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India, Barbados 'special friendship' helped bridge geographic distances: P
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): As India supplied coronavirus vaccines to Barbados, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said New Delhi and Bridgetown "special friendship" has always helped bridge geographic distances between the two nations.
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Canada thanks India for sending 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], March 4 (ANI): Canada on Wednesday (local time) thanked India for sending coronavirus vaccines, of which 500,000 doses reached on March 4, a week after the AstraZeneca vaccine was approved.
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Ghana becomes first country to get free coronavirus vaccines through COVAX
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Ghana became the first country on Wednesday to receive a batch of free anti-coronavirus vaccine doses through the COVAX initiative, a shot-sharing scheme behind the inoculation drive in poorer countries.
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Experts concerned over Pak government's decision to commercialise COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): Pakistan's decision to allow some private companies to import coronavirus vaccines, which are likely to be sold at commercial rates is raising concerns among health experts.
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Nepal receives another shipment of 1 million Made-in-India COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 21 (ANI): Nepal received another shipment of one million doses of Made-in-India coronavirus vaccines on Sunday.
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Pfizer to roll out 10 million COVID vaccines per week as Biden assures sho
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the company expects to double its rollout of coronavirus vaccines to 10 million a week over the next two weeks as US President Joe Biden pledged enough supply of doses to immunize all Americans by July.
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UN chief Guterres calls for fair distribution of vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised what he calls the "wildly uneven and unfair" global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines amid the pandemic.
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Widely unfair: UN says 130 countries haven't received single COVID-19 vacc
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New York [US], February 18 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (local time) slammed the "wildly uneven and unfair" distribution of coronavirus vaccines and said that only 10 countries have administered 75 per cent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to
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Stop 'vaccine nationalism', hoarding superfluous doses will defeat efforts
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Noting that there is a "glaring disparity" in the accessibility of coronavirus vaccines globally, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday urged countries to stop "vaccine nationalism", saying "hoarding superfluous" doses will defeat the eff
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COVID-19 vaccine maybe available in open market by year end: AIIMS Directo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Coronavirus vaccines might be available in the open market by end of the year only when prime targeted people are covered and there is an equivalence of supply and demand, said Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (
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24 countries provided Indian COVID-19 vaccines so far: NITI Aayog
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New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Twenty-four countries have been provided Indian COVID-19 vaccines so far, informed NITI Aayog member (health), Dr VK Paul, on Tuesday.
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Johnson confident in COVID-19 vaccines as South Africa pauses AstraZeneca
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government is "very confident" about the effectiveness of all the COVID-19 vaccines that the country has approved for use so far, despite South Africa's decision to pause the rollout of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine over fears that it
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