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Biden unveils new national HIV/AIDS strategy on World AIDS Day
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 ( ANI): US President Joe Biden has initiated a new HIV/AIDS strategy aimed at ending the epidemic by 2030, local news reported on Wednesday (local time).
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Lebanon imposes COVID curfew for unvaccinated residents: Health Minister
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Lebanon will impose a curfew for COVID-19 unvaccinated residents, Minister of Health Firass Abiad said on Wednesday.
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'Toxic mix' of low Covid vaccination, testing rates recipe for amplifying
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): Amid the spread of new coronavirus variant Omicron, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said the world has a "toxic mix" of low vaccine coverage and very low testing - a recipe for breeding and amplifying va
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COVID-19: Mega drive starts in Gwalior to inoculate 100 pc population with
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 1 (ANI): A mega vaccination drive has begun in Gwalior to vaccinate the people with the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccines in the wake of a possible third wave in the country, said the Chief Medical Officer of Gwalior, Dr Manish Sharma on Wednesda
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Pakistan approves COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for health care workers, i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Pakistan on Wednesday approved a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers, immunocompromised people and those aged over 50 years.
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Rajasthan Health Minister slams Centre for 'discriminatory distribution' o
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 1 (ANI): Rajasthan Health Minister PL Meena on Tuesday slammed the Central government for "discriminatory distribution" of COVID-19 vaccines alleging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states are provided more vaccine doses as compared to the Oppositi
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Centre provides more COVID-19 vaccine to BJP-ruled states, alleges Chhatti
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 1 (ANI): Amid reports from government sources that the BJP-ruled states are ahead in COVID-19 vaccination coverage, Chhattisgarh Congress Chief Mohan Markam on Tuesday said that it is the Centre's responsibility to provide vaccines and alleged that the
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Moderna less effective against Omicron, says CEO Stephane Bancel
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 30 (ANI): Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said that existing COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be less effective against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 vaccination for children: CDSCO approved ZyCoV-D for restricted u
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): The Interim Phase II, III clinical trial data of COVAXIN on Healthy Volunteers aged 2 to 18 years submitted by Bharat Biotech was deliberated in the meeting of the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on August 28 and October 11, informed Ministry of Health an
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Omicron: Passenger from Zambia tests positive for COVID in Pune, genome se
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 30 (ANI): Amid the scare of new COVID-19 variant Omicron, a person who returned to Pune from Zambia on November 25 has tested positive for the COVID-19.
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'Har Ghar Dastak' COVID-19 vaccination campaign to continue till Dec 31
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): The Centre's "Har Ghar Dastak" campaign will continue till December 31 with a focus on 100 per cent first dose COVID-19 vaccination, and completing the backlog of second dose vaccination, informed official sources on Tuesday.
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Over 137 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to States, UTs so far: Centre
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Over 137 crore COVID-19 vaccines have been provided to states and union territories so far under the nationwide vaccination drive, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.
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