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Australian health minister announces earlier start for COVID-19 vaccine ro
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt announced on Wednesday that the country's coronavirus vaccine rollout will begin weeks earlier than previously planned.
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Slovakia detects UK strain of coronavirus
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Bratislava [Slovakia], January 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The mutated strain of the coronavirus that was recently detected in the United Kingdom has been found in Slovakia, Slovak Health Minister Marek Krajci said on Tuesday.
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COVID-19: Indonesia to roll out mass vaccination next week, President to g
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Jakarta [Indonesia], January 5 (ANI): Indonesia will start mass COVID-19 vaccination on January 13 and President Joko Wododo will be the first person to get the vaccine shot, said Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Tuesday.
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Approval of Covaxin a milestone for Indian vaccinology : Karnataka Health
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 5 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar lauded the approval of Bharat Biotech's COVID vaccine 'Covaxin' today and called it a significant milestone in India's indigenous novel vaccinology.
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Six UK returnees in Kerala test positive for new Covid strain
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 4 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Monday said that six persons, who returned from the UK, have been confirmed with multiple spike protein mutations - SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Watershed moment, says Harsh Vardhan after vaccines get emergency use appr
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New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): As the COVID-19 vaccines of Serum Institue of India and Bharat Biotech have been granted permission for restricted use in an emergency situation, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday termed it as "watershed moment" in India's battle against COV
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Kazakhstan may have Pfizer vaccine from second half of 2021, says Health M
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Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakhstan will likely acquire the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease no earlier than the second half of 2021, Health Minister Alexey Tsoy said Sunday.
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Approval to Covaxin premature, could be dangerous: Tharoor
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New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said that the emergency approval to COVID-19 vaccine--Covaxin is premature and could be dangerous as it is still under phase 3 trial. He urged Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to wait till full trials o
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COVID-19 situation in Delhi under control, says Satyendar Jain
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New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Coronavirus situation in the national capital is under control, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Sunday.
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COVID-19 vaccination drive based on election process planned to booth leve
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New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccination drive based on election process planned down to the booth level and 96,000 vaccinators have been trained so far, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.
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Goa working towards increasing RT-PCR testing capacity to 3.5k per day: Vi
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Panaji (Goa) [India], January 2 (ANI): Goa has one of the highest per capita COVID-19 testing and it is working towards increasing RT-PCR testing capacity to 3.5k per day, said State Health Minister Vishwajit P Rane on Saturday.
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K'taka minister says COVID-19 vaccine expected to be available in Jan
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 2 (ANI): It is expected that the COVID-19 vaccine may be available in January itself, said Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar.
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