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103-year-old becomes oldest woman in India to get Covid-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 10 (ANI): A 103-year-old woman received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Bengaluru on Tuesday. With this, J Kameshwari became the oldest woman in India to have received the COVID19 vaccine as per available data, said Apollo Hospitals, Bannergh
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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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India sends COVID-19 vaccines to Botswana
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Gaborone [Botswana], March 9 (ANI): India has sent COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in the country to Botswana as part of the 'Vaccine Maitri' initiative.
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Jamaica thanks India for sending 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kingston [Jamaica], March 9 (ANI): Jamaica on Tuesday thanked India for sending 50,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines in the fight against the pandemic.
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Pakistan to get 16 million doses of India-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine th
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 9 (ANI): Pakistan would get a total of 16 million free doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, being manufactured in India, through the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) for inoculating 45 million people, officials told Public Accounts C
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Nadda receives first shot of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): As the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive is underway in India, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda on Tuesday received his first shot of the vaccine here.
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Anupam Kher receives COVID-19 vaccine shot in Mumbai
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Veteran Bollywood actor and author Anupam Kher on Tuesday became the latest Indian celebrity to take a jab of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Afghanistan receives 468,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from India
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 9 (ANI): Afghanistan on Monday received 468,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' from the Serum Institute of India (SII).
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Delhi budget: We aim for 'Singapore-level' per capita income by 2047, says
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday presented a budget worth Rs 69,000 crore for the financial year 2021-22 and said that the Aam Aadmi Party-led government aims to increase the per capita income of the national capital to Singapore's le
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No vaccine shortage in Rajasthan, Union Health Ministry clarifies
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], March 9 (ANI): Debunking the reports of vaccine shortage in Rajasthan, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said the factual position is that there is no shortage of COVID-19 vaccine in the State at present.
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COVAXIN phase 2 data published in Lancet; vaccine safe, induced high neutr
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): British medical journal The Lancet on Tuesday published the phase 2 results of the "Made in India" COVID-19 vaccine, COVAXIN, stating that the vaccine has better reactogenicity and safety outcomes, and enhanced humoral and cell-mediated immune responses c
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Delhi budget: Rs 50 crores allocated for free COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): The Delhi government has allocated Rs 50 crores in this year's budget to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to the people of the national capital.
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