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COVID-19 cases declining, 27 districts have less than 15 cases: Tamil Nad
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 30 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan on Saturday said that there has been a decline in new coronavirus cases in the state and 27 districts have reported less than 15 cases.
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Covax firms urge DCGI to change fact sheet on blood thinners: ICMR chief
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): India's drug regulatory body has received requests from both Pune based Serum Institute of India and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech to make necessary changes in the vaccine fact sheet to allow people using blood thinners to get inoculated against Covid-19
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Indian envoy in Sri Lanka celebrates Poya Day
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 28 (ANI): On the occasion of Poya Day in Sri Lanka, the Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay on Thursday offered prayers at the Gangaramaya Temple, for the health and well-being of the people.
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Covaxin effective on UK virus strain of COVID-19: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], 27 January (ANI): An Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study on Covaxin shows a comparable neutralization activity of the vaccinated individuals against UK-variant strain.
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Iran to receive first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX soon
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran is soon expected to receive its first batch of foreign vaccines against the coronavirus from the World Health Organization-led COVID-19 vaccine procurement and distribution initiative, the COVAX Facility, the state-run IRNA news agency reported o
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WHO inks deal for delivery of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines in poor countries
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 23 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced that it had reached an agreement with Pfizer/BioNTech for 40 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine delivering to poor countries under its COVAX initiative next month.
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COVID-19 jab: 123 AEFI cases, over 15L healthcare workers take vaccination
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): As many as 123 healthcare workers suffered Adverse Effects Following Immunisation (AEFI), out of 15 lakh COVID vaccination conducted pan India till Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said.
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COVAXIN shows high safety, immunogenicity during phase 1 clinical trial: L
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): In a remarkable finding, India's indigenous Covid-19 vaccine--COVAXIN developed by the Bharat Biotech and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has shown high safety and immunogenicity during the phase 1 clinical trial, according to the findings of th
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Myanmar receives first consignment of India's Covishield vaccines
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New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): The Serum Institute of India's (SII) consignment of 'Covishield' vaccine has reached Myanmar, said S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, on Friday.
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TN Health Minister administered Covaxin shot
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 22 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar received Bharat Biotech's Covaxin shot in Chennai on Friday.
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WHO chief thanks Biden for membership U-turn, US joining ACT Accelerator,
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday thanked new US President Joe Biden for honouring his pledge to U-turn on its membership status and join the organization's vaccine access initiatives.
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COVID-19: Recipients to be followed-up for 3 months after 2nd dose of Cova
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Following the administration of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin', the recipients will remain at the vaccination site for at least 30 minutes of the observation to record any adverse event, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in its guidelines for
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