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Health Ministry launches India's first fully indigenous pneumococcal vacci
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Monday inaugurated India's first Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in a bid to prevent about 67,800 child mortality under 5 years of age in India from pneumococcal diseases every year.
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Harsh Vardhan inaugurates 7th summit on good, replicable practices
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan digitally inaugurated seventh national summit on good and replicable practices through a video conference here on Monday.
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Jordan confirms first two cases of new COVID-19 variant linked to UK
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Amman [Jordan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The first two positive tests for a new coronavirus strain linked to the UK have been confirmed in Jordan, the country's health minister, Natheer Obeidat, told the Petra news agency on Sunday.
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Guidelines to prevent, contain spread of mutant variant of coronavirus soo
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 26 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Saturday said that the state Health Department will discuss matters concerned with prevention and containment of new variant of coronavirus and come up with the guidelines regarding the same.
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Eight UK returnees to Kerala test COVID-19 positive
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 26 (ANI): At least eight persons who returned from the United Kingdom (UK) to Kerala have tested COVID-19 positive and their swab samples have been sent to National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune for further examination, Health Minister KK Sha
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Ireland approves use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, rollout to begin on Dec 3
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Ireland has approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech, with first delivery expected as early as December 26, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said Friday, adding that the vaccination campaign will start next Wednesday.
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Punjab to conduct dry run of COVID-19 vaccine on Dec 28, 29
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 25 (ANI): The Government of India has chosen Punjab to conduct the dry run of COVID-19 vaccine on December 28 and 29, said Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Thursday.
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Anil Vij shifted to COVID-19 ward, showing steady improvement
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Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], December 25 (ANI): Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij, who is undergoing treatment for coronavirus at a Gurugram hospital, has been shifted from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to room in COVID Ward on Wednesday, a medical bulletin issued by the hospital in
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Morocco to buy 65 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
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Rabat [Morocco], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco has secured the acquisition of 65 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from two suppliers, Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb announced on Thursday during the weekly cabinet meeting.
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COVID-19 positivity rate below 1 pc, says Delhi Health Minister
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New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday that the COVID-19 outbreak seems to be mellow in the capital with less than 1 per cent positivity rate on Wednesday.
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India believes in sharing technical know-how with other countries: Harsh V
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New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): India has always believed in sharing knowledge and technical know-how with other countries to address common challenges, said Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister on Wednesday.
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South Korean President approves new Health, Interior Ministers
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Seoul [South Korea], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korean President Moon Jae-in approved the appointment of a new minister of the interior and safety and a new health minister, as they successfully passed hearings to confirm their candidacies in parliament, the officials have already begu
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