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Pakistan has not placed any orders for Covid-19 vaccine, says country's he
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): Pakistan has not placed any final order to import the Covid-19 vaccine nor has any vaccine manufacturer accepted the country's request for supply of the vaccine, a top official in the Imran Khan government has said.
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Mega Covid-19 vaccination drive to begin in India today
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New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): India begins today a nationwide vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 10:30 am via video conferencing.
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"Dismal failure", says Joe Biden on US Covid-19 rollout till now
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): President-elect Joe Biden on Friday (local time) said that the coronavirus vaccine rollout in the US till now has been a "dismal failure".
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Delhi government restores full capacity of staff in offices
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New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): With an improvement in the Covid-19 situation in the city, the Delhi government has restored the full strength of staff in its offices.
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Spain registers highest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases since March
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Madrid [Spain], January 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain has confirmed 40,197 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, recording the highest single-day increase in infections since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.
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WHO not ruling out introduction of immunization passports for travel if si
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Geneva [Switzerland], January 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation (WHO) does not rule out the introduction of immunisation passports for international travel if the situation with Covid-19 changes, Michael Ryan, director of the WHO health emergencies program, said on Friday.
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UK to close all travel corridors from Monday
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], January 16 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday (local time) announced that the country is temporarily closing all travel corridors from 4 am local time on Monday, a move that aims to prevent the spread of new variants of coronavirus into the country.
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Punjab CM writes to PM Modi to provide free vaccine to poor of state
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking free vaccine delivery to the poor population of the state.
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Global coronavirus death toll crosses 2 million mark
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Maryland [US], January 16 (ANI): More than 2 million people have died globally due to coronavirus according to the latest tally by the Johns Hopkins University.
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Bangladesh COVID-19 case count rises to 526,485
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Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 762 new COVID-19 cases and 13 more deaths on Friday, taking the count to 526,485 and the death toll to 7,862, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
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Delhi government issues order to reduce COVID beds in private hospitals
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New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Delhi government on Friday issued orders for reducing the number of COVID beds and COVID ICU beds in 45 private hospitals in the national capital said 70 private hospitals having a bed capacity of up to 100 beds or less will have an option of reserving su
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Harsh Vardhan terms vaccination drive as beginning of end of COVID-19
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New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday termed India's vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus as the beginning of the end of COVID-19.
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