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Delhi Govt school teachers included in frontline workers for Covid-19 vacc
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): Teachers of government schools in the national capital engaged in Covid-19 duty will be placed in the category of frontline workers and will be vaccinated on priority, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday.
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DGCA issues guidelines for COVID-19 vaccines transportation by air
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): The government on Friday issued guidelines for the packaging and transportation of COVID-19 vaccines by air, directing the airport authorities and airlines to use dry ice as the refrigerant material during the transportation in order to maintain the low te
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India ready to save humanity with two 'Made in India' COVID-19 vaccines: P
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country is ready to save humanity with two 'Made in India' COVID-19 vaccines and added that the world is discussing India's efforts to empower the poor by using modern technology.
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EU secures deal to double Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine supply
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The European Union (EU) has secured a deal to double the supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, bringing its total to 600 million doses, President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen said on Friday (local time).
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Ecuador envoy takes part in Covaxin trials, says Indian vaccines safe, con
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): After taking the first shot of Covaxin, Ecuador's Envoy to India Hector Cueva Jacome on Friday said that Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute are good companies, adding that he talked to researchers in US and Ecuador and then took part in the trials.
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India sees cooperation on COVID-19 vaccine with neighbours as duty: MEA
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): With the country set to roll out vaccine against coronavirus, the External Affairs Ministry on Friday said India has been at the forefront of global response in the common fight against the disease by providing medicines and other essential supplies and
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Opposition playing dirty politics on vaccine: Union Minister
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], January 8 (ANI): Following Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tej Pratap Yadav's statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take the COVID-19 vaccine first, Union minister Nityanand Rai on Friday said the opposition parties are indulging in dirty politics when they qu
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Centre should bear expenses for COVID-19 vaccination, says Eknath Shinde
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Thane (Maharashtra) [India], January 8 (ANI): Ahead of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the country, Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday asserted that the central government should bear the entire cost of vaccination.
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UK imposes mandatory COVID-19 tests for international travellers amid viru
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London [UK], January 8 (ANI): International travellers from any part in the world will be required to prove a negative COVID-19 test taken up to 72 hours prior to departure for the UK, the country's government announced on Friday.
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Bharat Biotech seeks DCGI's nod to conduct trials of nasal COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): The Bharat Biotech International Limited has sent a proposal to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for conducting the phase 1 trials of a nasal vaccine against COVID-19, informed a government official on Friday.
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Soon we should be able to give COVID-19 vaccines to our countrymen, says H
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 8 (ANI): In the next few days, we should be able to give COVID-19 vaccines to our countrymen, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan after his visit to the session site in Government General Hospital in Chennai to review the second dry run for co
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Bangladesh approves procurement of 30 million doses of Covishield vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8 (ANI): Bangladesh on Thursday approved procurement of 30 million doses of Covishield COVID-19 vaccine from India, co-developed by European pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
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