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'Operation Fly Formula': Biden invokes wartime act to address infant formu
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 19 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) invoked the Defense Production Act to ramp up the production of infant formula in the wake of growing safety concerns over quality of infant foods following death of two babies and subsequent shortage caused by s
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If you are unvaccinated, you are still at risk of getting seriously ill: W
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients in a press briefing on Thursday (local time) said that unvaccinated people are at risk of getting seriously ill or spreading the disease to others.
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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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US Defense Production Act does not mean 'export ban', clarifies White Hous
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 26 (ANI): After facing a barrage of criticism for denying essential COVID supplies to India, the United States on Tuesday defended the Defense Production Act (DFA), a US policy under which the supplies were reportedly withheld.
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Indian think tank urges Biden administration to ease global vaccine supply
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Amid a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country, an Indian think tank has urged US President Joe Biden's administration to ease the global vaccine supply chain.
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Biden to direct agencies to use Defense Production Act in COVID-19 fight
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Thursday directing agencies to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) and other powers to speed up the manufacturing of testing and vaccine supplies and other items needed to fight COVID-19 in the countr
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Trump invokes Defence Production Act against medical equipment exports
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 4 (ANI): Speaking from the White House at the Coronavirus taskforce press Briefing, President Donald Trump on Friday said that he is invoking the Defense Production Act to prevent the export of N95 respirators, surgical masks, glove and other personal protective eq
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US to distribute ventilators to coronavirus-hit countries soon: Trump
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Apr 02 (ANI): The United States is going to have more ventilators than it needs so it will distribute ventilators to other countries, said President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
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COVID-19: Trump invokes Defense Production Act to compel GM to make ventil
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 28 (ANI): US President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act on Friday (local times) that enables him to compel General Motors to produce more ventilators to deal with the burden caused by increased hospitalizations amid coronavirus outbreak.
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