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Virus that causes COVID-19 can find alternate route to infect cells: Study
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists identified how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, gets inside cells to cause infection. All current COVID-19 vaccines and antibody-based therapeutics were designed to disrupt this route into cells, which requ
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Sputnik V is safest among all COVID-19 vaccines, no deaths recorded: Bueno
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Buenos Aires [Argentina], June 24 (ANI): A study by the Buenos Aires Ministry of Health to monitor the safety of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 confirmed on Thursday that it is the safest among the vaccines.
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Mamata Banerjee urges PM Modi's intervention for early approval for Covaxi
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 24 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged Prime Minister Modi for his intervention in order to receive early approval for indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, 'Covaxin' from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to States/UTs done in completely transpare
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New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to States and Union territories has been done in a completely transparent manner, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
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Telangana administers over 1.6 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine on June 23
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 24 (ANI): Telangana on Wednesday administered COVID-19 vaccine to about 1,57,958 people for their first dose, while 9,571 people in the state were given their second dose.
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BJP MPs walk out of parliamentary panel meet on COVID vaccine development
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New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): High drama was witnessed on Wednesday during a parliamentary committee meeting on COVID-19 vaccine development during which several BJP MPs walked out stating that discussion over vaccine policies were not on the agenda.
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US warns Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine recipients to watch for enlarged
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Washington [US], June 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government continues to recommend coronavirus vaccinations for everyone 12 years of age and older, albeit with a new warning to watch for symptoms of an enlarged heart reported by a fraction of people receiving the Pfizer or Moderna inoculation,
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WHO raises concerns over Sputnik V manufacturing plant, company says all i
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Moscow [Russia], June 24 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns over a manufacturing plant responsible for filling the vials with the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
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India likely to have COVID vaccine for children above 2 years by September
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New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Noting that children usually have a mild disease but there is a need to develop COVID-19 vaccines for them, AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria has said Bharat Biotech and other companies are doing trials at a very fast pace and hoped that data will l
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'Fake' IAS man held after TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty duped into attending Cov
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 23 (ANI): Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty on Wednesday claimed to have been duped by a man who posed as an IAS officer and requested the actor-turned-politician to be present at a COVID-19 vaccination drive organised by him in West Bengal's capital
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West Bengal to prioritise COVID-19 jabs for women with children who are 12
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 23 (ANI): West Bengal government will administer COVID-19 vaccines on priority to women whose children are aged between one and 12 years-old, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday.
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Lithuania donates 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan amid strained ti
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Vilnius [Lithuania], June 23 (ANI): Lithuania has donated 20,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Taiwan on Tuesday.
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