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India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crosses 137 crore doses
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): With more than 69 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered till 7 pm on Saturday, India's cumulative vaccination coverage exceeded 137 crore doses, informed the Union Health Ministry.
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WHO approves emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine Covovax
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 17 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) said it had approved the Covovax coronavirus vaccine, which is manufactured by the Serum Institute of India under license from US company Novavax, for emergency use.
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Israel to donate one million COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries t
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 17 (ANI): In the coming weeks, the State of Israel will transfer one million Astra Zenica COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries through the International Covax Vaccine Distribution Mechanism.
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China's Sinovac booster shot is 94 pc efficient against Omicron, claims co
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 17 (ANI): China's biotech firm Sinovac claimed that a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine is 94 per cent effective against the Omicron variant of the COVID-19.
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Madhya Pradesh inoculates 82 pc of its residents with second COVID-19 vacc
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 17 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh inoculated around 82 per cent of its residents with the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, said Vishvas Sarang, State Minister of Medical Education on Thursday.
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Bharat Biotech donates 2 lakh Covaxin doses to Vietnam
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Hyderabad-based biotechnology company Bharat Biotech on Thursday announced that it will donate two lakh doses of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin to Vietnam.
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Egypt approves COVID-19 booster shots
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], December 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Egypt has approved on Thursday the administration of a third COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for those who received their second shot at least six months ago, according to a statement by the country's government.
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Over 1.41 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses supplied to States, UTs
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): The Union government has supplied 141.80 crore vaccine doses to the states and Union territories so far, of which, 16.42 crore doses are still available with them, said the Ministry of Home and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday.
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Japanese Health Ministry approves use of Moderna vaccine as booster shot
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A panel of the Japanese Health Ministry on Wednesday approved the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as a booster on Wednesday, the media reported.
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Study finds a longer lasting COVID vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
California [US], December 15 (ANI): Researchers have found rare naturally occurring T cells that are capable of targeting a protein found in SARS-CoV-2 and a range of other coronaviruses.
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India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 134.61 cr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): With the administration of 68,89,025 COVID-19 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, the cumulative vaccination coverage of India has exceeded 134.61 crore, the Union Health Ministry informed on Wednesday.
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NTAGI analyzes data of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in India to decide
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): To make a decision regarding a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) is analyzing data of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in India, said sources on Tuesday.
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