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US says India's increased COVID vaccines manufacturing capacity has potent
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): The US Department of State on Thursday (local time) said that the increased manufacturing capacity of COVID-19 vaccines in India has the potential to be a 'game changer' well beyond the country's borders, which is why an arrangement to provide support to India
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US will not use it to secure favours from other countries: Jack Sullivan o
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Thursday (local time) discussed the sharing of 25 million COVID-19 vaccines with the world and said that the US will not use it to secure favours from other countries in lieu of the pandemic assistance.
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More than 1 cr doses of COVID vaccines distributed to Tamil Nadu till June
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): After some media reports suggesting a shortage of vaccines in Tamil Nadu, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that more than 1 crore doses of COVID vaccines have been distributed to Tamil Nadu as on June 2.
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US to lift Defense Production Act ratings on AstraZeneca, Novavax, Sanofi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said on Thursday that the US will lift Defense Production Act ratings on the AstraZeneca, Novavax, and Sanofi COVID vaccines.
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Odisha's Naveen Patnaik writes to all CMs, seeks consensus for Centre proc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 2 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Chief Ministers of all states and Union Territories stating that instead of competing against each other for vaccines they should arrive at a consensus to demand a centralised procurement of gl
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Centre is encouraging black marketing of COVID vaccines: Kerala govt to HC
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], June 2 (ANI): The state government on Wednesday submitted its response to the Kerala High Court on the COVID-19 vaccination policy and said, "The Central government is encouraging black marketing. Why are different rates being fixed? Rates must be fixed based on the c
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Canada recommends mixing, matching of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], June 2 (ANI): Canada on Tuesday recommended mixing and matching of AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
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Centre provides more than 23 cr COVID vaccine doses to States, UTs
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): More than 23 crore COVID vaccine doses have been provided to States and UTs so far, said the Union Government on Tuesday.
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Centre's COVID vaccine procurement policy against federalism, says Jharkha
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 1 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday said the procurement of COVID vaccines by States on their own during the ongoing pandemic "stands against the principle of cooperative federalism" and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide free
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COVID vaccines wastage reported in Rajasthan's Bundi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bundi (Rajasthan) [India], June 1 (ANI): It's a precarious situation when vaccine is the only weapon against the deadly Covid-19 and the state governments are floating global tenders to procure COVID-19 vaccine, there have been several cases where wastage of vaccine doses has been reported.
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SC to hear PIL seeking to prevent sale of counterfeit COVID vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Monday hear fresh PIL seeking directions under the Disaster Management Act (DMA) to prevent the sale of counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines.
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Taiwanese skeptical over China's offer to provide COVID vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 29 (ANI): As China offered to provide Taiwan with Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, the majority of Taiwanese are skeptical of Beijing's motives and of the vaccines which have lower levels of efficacy than many competitors.
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