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Tharoor slams new UK British travel rules, says 'double standards' impossi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 21 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday slammed new British travel rules which put those vaccinated with Covishield in the "unvaccinated" category and said that "double standards" applied by the UK were "impossible to understand".
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India may take reciprocal measures against UK's move to recognise AstraZen
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] September 21 (ANI): India will take reciprocal measures against UK's "discriminatory" move to recognise AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine but not Covishield, said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday.
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Health Ministry in touch with MEA over UK non-acceptance of Covishield ben
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): After Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday announced that in the fourth quarter this year, the Government of India will resume Vaccine Maitri, sources today informed that the neighbouring countries will get priority un
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India to procure more than 25 crore Covid vaccine doses per month: governm
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): India set a world record by administering 2.5 crore COVID vaccine doses in a single day on Friday. The country's target is to procure more than 25 crore doses per month, said a government source.
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SII announces strategic partnership with Biocon Biologics
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Hoping to strengthen India's position as a global vaccine and biologics manufacturing powerhouse, COVID-19 vaccine Covishield maker Serum Institute of India (SII) announced a strategic alliance with biopharmaceutical company Biocon Biologics Limited (BB
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Kerala HC allows Kitex to jab its workers before completion of 84 days
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 6 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Monday allowed Kitex Garments Ltd company to administer the second dose of Covishield vaccine to its workers before the completion of an 84-day gap of first dose.
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Total COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 67.72 cr in India
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): India administered 58.85 lakh COVID vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, taking the inoculation coverage to 67.72 (67,72,11,205) crore until 7 am on Saturday, according to the provisional report released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Read More
84 days gap between doses of Covishield providing best protection against
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 3 (ANI): The Central government has submitted in the Kerala High Court on Friday that the duration of 84 days between 1st and 2nd doses of Covishield vaccine is providing the best protection against COVID-19.
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No proposal to change Covishield, Covaxin, and Sputnik V dose Interval: NT
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): There is no proposal in consideration to change the dose interval between two COVID-19 vaccines--Covishield, Covaxin, and Sputnik V in India, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation's (NTAGI) chairman Dr Nk Arora said on Thursday.
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COVID-19: Elderlies in Nepal wait for months to get inoculated
Updated : 4 years, 7 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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Mix of Covishield, Covaxin yields better results: ICMR Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed in its study that the combination of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines, the two main vaccines of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, conducted on 18 people, has elicited better safety and immunogen
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Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya meets Adar Poonawalla, discusses COVID v
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): In order to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine supply in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday met Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla in the national capital and held a discussion over the supply of Covishield vaccine.
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