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China: Trial begins against businessman who criticised Xi govt's COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 16 (ANI): A trial began on Thursday in China's northern province of Hebei against a Chinese anti-government businessman, who has been vocal in criticising Chinese authorities about its handling of the COVID-19.
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Cabinet approves Rs 23,123 cr India COVID-19 Emergency Response package
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a new scheme 'India COVID-19 Emergency Response & Health System Preparedness Package: Phase-II' amounting to Rs 23,123 crore for FY 2021-22.
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Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and AquaKraft to partner for stre
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): In an endeavor to strengthen healthcare infrastructure in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and augment India's efforts for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the Public Health Foundation of India and AquaKraft Projects Private Limited signed
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Pak's limited response to COVID-19 marred by lack of transparency, enforce
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's (HRCP) annual report on the state of human rights in 2020 claimed that the government's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic was marred by a lack of transparency and enforcement.
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ICC supports UNICEF's COVID-19 relief efforts in South Asia
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], June 18 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) through its Cricket for Good initiative has launched a fundraising campaign to support UNICEF's emergency COVID-19 response in South Asia.
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COVID-19: US to share 'substantial number' of vaccines with India under CO
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 4 (ANI): A 'substantial number' of vaccine doses will go to India under the US strategy for global vaccine sharing program, said Gayle E Smith, the US State Department Coordinator for COVID-19 Response and Health Security on Friday.
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If you are unvaccinated, you are still at risk of getting seriously ill: W
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients in a press briefing on Thursday (local time) said that unvaccinated people are at risk of getting seriously ill or spreading the disease to others.
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US to lift Defense Production Act ratings on AstraZeneca, Novavax, Sanofi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said on Thursday that the US will lift Defense Production Act ratings on the AstraZeneca, Novavax, and Sanofi COVID vaccines.
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80 million COVID-19 vaccines to be shared across world, no decision on all
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Noting that India has been a major priority for Washington given the surge of COVID-19 cases in the second wave of pandemic, President Biden's point-person for global pandemic response has said that no decision has been taken regarding ulitmate allocation o
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Fauci says pandemic exposed 'undeniable effects of racism' in US
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US] May 17,(ANI):Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser said that the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed racial disparities in living conditions and access to healthcare across the US that required serious action to fix.
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Russia adds 9,462 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia registered 9,462 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 4,922,901, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Friday.
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'Lancet report on India COVID-19 response another attempt to undermine dev
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 13 (ANI): Medical journal Lancet's latest report on COVID-19 situation in India that discusses the Indian government's management of the pandemic is yet another attempt by the big pharma lobby to undermine the "abilities of a developing country to challenge their mono
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