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COVID-19 vaccine are safe and immunogenic, says Harsh Vardhan as he replie
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Replying to the concern of Chattisgarh Health Minister over COVID-19 vaccine, the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said both the COVID-19 vaccines - Covaxin and Covishield are safe and immunogenic and should be used expeditiously to con
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Muller tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of Club World Cup final
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], February 11 (ANI): Ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup final, Bayern Munich on Thursday announced that Thomas Muller has tested positive for coronavirus.
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China bars broadcasting of BBC World News on mainland over Xinjiang, COVID
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 11 (ANI): The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) of China has barred the broadcasting of BBC World News on the mainland claiming that it has done a "slew of falsified" reporting on issues such as human rights violations in Xinjiang based on intervie
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Germany didn't act fast enough amid signs of second COVID-19 wave: Merkel
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): In an address to the German Bundestag (parliament) on Thursday, Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that her government was "too hesitant" in its handling of the second COVID-19 wave.
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UK's COVID-19 quarantine hotel booking website goes down minutes after lau
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The new online system for booking a room in the COVID-19 quarantine hotels that will accommodate travellers arriving in the United Kingdom from 33 red-listed countries was taken down only minutes after it was launched on Thursday, the Department of Hea
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116-year-old French nun, who survived two World Wars and Spanish Flu, surv
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 11 (ANI): Europe's oldest person aged 117-year-old has survived the coronavirus after living through two world wars as well as the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic.
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Iraq reports 2,369 new COVID-19 cases, 636,908 in total
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Health Ministry reported on Thursday 2,369 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily record in 2021, bringing the tally to 636,908.
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WHO lauds PM Modi for making COVID-19 response into a Jan Andolan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Lauding the efforts by India in the fight against COVID-19, country representative of World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Roderico Ofrin on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making it a Jan Andolan (people's movement).
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Over 74 lakhs healthcare, frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19 ac
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): The number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19 has reached 74.30 lakh on day 27 of the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program.
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WHO hails Gujarat for responding to second wave of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): As Gujarat conducted the Intra-Action Review (IAR) in December 2020 for its COVID-19 preparedness and response, World Health Organisation (WHO) country representative to India, Dr Roderico Ofrin on Thursday lauded the efforts by the state government i
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Canada has supply-side constraints on vaccines, PM Modi, Trudeau had subst
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Former High Commissioner to Canada Vishnu Prakash has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau had a very constructive and substantive discussion during their phone conversation on Wednesday and Ottawa had sought I
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Lockdown in Germany will last "not one day longer" than necessary: Merkel
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 11 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended her strategy to tackle the coronavirus in the country after Wednesday's announcement that the country's lockdown will be extended until March 7.
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