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S. Korea to invest over 500 billion won in COVID-19 vaccines and treatment
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 24 (ANI/Global Economic): The Korean government will invest 545.7 billion in the development of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines next year.
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India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 140.31 cr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): With the administration of 57,44,652 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 140.31 Cr (1,40,31,63,063) as per provisional reports till 7 am today, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Frida
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Australia shortens COVID-19 booster vaccine interval
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia has reduced the booster shot interval for COVID-19 vaccines in response to nationwide Omicron outbreaks.
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COVAX targets 70 pc COVID-19 immunization coverage by mid-2022
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 24 (ANI): Amid possible need for variant-specific vaccines, changes to vaccination policies, country preference for some products over others, the programmatic complexity of managing multiple products, and the need for better intelligence on country-level plann
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PM Modi chairs meeting on COVID-19 situation, says people should be 'satar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the efforts to combat COVID-19 and Omicron strain and emphasised the need to be "satark" and "saavdhan" in view of the new variant.
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AstraZeneca booster dose works against Omicron, says Oxford lab study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 23 (ANI): The University of Oxford, in collaboration with AstraZeneca, has announced interim trial data from its Phase III trials that show its candidate coronavirus vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-2019, is effective at preventing COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and offers a high level of
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Lancet study stating that protection offered by Covishield declines after
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): The Lancet study, which reportedly states that the protection offered by the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Covishield declines after 3 months, has been misquoted, said experts.
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Putin says COVID-19 herd immunity stands in Russia at 59.4pc
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized vaccine skeptics on Thursday, saying that herd immunity to COVID-19 in the country was slightly under 60%, saying that it was "low" and that Russians needed at least an 80% herd immunity to be safe from t
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Over 60 pc eligible population in India fully vaccinated against COVID: Un
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that over 60 per cent of the eligible population in India has been fully vaccinated against coronavirus.
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MP has administered 10 crore COVID vaccine doses so far: CM Shivraj Singh
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 23 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the state has administered 10 crore COVID vaccine doses.
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US to provide additional one million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 23 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday (local time) said that the United States will work with the international community to scale up the level of assistance provided to Afghanistan, adding to provide one million additional COVID-19 vaccine dos
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UK to offer COVID-19 Pfizer shots to at-risk children aged 5-11
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK Health Security Agency allowed on Wednesday the use of smaller doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines in children aged 5 to 11 who are at a higher risk from COVID-19.
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