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COVID-19: India reports 40,120 fresh infections, active cases lowest since
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): After 42,295 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 active caseload dropped to 3,85,227 and now only constitute 1.2 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, according to the Union Health Ministry on Friday.
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India's cumulative COVID vaccination coverage exceeds 52.89 crore
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): India's cumulative COVID vaccination coverage on Thursday exceeded 52.89 crore (52,89,27,844) with five states namely Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh administering more than 1 crore cumulative doses of vaccine in the age g
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Argentina's Laboratorios Richmond delivers first batch of Sputnik V vaccin
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] August 12 (ANI): Argentina's Laboratorios Richmond has delivered the first batch of over 1 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine produced in Argentina to the country's health ministry, the company said in a joint statement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund on Thursday.
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Early awareness of harmful effects of tobacco among students important: Mo
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Madaviya on Wednesday emphasized early awareness of the ill effects of tobacco among children while presiding over the release of the National Fact Sheet of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS-4).
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Sputnik V jab 83 per cent effective against Delta variant, says Russian he
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] August 11 (ANI): Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 is around 83 per cent effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Wednesday citing data collected by the health ministry.
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Over 2.25 crore unutilised COVID19 vaccine doses available with States, UT
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Wednesday informed that over 2.25 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are available with the States, Union Territories and private hospitals, and the vaccines are yet to be administered.
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Brazil reports 1,211 more COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil has registered 1,211 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll to 564,773, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
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Punjab, the only state to report suspected oxygen-shortage deaths during 2
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Punjab was the only state which informed the Centre about suspected deaths due to oxygen shortage, while all other states who have sent in their reports so far to the central government do not specifically mention deaths linked to oxygen shortage during
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New Covid mutants can reach anywhere any time, warns Centre
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): New COVID-19 mutants can reach anywhere at any time, said the Central government on Tuesday, adding that it is monitoring Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Delta Plus variants.
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Turkey reports 22,699 daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Sunday registered 22,699 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,918,540, according to its health ministry.
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Get COVID-19 vaccination certificates now on WhatsApp within seconds: Unio
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccination certificate can now be obtained via WhatsApp within seconds, the office of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed on Sunday.
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COVID-19: Over 52.37 crore vaccine doses provided to states, UTs; 8,99,260
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Sunday informed that over 52.37 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far.
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