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US CDC panel endorses Pfizer booster shot for elderly, high-risk people
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI/Xinhua): A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Thursday endorsed booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and older and some adults with certain high risk conditions.
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Korea: Social distancing to be gradually loosened from the end of October
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], September 8 (ANI/Global Economic): Jung Eun-kyeong, Commissioner of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced that 'step-by-step daily recovery' plan will gradually ease the social distancing measures depending on the risk of COVID-19, but peo
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14 year old dies due to Anthrax in East China
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Shandong [China], September 3 (ANI): A 14-year-old has died due to Anthrax in Shandong province, China, reported Caixin Global.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 7.81 million: Africa CDC
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], September 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 7,816,222 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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15.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine thrown away since March 1 in US
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 2 (ANI): At least 15.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were thrown away since March 1 in the United States, at a time when there is a global shortage of vaccines which in turn is leading to deaths in a poor country.
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CDC panel endorses approval of the Pfizer Covid vaccine for Americans aged
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 31 (ANI/Sputnik): A key advisory panel of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday that it has unanimously endorsed the full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 16 and older.
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Nirvana Being Launches N95 Masks in Fun Designs For Kids
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI/PRNewswire): There has been a lot of discussion during the pandemic on whether kids should wear face masks or not. However, according to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the answer is a resounding yes (for children over 2+ years). There a
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US warns of new outbreak of Polio-like illness in children later this year
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has issued an alert to parents and healthcare providers for an expected outbreak of the polio-like disease Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in the next four months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a release
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US eases travel advisory for India to second-lowest level
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): The US State Department on Monday (local time) has eased its travel advisories for India, taking it to its second-lowest level and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the South Asian nation now has a "moderate level of COVID-19."
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US' CDC endorses COVID-19 booster jabs for immunocompromised people
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed the use of an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine for people with moderately to severely compromised immune systems after an initial two-dose vaccine series.
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South Korea allows use of remaining AstraZeneca doses on those aged over 3
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], August 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The South Korean health authorities have allowed to immunize those aged 30 and over with the unused shots of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Friday.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 6.78 million: Africa CDC
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], August 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,787,146 as of Tuesday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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