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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy lower in poorer countries: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): A new study has examined vaccine acceptance and hesitancy rates in ten low and middle-income countries from Asia, Africa, and South America.
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Pakistan's pace of COVID-19 vaccination remains 'very slow'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Pakistan has vaccinated around five per cent of its total population and 10 per cent of those eligible with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Yet, it still remains one of the low-ranked countries where the pace of vaccination remains very slow.
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US faces calls from experts to speed up COVID-19 vaccine approval process
Updated : 4 years, 10 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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PM Modi urges people to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday applauded the country's commendable momentum on the vaccination front and urges the nation to overcome vaccine hesitancy.
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Sonia Gandhi asks party workers to pressure government for vaccinations, w
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the party must continue its Covid-relief work and play an active role in ensuring full COVID-19 vaccination coverage and ensure vaccine hesitancy wherever evident is overcome.
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Provincial govt in Pak's Punjab to block SIM cards of unvaccinated citizen
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): In an unconventional move to tackle vaccine hesitancy, the provincial government in Pakistan's Punjab has decided to block SIM cards of all those citizens who refuse to get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Government hesitancy about pushing COVID-19 vaccination is costing Hong Ko
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 19 (ANI): Government hesitancy about pushing COVID-19 vaccination is costing Hong Kong.
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COVID-19: US Surgeon General urges parents to get their kids vaccinated
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 15 (ANI): US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy has made an appeal to the people of the United States to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19, a move that is aimed at addressing vaccine hesitancy among some parents in the country.
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PM Modi speaks to COVID-19 frontline warriors on 'Mann Ki Baat'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday spoke to healthcare workers at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 and addressed several topics such as vaccine hesitancy and details about the ongoing deadly seco
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Vaccine hesitancy might pose threat to efforts for ending COVID-19 pandemi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggested that even though the demand for COVID-19 vaccines currently seems to be high, hesitancy towards it might pose a major threat to public health efforts for ending the pandemic.
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PM Modi's COVID-19 vaccination will help us in getting over hesitancy: AII
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi undergoing COVID-19 vaccination will go a long way in getting over vaccine hesitancy in the country, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Monday.
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Harsh Vardhan praises PM Modi for leading by example, urges opposition to
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lead by example as he took the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine the day when the vaccination of people above 60 years began, said Union Health and Family Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday. He also urged opposition leaders t
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