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Centre should take prompt action: Rajasthan CM on new COVID-19 variant
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 28 (ANI): Amid rising concerns over the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that the Centre must take prompt action adding that many people across the country have not taken their second dose of the vacc
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Jitendra Singh launches aerial delivery of COVID-19 vaccine through Octaco
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 28 (ANI): Union Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Saturday launched the first-of-its-kind drone driven aerial delivery facility to transport COVID vaccines as well as emergency medicines to inaccessible and difficult areas in a
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Jitendra Singh launches drone based vaccine delivery service in Jammu
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 27 (ANI): Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh on Saturday launched a drone based vaccine delivery service in Jammu.
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Karnataka requests Centre to allow state to administer booster dose of COV
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 27 (ANI): In view of rising COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government requested the Centre to allow the state to administer the booster dose of vaccine to prevent the third wave, informed state Revenue Minister R Ashok on Saturday.
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Nepal makes 7-day quarantine mandatory for air travellers from South Afric
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], November 27 (ANI): Nepal has made a week-long quarantine compulsory for those arriving from South African Nations or using any of the nations as transit to prevent contraction of B.1.1.529 or the "Omicron" variant.
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PM Modi directs officials to increase second dose coverage of Covid-19 vac
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday directed the top officials to increase the second dose coverage of the Covid-19 vaccine in the country.
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Rahul Gandhi says new Covid variant 'serious' threat, targets Centre over
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday termed the new COVID-19 variant as a "serious threat" and said bad vaccination figures can't be hidden for long.
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Pfizer, BioNTech not sure on vaccines' effectiveness on new COVID variant
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech on Saturday issued a statement stating that they are not sure whether their vaccines would be able to help in the treatment of the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron'.
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South African Health Minister calls travel bans by countries over new COVI
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], November 27 (ANI): South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla on Friday termed the countries' decision of imposing restrictions on travellers from the country amid concerns over the detection of 'Omicron' COVID-19 variant as 'unjustified' and said there is no proo
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Number of COVID-19 cases in Brazil rises by 12,392 to over 22.06 Million
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 12,392 to 22,067,630 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Friday.
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COVID vaccine booster doses will be required, immediate studies needed, sa
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Emphasising on the requirement of a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines, a top doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) called for immediate studies to be commenced to ascertain its effectiveness on various age groups.
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Serum Institute of India resumes exports of COVID-19 vaccine under COVAX p
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 26 (ANI): Serum Institute of India (SII) on Friday resumed the exports of its COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' to the international COVID vaccine sharing programme COVAX.
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