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All US-authorised COVID-19 vaccines effective against Delta variant, says
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): US top coronavirus adviser Dr Anthony Fauci on Thursday (local time) said that most COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective against the rapidly spreading Delta variant and reiterated his request for people to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
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US faces calls from experts to speed up COVID-19 vaccine approval process
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): As the United States is poised to miss its July 4 goal of vaccinating 70 per cent of adult Americans, calls are rising from some experts for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to move faster to fully approve the COVID-19 vaccines as a key step to address v
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US likely to miss July 4 COVID-19 vaccination target
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): The White House on Tuesday acknowledged that President Joe Biden's administration is likely to fall short of his stated goal of vaccinating 70 per cent of American adults with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine by July 4.
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COVID-19 disrupt normal modes of working, socialising, travelling among yo
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): Study shows that the COVID-19 has disrupted normal modes of working, socialising, dining, and travelling among youth in the United States.
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US CDC calls coronavirus Delta variant a 'variant of concern'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now called the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus, also known as B.1.617.2, a "variant of concern".
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US COVID-19 deaths cross 600,000-mark
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The United States reached the grim milestone of 600,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
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US to purchase, donate 500 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to 92 low-inco
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 10 (ANI): In a major move, US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the country will purchase and donate half a billion Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to 92 low-income countries and the African Union (AU).
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US report on COVID-19 origins finds lab leak theory 'plausible', calls for
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): Amid widespread calls for a fresh probe into the origins of the coronavirus in China's Wuhan, a report on the origins of COVID-19 by a US government national laboratory concluded that the hypothesis claiming that the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan is "plausib
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US contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): US has so far contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
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India to be key part of Biden's allocation plan of 25 million COVID-19 vac
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday (local time) announced that India will be a big part of US President Joe Biden's newly-launched Global Allocation Plan of 25 million COVID-19 vaccines to neighbours and partner countri
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Jaishankar to meet US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is currently on a visit to United States, is scheduled to meet US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Friday, the Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said on Wednesday (local time).
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India has seen tremendous outpouring of support amid COVID-19: Jaishankar
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): India has seen a tremendous outpouring of support and solidarity as its fights against the second wave of coronavirus pandemic, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.
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