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Pakistan's Punjab imposes lockdown over low vaccination rate
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab government has imposed lockdown in all cities except Rawalpindi citing the slow vaccination rate, a media report said.
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Why can't vaccination rate of over 2 crore daily continue: CPM leader Sita
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Reacting to BJP president JP Nadda's statement about more than 2.5 crore people being vaccinated in a day, Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday asked that if the vaccination of more than 2 crore people is
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Fitch forecasts strong growth for Nepal in FY22
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore, Sep 9 (ANI): Fitch Solutions has forecast Nepal's real GDP growth to strengthen to 5 per cent in FY22 (mid-July 2021to mid-July 2022) from the provisional estimate of 4 per cent in FY21.
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Asia Pacific sovereign ratings can withstand Covid-19 waves: S&P
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore, Aug 23 (ANI): S&P Global Ratings believes low vaccination rates mean likely resurgences of new Covid cases in some parts of Asia Pacific in the next year or so.
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Asset risks to rise for ASEAN, India banks but credit strength will remain
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Singapore, August 11 (ANI): Asset risks for banks will rise in most parts of ASEAN and India as the region battles new waves of coronavirus infections amid low vaccination rates, Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday.
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WHO says delta variant driving 'fourth wave' in Middle East
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], July 30 (ANI): The delta variant has led to a surge in coronavirus outbreaks triggering a "fourth wave" in the Middle East, where vaccination rates remain low, said the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Only 3.5 pc of Pakistan's population vaccinated so far: Report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): Despite the Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government's campaign to vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19, only 3.5 per cent of the population in the country has been inoculated so far.
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Delta variant predicted to become predominant mutation across US: CDC
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 2 (ANI): The Delta variant is the second most prevalent coronavirus mutation in the US and is predicted to become the predominant one in the coming weeks, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday (local time). Read More
Israel declines imposing restrictions despite increase in COVID-19 cases d
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], June 29 (ANI): Expressing faith in the country's COVID-19 vaccination rate, Israel's new government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has declined to impose new restrictions, even as the Delta variant is leading to a resurgence of infections here.
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US may miss July 4 deadline to inoculate adults due to slow COVID-19 vacci
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 6 (ANI): The slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate is worrying experts that the US may miss July 4 deadline to inoculate 70 per cent of its adult population.
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India's investment-grade rating remains under strain: Fitch
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], May 15 (ANI): Downside pressures on India's creditworthiness remain prominent and the ongoing health crisis will depress economic activity in the near term, Fitch Ratings has said.
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Declining vaccination rates in Pakistan linked to CIA's misleading inocula
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Declining vaccination rates in Pakistan have been linked to operations undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2011 apparently under the guise of a vaccination programme to try and locate Osama Bin Laden.
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