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Samuel L. Jackson sports 'Avengers' mask while receiving COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 26 (ANI): In true Nick Fury style, Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson brought his superhero friends along with him to get vaccinated for the novel coronavirus by wearing an 'Avengers' themed face mask.
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New Zealand's COVID-19 vaccine slated for possible approval next week
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], January 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The green light for New Zealand's first COVID-19 vaccine could be granted in just over a week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday.
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Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine demonstrates 'neutralising impact' on ne
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New York [US], January 26 (ANI): US biotechnology firm Moderna announced on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine has demonstrated a 'neutralising impact' on coronavirus variants first found in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
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Countries struggling with COVID-19 vaccine supply, distribution, says WHO
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Geneva [Switzerland] January 26 (ANI): All countries are having issues with the supply and distribution of vaccines against COVID-19, said Mike Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme, on Monday.
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COVID-19: 47.4 pc private health get vaccinated in Telangana
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 26 (ANI): About 47.4 per cent of the total private health workers scheduled to take the COVID-19 vaccine in Telangana took the jab on Monday, the state health department informed.
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Afghanistan to receive 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from India soon
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New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Afghanistan will soon receive 500,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine from India, said Tahir Qadiry, Afghanistan's Charge d'Affaires, on Monday.
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President Kovind urges people to utilise 'lifeline', get vaccinated agains
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New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Lauding the country's scientists for their success in manufacturing vaccines against coronavirus in record time, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday urged citizens to "utilise the lifeline" and get vaccinated against COVID-19 according to laid down guidel
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European Commission asks AstraZeneca to explain delays in COVID-19 vaccine
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Brussels [Belgium], January 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission asks AstraZeneca to explain the delays in coronavirus vaccine deliveries, commission spokesmen said on Monday, assuring that the goal to have 70 percent of the EU population inoculated by the summer remains unchanged.
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Google to open vaccination clinics at some of its sites
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Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): American multinational technology giant, Google has announced that it is launching an initiative to provide more than one fifty million dollars to promote education and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Karnataka becomes 1st state to vaccinate over 2 lakh healthcare workers ag
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 25 (ANI): Karnataka has become the first state in the country to vaccinate more than 2 lakh healthcare workers. As of 2 pm on Monday, 2,06,577 healthcare workers had been vaccinated against COVID-19, said the state health department.
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Iran to receive first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX soon
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran is soon expected to receive its first batch of foreign vaccines against the coronavirus from the World Health Organization-led COVID-19 vaccine procurement and distribution initiative, the COVAX Facility, the state-run IRNA news agency reported o
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`Vaccine Maitri' helps strengthen India's bilateral ties with Myanmar, say
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Yangon [Myanmar], January 25 (ANI): India's gift of 1.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to neighbouring Myanmar as part of its "Vaccine Maitri" drive will strengthen bilateral ties between the two neighbours, said Indian ambassador to Myanmar, Saurabh Kumar.
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