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Coup, COVID fuelling 'perfect storm' in Myanmar: UN expert
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 16 (ANI): The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has called for emergency international engagement to deal with a "perfect storm" of factors that are fuelling the coronavirus led crisis in the country.
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PM Modi urges CMs of six states with high COVID positivity rate to strengt
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Interacting with the Chief Ministers of six states with a high COVID-19 positivity rate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the Centre recently announced a Rs 23,000 crore emergency response package to combat coronavirus and advised these st
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Amid COVID-19, Samsung Electronics plant in emergency in Vietnam
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 16 (ANI/Global Economic): As Vietnamese institutions decided to close plants due to the spread of COVID-19, Korean companies operating in Vietnam have also been in an emergency.
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Odisha operationalises unified emergency response system
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 16 (ANI): In a step towards citizen-centric governance, the Odisha government has fully operationalised the unified call number (112) for emergency response support system (ERSS) in the State and set a target to integrate emergency services of different dep
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Health Ministry asks states, UTs to review infrastructure requirements und
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Thursday asked states and Union Territories (UTs) to conduct a quick gap analysis for various infrastructure components under the "India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Package: Phase II" and stressed on e
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Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson yet to apply for license of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has urged Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson twice in writing to apply for emergency use authorisation for their COVID-19 vaccine so that application is processed well in time but pharma companies have not applied for
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Over 3 million children in India missed out on first DTP-1 vaccine dose in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (ANI): Over 3 million children in India missed out on their first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis combined vaccine (DTP-1) in 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
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Mudflow kills 8 people in Kyrgyzstan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan] July 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people, including two children, were swept away by a mudflow in Jalal-Abad Oblast, in the south of Kyrgyzstan, the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations reported on Tuesday.
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Will receive EUL for Covaxin from WHO at earliest, says Bharat Biotech
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI): With a review process of 'Covaxin', the indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 commencing at the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Monday said it expects to receive emergency use listing (EUL) from the global bod
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Emergency approval for Zydus Cadila to take few more days, say sources
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): India's drug regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) will consider giving emergency use authorisation (EUA) to Zydus Cadila for its COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D in a few more days, sources told ANI.
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Korea imposes social distancing level 4, industries in crisis of 'COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 12 (ANI/Global Economic): As the Korean government decided to impose the highest level of social distancing (level 4) throughout the Seoul metropolitan areas from Monday due to the fourth wave of COVID-19, the industries are also in an emergency.
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COVID-19: Tokyo under 4th state of emergency from Monday
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 12 (ANI): Tokyo entered its fourth coronavirus state of emergency on Monday. The measure will last throughout the Olympics and end on August 22.
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