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Sri Lanka puts Chinese Covid-19 vaccine on hold
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 26 (ANI): Sri Lanka has put Chinese Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine on hold and will use India-manufactured Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine to inoculate 14 million people, a government spokesperson has said.
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Queen Elizabeth II urges public to get vaccinated against COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 26 (ANI): Queen Elizabeth II has urged people to get COVID-19 vaccinations while adding that her own jab "didn't hurt at all."
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Vaccinating oldest against COVID-19 saves both most lives, most years of l
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): A recent study by Joshua R. Goldstein, Thomas Cassidy, and Kenneth W. Wachter states that vaccinating the oldest against COVID-19 saves both the most lives and the most years of life.
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COVID-19 vaccination: Registration on CO-WIN for third phase beneficiaries
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): The eligible beneficiaries who are entitled to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from March 1, would be able to register themselves on the CO-WIN platform from Monday onwards.
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Tedros lauds India, PM Modi for supporting vaccine equity
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 25 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "supporting vaccine equity".
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Bangladesh PM's younger sister gets first shot of Covid-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangaldesh], February 25 (ANI): Shaikh Rehana, the younger sister of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has received her first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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India offers 'Made in India' vaccines to all foreign diplomats and their f
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Envoys, UN workers and people working in intergovernmental agencies and their families may not have to worry about Covid-19 vaccines. The Indian government has offered India-made vaccine in a special Covid vaccine drive for diplomats in all locations
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Pfizer, BioNTech begin testing of third dose against new COVID-19 variants
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Pfizer and its partner BioNTech on Thursday said that they have begun to test how well the third dose of their authorised vaccine stacks up against new coronavirus variants.
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India's proposal at WTO for TRIPS waiver gets support from 57 nations, say
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): As many as 57 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have supported India's proposal for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on COVID-19 vaccines, said Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal on Thursday.
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'Made in India' COVID-19 vaccines dispatched to Cote d'Ivoire
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Keeping up with the commitment to assist in the pandemic period, India on Thursday dispatched the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
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Pressure mounts on WTO to consider India's proposed IPR waiver on COVID va
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): As the world grapples to counter the pandemic, pressure on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is mounting to seriously consider a proposal by India and South Africa for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on COVID-19 vacc
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SEC recommends Dr Reddy's to submit additional data for EUA of Sputnik V C
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation's (CDSCO) Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has recommended additional immunogenicity data from Dr Reddy's Laboratories which applied to the national drugs regulator seeking emergency use approval for Sputnik
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