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Over 1.30 cr people in India so far vaccinated against COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 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 : 4 years, 8 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 : 4 years, 8 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 : 4 years, 8 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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Austria's Kurz calls for 'Green Passports' for those vaccinated against CO
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], February 25 (ANI): Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday said he will push the European Union on Thursday to introduce a "green passport" for people who have protection against the coronavirus.
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Merkel warns of COVID-19 third wave if Germany does not open cautiously
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 25 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned of a third wave of COVID-19 cases if the country fumbles at its reopening from lockdown.
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Hockey India National Championships 2021 to kick-start in March
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): The much-awaited Hockey India National Championships 2021 will kick-start in March this year after the coronavirus pandemic affected the national calendar last year with a majority of the key national-level events being cancelled.
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Parliament, Assemblies worked together amid COVID, contributed to govt's e
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], February 25 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that amid the Coronavirus pandemic, the Parliament as well as all the Legislative Assemblies worked together in coordination and contributed to the efforts of the government.
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Russia records 11,198 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's coronavirus incidence keeps falling, as the single-day increase slashed to the lowest level since October 7 with 11,198 new cases confirmed (down from 11,749 the day before), the coronavirus response center said on Thursday.
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COVID-19 negative report mandatory for passengers flying to India: Air Ind
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): In the wake of a sudden rise of coronavirus cases, Air India Express on Thursday rolled out new guidelines for the passengers travelling to India making it mandatory for them to submit a valid negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test report on the website prior to
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Worrisome Covid mutation that may weaken effectiveness of vaccines found i
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], February 25 (ANI): A new form of coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly in New York City and it carries a worrisome mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, according to The New York Times.
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COVID samples from 8 Maharashtra districts sent for testing of new mutatio
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 25 (ANI): As cases of COVID-19 surge in Maharashtra, samples from about eight districts have been sent to laboratories across the country, including the National Institute of Virology and National Center for Disease Control, to find out if any new variant
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