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Finland confirms first adverse reaction to Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The Finnish Medicines Agency has received the first report of an adverse reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus a week after Europe started its mass immunization campaign, the Finnish YLE broadcaster reported on Saturday.
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Govt placed orders for procurement of 83 crore syringes for COVID vaccinat
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): In anticipation of the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccine, the government has placed orders for procurement of nearly 83 crore syringes to be used for coronavirus vaccination and the Universal Immunization Programme, a statement from the Union Health Ministry
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Over 15 mln Covid-19 vaccine doses shipped across US for immunization camp
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The US authorities have shipped 15.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccines across the United States with up to five million more are slated for delivery before year-end, Gen. Gustave Perna, who is in charge of the distribution campaign, told report
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High storage cost of Ultra-Cold COVID-19 vaccines should not hinder use: W
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The troublesome storing conditions of some candidate coronavirus vaccines and the associated high costs should not discourage countries from adopting them as an immunization means, Kate O'Brien, the director for Immunization, Vaccines and Biol
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Vaccines against COVID-19 may not need to be administered annually: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Ekaterina Ivanova - Any safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 may not need to be administered annually, unlike vaccines for influenza, Dr. Richard Mihigo, the program area manager for immunization and vaccine development at the World Health Or
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Coronavirus politics: More Democrats than Republicans prefer to get vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 3 (ANI): A nation-wide survey in the United States has revealed that a more Democrats than Republicans would prefer to get themselves vaccinated to protect against the novel coronavirus if immunizations were free and available to everyone.
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Delhi govt ensuring minimal disruption of immunization services amid lockd
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Delhi government is taking proactive measures to ensure minimal disruption of immunization services during the lockdown period.
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, wife Patty Quillin donate USD 30 million to vac
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 19 (ANI): Netflix chief Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin have donated USD 30 million to Gavi Alliance, the nonprofit immunization organization started by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, reported Variety.
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Countries with mass BCG immunization likely to show better resistance agai
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Gobardhan Das, Professor at Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has said that countries with mass BCG immunization are "likely to have better resistance" to coronavirus compared to other parts of the world.
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More than 19 lakh children administered polio vaccine in J&K
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar [Jammu and Kashmir], Jan 23 (ANI): Directorate of Family Welfare, MCH and Immunization on Wednesday said that the recent Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme has succeeded in achieving 100 per cent coverage of target population in Jammu and Kashmir as 19,85,021 children in the age bra
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Health Min Harsh Vardhan reviews preparedness of IMI 2.0 vaccination missi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday reviewed the preparedness with states for the roll-out of Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0 from December 2.
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Union Health Ministry to launch "Indradhanush 2" for covering low immunisa
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 22 (ANI): In its bid to cover the areas identified as low immunisation pockets, the Union Health Ministry will carry out massive immunisation program in 271 districts across the nation and 652 blocks located in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar from December 2 under the "Mission
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