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With over 20 lakh doses, India records highest single-day COVID-19 vaccina
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): With over 20 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses, India on Friday recorded the highest number of vaccinations administered in a single day, the Union Health Ministry informed on Saturday.
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UN Security Council calls for cease-fires to speed up COVID-19 vaccinatio
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New York [US], February 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling on all member states to support a "sustained humanitarian pause" to local conflicts, in order to allow for COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Queen Elizabeth II urges public to get vaccinated against COVID-19
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London [UK], February 26 (ANI): Queen Elizabeth II has urged people to get COVID-19 vaccinations while adding that her own jab "didn't hurt at all."
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Centre writes to States to increase COVID-19 vaccination pace
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Sunday directed all the states/UTs to significantly enhance the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Australia begins coronavirus vaccinations
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Canberra [Australia], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Prime Minister Scott Morrison has become one of the first Australians to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
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Widely unfair: UN says 130 countries haven't received single COVID-19 vacc
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New York [US], February 18 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (local time) slammed the "wildly uneven and unfair" distribution of coronavirus vaccines and said that only 10 countries have administered 75 per cent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to
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COVID-19: India has vaccinated close to 92 lakh beneficiaries
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): With 1,87,527 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) on Wednesday, the thirty-third day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination, the total number of vaccinations across the country is now close to 92 lakh.
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Over 84,800 vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday: Health Ministry
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New Delhi [India] February 14 (ANI): Health Ministry has said that over 84,800 vaccinations against COVID-19 were carried out on Saturday and over 80 lakh vaccinations have so far been done in the country.
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No case of South Africa variant of COVID-19 found in India so far: NITI Aa
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New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): No case of South African variant of COVID-19 virus has been found in the country so far, said NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul on Tuesday.
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COVID-19: States, UTs directed to hold mop-up rounds for vaccinating healt
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New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): In order to give another chance for vaccination to the majority of Health Care Workers (HCWs), the Union Health Ministry has advised states and Union territories to organise mop-up rounds for those who couldn't get covered in the first round of COVID-19 v
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Greece receives first batch of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
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Athens [Greece], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Greece has received the first batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and will begin vaccinations on February 15, the country's Health Ministry Secretary General for Primary Health Care Marios Themistokleous said at a ministry briefing.
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India fastest country to reach 6 million COVID-19 vaccinations mark, says
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New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): India is the fastest country in the world to vaccinate 6 million people in 24 days, said Union Health Ministry on Monday while comparing its figures with that of the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
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