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Administering two different COVID-19 vaccines under research, supply const
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Administering two different COVID-19 vaccines, specially those with similar underlying platform, is still under research and supply constraints have to be resolved so that people can take their vaccine doses on time, experts have said.
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India should be able to fully vaccinate 60 crore people against COVID-19 b
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Medanta Hospitals chairman Dr Naresh Trehan has said that many new coronavirus vaccines are coming to India and the shortage of the doses are likely to be over by July-August.
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Import vaccines to ramp up vaccination against COVID-19, says Dr Gagandeep
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): India should get more COVID-19 vaccine doses through import but globally there is a vaccine shortage and the option with the government is to buy Russian or Chinese vaccines, says Dr Gagandeep Kang, a top virologist.
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Karnataka halts COVID-19 inoculation for 18-44 age group due to vaccine sh
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 23 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccination drive for the 18-44 age group has been halted in Karnataka, with the state government categorically saying the vaccines for the beneficiary category are "currently not available".
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COVID-19 vaccination for 18-44 age group to be halted in Delhi from today,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that COVID-19 vaccination for the 18-44 age group will be halted from today in the national capital as the vaccine stock for the category has been consumed.
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PM Modi urges States to prevent COVID-19 vaccine wastage
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Amid COVID-19 vaccine shortage being reported from various parts of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi advised the states to prevent vaccine wastage.
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Uttarakhand Congress asks why COVID vaccine exported abroad amid shortage
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 18 (ANI): Amid COVID-19 vaccine shortage reported from different parts of the country, Uttarakhand Congress has put up a poster outside its office at Rajpur Road in Dehradun questioning the Centre why COVID-19 vaccines were exported abroad.
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Over 20 crore COVID vaccines provided to states/UTs, nearly 51 lakh in pip
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Amid the reports of COVID-19 vaccine shortage from various states, the Central government on Sunday said nearly 51 lakh vaccine doses will be received by the States and Union Territories within the next three days.
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Karnataka govt ignores expert panel, takes political decisions on COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 15 (ANI): The state government ignores the expert committee and takes political decisions on issues such as the COVID vaccine shortage and erratic oxygen supply, alleged Dr HM Prasanna, Karnataka Technical Advisory Committee member on COVID-19 and the presi
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If there's need to float global tender for COVID-19 vaccines, Centre shoul
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Amid the worrying shortage of COVID-19 vaccines across the country, Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said if there is a need to float a global tender, it should be done by the Central government.
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Owaisi slams Centre, says COVID Vaccine shortage shows policy paralysis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 14 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party chief, Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that the policy paralysis by the BJP-led Central Government led to COVID vaccination shortage across the country.
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Delhi Health Minister suggests Centre should float global tender for COVID
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that he has suggested to the Union Health Ministry that the Central government should float a single global tender instead of various states to purchase COVID-19 vaccines.
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