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"Safety is primary focus for all our vaccines": Covaxin-developer Bharat B
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Amid reports over potential rare side effects of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, Bharat Biotech, which developed the Covaxin, said in a statement that the vaccine was developed with a "single-minded focus on safety first."
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India and China's race for Maldives
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
On 1 May 2023, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in the Maldives on a 3-day official visit at the invitation of his Maldivian counterpart, Mariya Ahmed Didi, where they held bilateral delegation-level talks to further strengthen the defence and security partnership. India also handed ov
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Administering of covid-19 'precaution doses' begins, frontline workers, se
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant, India began administering 'precaution doses' to healthcare, frontline workers and senior citizens with comorbidities on Monday.
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Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on plea seeking taking Covaxin instead of Co
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the Centre's stand on a petition filed by a cancer patient seeking direction to authorities concerned to allow him to take COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin as the second dose instead of Covishield, which was administered to
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Delhi faces COVID-19 vaccine shortage, many turned away from centres
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Government-run COVID-19 vaccination centres across the national capital are facing vaccination shortages, especially of Covishield, and several people are worried that they are going to miss their scheduled date for the second shot.
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Karnataka receives 2 lakh doses of Covishied vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 19 (ANI): Karnataka received 2 lakh doses of Covishied vaccine on Wednesday as part of the order placed by the state government, Health, and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar informed.
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COVID-19 surge: Odisha running out of vaccines, more than half of vaccinat
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 16 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccination in-charge in Odisha, Bijay Panigrahi on Friday informed that the state has shut some vaccination centres due to shortage of COVID-19 vaccines.
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COVID-19 cases declining, 27 districts have less than 15 cases: Tamil Nad
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 30 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan on Saturday said that there has been a decline in new coronavirus cases in the state and 27 districts have reported less than 15 cases.
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Ahead of COVID-19 vaccination drive, states across India receive first con
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Ahead of the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive scheduled to start from January 16, India's first consignment of COVID vaccine "'Covidshield" was transported from Pune to 13 locations across the country on Tuesday.
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Gujarat to receive first consignment of 2.76 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], January 12 (ANI): The first consignment of 2,76,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covidshield' will arrive in Ahmedabad from Pune on Monday.
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SpiceJet carries India's first consignment of Covid vaccine 'Covidshield'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): SpiceJet on Tuesday carried India's first consignment of Covid vaccine 'Covidshield' consisting of 34 boxes and weighing 1,088 kilograms from Pune to Delhi, said Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet.
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No correlation of vaccine trial with Chennai volunteer's side effect claim
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): After a Chennai-based man claimed that he suffered neurological and psychological side effects after taking a shot of COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covishield during the human trial, being conducted by Serum Institute of India's (SII), the Pune-based com
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