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Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can protect against Brazil variant: Study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): A new study suggests that the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine can protect people against the concerning coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil.
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Swiss company to produce Russian Sputnik vaccine in Italy
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 9 (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is set to cooperate with Swiss-based Adienne Pharma & Biotech for Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine production in Italy, chief executive of RDIF Kirill Dmitriev said.
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Most people in UK don't trust Johnson can take England out of COVID-19 loc
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Only 24 per cent of people in the United Kingdom think Prime Minister Boris Johnson can safely take England out of its third COVID-19 lockdown, a new poll released ahead of Johnson's much-awaited announcement on a roadmap to normality has shown on Mond
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Nepal removes legal hurdles to purchase additional Covishield vaccines fro
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Kathmandu [Nepal], February 16 (ANI): Nepal has resolved legal hurdles to purchase additional Covishield vaccines from India, Nepal's Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi confirmed.
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UK PM backs Biden's call to pressurise China to release raw data on COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], February 16 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has backed the call by US President Joe Biden to put pressure on China to release raw data relating to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease.
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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be tested in kids as young as 6
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London [UK], February 13 (ANI): University researchers plan to start testing AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine on children as young as six in Britain on Saturday.
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Lockdown in Germany will last "not one day longer" than necessary: Merkel
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 11 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended her strategy to tackle the coronavirus in the country after Wednesday's announcement that the country's lockdown will be extended until March 7.
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Europe was too late to approve COVID-19 vaccines, too optimistic on mass p
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Brussels [Belgium], February 10 (ANI): President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that Europe was late to authorise COVID-19 vaccines and too optimistic on mass production.
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US approves emergency use of Eli Lilly's antibody cocktail for COVID-19 tr
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Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an emergency use authorization to a monoclonal antibody cocktail made by pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly for treating coronavirus patients at high risk of developing severe COVID-19.
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COVID-19 cases globally declined by 17 pc last week
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI): The number of new COVID-19 cases reported across the world have declined, for the fourth week in a row, as per the data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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South African opposition slams govt vaccination drive amid halted AstraZen
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Johannesburg [South Africa], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa's political opposition has slammed the country's government for its handling of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out after Johannesburg halted its plans to use the AstraZeneca vaccine, a Sputnik correspondent reported Monday.
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Country's recovery from coronavirus first sign that Atmanirbhar Bharat is
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Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 6 (ANI): The country's recovery from Coronavirus due to the early steps taken by it was the first sign that Atmanirbhar Bharat was working, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here on Saturday.
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