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Over 56 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses given to states, UTs, says Centre
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): More than 56.76 crore (56,76,14,390) COVID vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through all sources and a further 5,00,240 doses are in the pipeline, the Centre informed on Sunday.
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PM Modi lauds scientists, says India doesn't need to depend on others for
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded scientists and said that it is the result of the strength of our industrialists and scientists, that today India does not need to depend on any other nation for COVID-19 vaccines.
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Mixing two different vaccines of COVID-19 is very risky: Cyrus Poonawalla
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 14 (ANI): Mixing two different vaccines of COVID-19 is a very risky decision and it is must be discouraged, said Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman of Serum Institute of India (SII) on Friday.
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COVID vaccine booster dose may benefit organ transplant patients: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Organ transplant recipients may get benefit from a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot that will push the response rate, according to a study conducted by Canadian scientists.
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US approves third dose of COVID vaccine for people with weak immune system
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 13 (ANI/FENA): US drug regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems may receive an extra dose of Pfizer or Moderna to better protect them as the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread.
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Top officials from Quad countries meet, discuss counter terror, Covid-vacc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 12 (ANI): Senior officials from the four-member countries of the Quad grouping on Thursday discussed ways to advance cooperation in areas including maritime and cyber-security, counter-terrorism, higher education, climate change, critical and emerging technologies a
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WHO tests three drugs for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] August 12(ANI/FENA): The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that it will soon test three drugs used for other diseases to find out if they can help patients with coronavirus.
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Kerala received 60 pc more vaccine doses than proposed: Centre
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 11 (ANI): The Central Government informed the Kerala High Court on Wednesday that the Centre has provided the state with 60 per cent more vaccine doses than the proposed allocation.
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Over 2.25 crore unutilised COVID19 vaccine doses available with States, UT
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Wednesday informed that over 2.25 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are available with the States, Union Territories and private hospitals, and the vaccines are yet to be administered.
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Around 30 lakh people vaccinated with both doses of COVID vaccine to trave
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 10 (ANI): Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal Chahal on Monday said around 30 lakh people vaccinated with both doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be allowed to travel in the local trains.
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COVID-19: Elderlies in Nepal wait for months to get inoculated
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 10 (ANI): Wait for Baburam Nagarkoti (80) and Laxmi Nagarkoti (67) is finally over as both the elderlies went to a nearby vaccination center to take the second dose of anti-COVID vaccine for which they had been waiting for more than four months.
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Foreign nationals now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination in India: Centre
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday allowed the foreign nationals residing in India to get registered on the CoWin portal to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.
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