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India came through 'test of fire' in second wave of COVID-19, world apprec
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 12 (ANI): Noting that the world appreciates the resolve shown by India in dealing with the surge of cases in the second wave of COVID-19, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that demand for medical oxygen went up 8-9 times and "we have come thr
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Zimbabwe sets deadline for frontline workers to get vaccinated against COV
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Harare (Zimbabwe) June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The Zimbabwean government has set July 14 as the deadline for frontline health workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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G7 leaders call for probe into origins of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 13 (ANI): The G7 leaders on Sunday called for a "timely, transparent, expert-led, and science-based WHO-convened" investigation into the origins of COVID-19, including, as recommended by the experts' report, in China.
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Scientists slam WHO's report, calls for further investigation into COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 19 (ANI): A group of scientists have slammed the World Health Organisation (WHO) for their report into the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan and demanded a further investigation.
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Vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against In
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that the vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics "continue to be effective" against the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19.
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WHO Chief Scientist says India's COVID-19 figures worrying, calls for exer
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): As India is in the grasp of a devastating second wave of COVID-19, World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday (local time) termed the rate of infections and deaths in the country as "worrying" and called on governments
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Global Covid-19 caseload breaches 150-million mark
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], April 30 (ANI): The Coronavirus cases across the globe have breached the 150 million mark, according to the latest update by Johns Hopkins University.
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India's processed food market is expected to grow to USD 470 billion by 20
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): The Indian processed food market is expected to grow to USD 470 billion by 2025 from USD 263 billion (2019-20), professional services firm KPMG said in a report released on Thursday.
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Norway should stop using AstraZeneca vaccine, says country's public health
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], April 16 (ANI): A day after Denmark's decision to abandon the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine over links with very rare blood clots, Norway's public health institute on Thursday said the country should stop using it.
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Collaboration is the way forward, agree world leaders and global experts f
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): As part of one of the most historic and time-relevant events this year, world political leaders, global health experts, frontline workers, sportsmen and artists from 100 countries converged to deliberate on the socio-economic implication
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Lankan MP criticises govt for buying Chinese COVID-19 vaccine not approved
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding the Sinopharm vaccine, a Sri Lankan parliamentarian has said that Colombo has brought the Chinese made COVID-19 vaccine to the country without the approval of the World Health Organisation (WHO) showing disregard for the li
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WHO denies issuing warning of 50,000 COVID-19 deaths in India by April 15,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has refuted reports claiming that it has issued a warning on 50,000 fatalities due to COVID-19 in India by April 15.
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