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Second wave of Covid infections poses credit-negative threat to recovery:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 13 (ANI): Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday the second wave of infections in India presents a risk to growth forecast as reimposition of virus management measures will curb economic activity which can dampen market and consumer sentiment.
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KnowYourMeds selected among the top 5 winners in the Grand Challenge on St
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): KnowYourMeds, Inc., an innovative digital health assistant designed to make medical information and adherence accessible to anyone in the world, announced today that it has been selected to compete in the final phase in the Grand
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COVID-19 vaccine inequity 'catastrophic moral failure', says WHO
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Michael Ryan, Executive Director of World Health Organisation (WHO) Health Emergencies Program, said on Monday that the "inequitable" COVID-19 vaccine distribution was a "catastrophic moral failure" and a "failed opportunity."
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WHO grants emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 13 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday issued emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for the one-shot dose to be used as part of the United Nation's international vaccine distribution effort.
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Quad leaders agree to create working groups on vaccine, critical technolog
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): The leaders of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) on Friday agreed to set up three working groups to facilitate vaccine distribution and innovative technologies and to strengthen climate actions globally.
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Researchers shed light on why COVID-19 vaccine distribution methods fall s
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], March 1 (ANI): Several proposals have emerged on how to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, but they fall short in ensuring that the vaccine is distributed fairly. A team of researchers suggests three ways to more fairly and effectively distribute the vaccine so that people in po
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WHO warns unequal COVID-19 vaccine distribution can lead to global risk
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 20 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday urged countries and drugmakers to help speed up the manufacture and distribution of vaccines across the globe, warning that the world could be "back at square one" if some coun
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US to become participant in COVAX high-level council
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): The United States will switch from observer to participant in the Facilitation Council of the COVAX vaccine distribution tool, said Colin McIff, a senior official at the US Department of Health and Human Services, on Tuesday.
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WHO chief warns against COVID-19 vaccine distribution, says 'world is on b
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 19 (ANI): As several countries have rolled out coronavirus vaccines, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has questioned the fairness in the distribution of the vaccines and said that the world is on the "brink of a catastr
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Centre asks states/UTs to gear up for rollout of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): With the objective of gearing up for the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine across the country, the central government has asked all States and Union Territories to ensure effective preparedness for the vaccine rollout.
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'CoWIN': IT Ministry launches challenge for strengthening COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Wednesday announces the 'Grand Challenge for Strengthening 'CoWIN' the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network', a digitalised platform for the effective national rollout and scaling up of the COVID Va
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J-K LG launches 'Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network' to rationalise C
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 19 (ANI): In a bid to rationalise Covid-19 vaccine flow and distribution across Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday launched the 'Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network' (eVIN) here at Raj Bhawan.
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