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4,745 new COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths reported in Pune
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 17 (ANI): As many as 4,745 of the 23,179 COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours were reported from Pune, the state health department informed on Wednesday.
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Private sector should be involved in expediting COVID-19 vaccination: Odis
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 17 (ANI): Private sector needs to be further involved in expediting the COVID-19 vaccination program, said Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday.
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Amarinder Singh calls for COVID-19 immunisation of judges, students, offic
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 17 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called for occupation-based COVID-19 immunisation for judges, students, teachers, administrative officials, and others for the resumption of normal activity.
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1,275 new COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 17 (ANI): Karnataka on Wednesday reported as many as 1,275 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Wednesday.
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COVID-19 positivity rate in MP at 4.3 pc, 54 pc cases from Indore, Bhopal:
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 17 (ANI): The COVID-19 positivity rate in Madhya Pradesh has increased to 4.3 per cent with 54 per cent of the total cases being reported from Indore and Bhopal, informed Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Wednesday.
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India's vaccine wastage at 6.5 pc, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh top the li
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): India's overall percentage of COVID-19 vaccine wastage is at 6.5 per cent, with Telangana and Andhra Pradesh topping the list with 17.6 per cent and 11.6 per cent of vaccine wastage respectively, informed the union health ministry on Wednesday.
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No signal of concern so far: Govt on Oxford Covid vaccine side-effects
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): There is no signal of concern regarding the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the country, said Dr VK Paul, Member (Health) of the Niti Aayog, on Wednesday amid speculations and subsequent review of possible side-effects of the vaccine.
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70 districts in 16 states saw 150 pc increase in COVID-19 cases in last 15
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Despite the increase of COVID-19 cases across states and union territories in the country, India's coronavirus mortality rate remains below two per cent while the cumulative positivity rate has dropped below five per cent, informed Health Secretary Rajesh B
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Moderna starts testing COVID-19 vaccine on young children, infants
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): Moderna has begun testing its COVID-19 vaccine on children and infants between the ages of six months and 12 years old in a study, as the pharmaceutical company seeks to expand approval for its vaccine to children, the company said on Tuesday.
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Pak's national COVID-19 positivity ratio crosses 7 pc amid surge in infect
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 17 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases are rapidly surging in Pakistan, the national positivity ratio in the country shot past 7 per cent on Tuesday after over 2,500 cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
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Jamie Dornan's father dies of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): Hollywood star Jamie Dornan's father Dr Jim Dornan died on Monday. He was 73 when he breathed his last.
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COVID-19: Gujarat's Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation shuts shops after 10 p
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 15 (ANI): In wake of rising cases of COVID-19 in the state, Gujarat's Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Monday ordered the closure of shops after 10 pm in eight wards until further orders.
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