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India will have COVID-19 vaccine within days: Dr Randeep Guleria
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Terming the approval for Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for use in the UK as a "big step forward", AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that India will have the COVID-19 vaccine within days.
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New Covid-19 strain could have entered India prior to December, says AIIMS
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): With India confirming at least 20 cases of the new UK strain of Covid-19, All India Institute of Medical Sciences director Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that it is a possibility that the new mutation could have been present in the country even in
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Science has delivered, will the WTO deliver?
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): A proposal by India, South Africa and eight other countries calls on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to exempt member countries from enforcing some patents, and other Intellectual Property (IP) rights under the organization's Agreement on Trade-Relate
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Expert committee to consider SII's emergency use approval for COVID-19 vac
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New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of Drugs Controller of India will take a meeting to consider Serum Institute of India's application for emergency use approval of its COVID-19 vaccine, says a government official.
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UK approves Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
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London [UK] December 30 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Wednesday approved Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
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VP-elect Kamala Harris receives coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Tuesday received on live television the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, making her the latest high-level official to do so as the incoming Biden administration seeks to instil confidence in the vaccination proces
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Civil Ministry taking steps to maintain the integrity of cold chain during
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): With the country expecting COVID-19 vaccination drive in January, the Union Civil Ministry is making all arrangements to maintain the "integrity of cold chain" during the transportation of vaccine, a senior official said on Tuesday.
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No evidence that vaccines will not work against new COVID-19 variants: Cen
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New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccines will work against new variants of the virus detected in the UK and South Africa and there is no evidence that current vaccines will fail to protect against these coronavirus variants, Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advis
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SC hears plea seeking prevention of circulation of fake COVID-19 vaccine
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New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court on Tuesday by lawyer, Vishal Tiwari, seeking a direction to the Union of India (UoI) and others, to issue strict guidelines and regulations under the Disaster Management Act by co
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As Mass Vaccine Campaigns Begin, HMD's Auto-Disable Syringes to Play a Cru
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices (HMD), one of the top manufacturers of medical disposables worldwide, announced that it has ramped up production of its Kojak Auto Disable (AD) syringes in anticipation of a surge in demand for the corona
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Argentina to begin rollout of Russian COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Argentina will begin vaccinating its population against coronavirus on Tuesday, using Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.
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Over 2.1 million in US receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 29 (ANI): Over two million individuals in the United States have received the first of two coronavirus vaccine shots, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data revealed on Monday.
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