirus vaccines in developing countries to overcome supply shortage.
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Jamaica thanks India for sending 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kingston [Jamaica], March 9 (ANI): Jamaica on Tuesday thanked India for sending 50,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines in the fight against the pandemic.
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FDA warns against one-dose regimen for coronavirus vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are strongly against administering only single doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, as their efficacy has only been proven if people get two shots, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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COVAX delivered 20 million doses to world's poor in first week of distribu
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 6 (ANI): Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's director-general, said on Friday, COVAX -- the international program set up to get coronavirus vaccines to the world -- delivered 20 million vaccine doses to 20 countries in the first week of
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Malawi, Congo receive Made-in-India Covid-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kinshasa/Lilongwe [Congo/Malawi], March 6 (ANI): Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday received Made-in-India coronavirus vaccines under the Vaccine Maitri initiative.
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