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Nigeria mulls buying Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, getting shot as donation
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigeria is considering the procurement of Russia's coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, but does not exclude the option of receiving it from Russia as a donation, Nigerian Ambassador in Moscow Abdullahi Shehu told Sputnik in his first interview since t
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Vietnam: Regular international flights suggested to resume from December 1
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 8 (ANI/VOVWORLD): Vietnam's Ministry of Transport (MoT) has proposed the pilot resumption of regular international flights carrying international passengers to Vietnam from December 15.
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India logs 6,822 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hrs, lowest in 558 days
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): India recorded 6,822 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Tuesday. This is the lowest number of fresh cases of infection reported by the country in the last 558 days.
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No final recommendation on additional COVID vaccine dose, vaccine for chil
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): After a long meeting of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) on Monday, no final recommendation was made on additional COVID-19 vaccine dose and vaccine for children, informed the official sources.
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Talks on production of Sputnik Light COVID vaccine in India nearing comple
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): The talks on the production of anti-COVID vaccine Sputnik Light in India are nearing completion, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
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Over 85 pc eligible population inoculated with first dose of COVID-19 vacc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Stating that more than 85 per cent of the eligible population has been vaccinated with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday congratulated the country on the occasion.
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Both doses of COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for entry to malls, theatres in B
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 5 (ANI): Both doses of COVID-19 vaccine are mandatory for people to enter shopping complexes, malls, cinema halls and theatres in Bengaluru, said an order issued by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Sunday.
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Over 50 pc of India's eligible population fully vaccinated against COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Over 50 per cent of India's eligible population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya as he congratulated the people of the country.
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COVID-19: Allow booster dose for healthcare, front line workers, writes Te
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 4 (ANI): Telangana Health Minister T Harish Rao on Friday wrote to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to reduce the gap between the two doses of Covishield and allow booster dose for frontline workers in view of emerging COVID-19 variants.
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INSACOG calls for COVID vaccine booster dose to those at-risk, above 40 ye
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) has called for the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for those who are above 40 years of age and at-risk people, informed an official statement issued by INSACOG on Monday.
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Amid Omicron scare, NITI Aayog's VK Paul says increased COVID-19 vaccine u
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Amid the scare of Omicron variant of the COVID-19, Dr VK Paul, Member-Health of NITI Aayog on Thursday said that the priority of the Centre is to fully vaccinate the adult population of the country against the COVID-19 and urged people get fully vaccin
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Centre provides more COVID-19 vaccine to BJP-ruled states, alleges Chhatti
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 1 (ANI): Amid reports from government sources that the BJP-ruled states are ahead in COVID-19 vaccination coverage, Chhattisgarh Congress Chief Mohan Markam on Tuesday said that it is the Centre's responsibility to provide vaccines and alleged that the
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