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COVID-19: Biden to pledge USD 4 billion to global vaccine alliance in G7 m
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will on Friday pledge USD 4 billion to the global COVID-19 vaccine alliance, COVAX, and also call on G7 member countries to prioritise a sustainable health security financing mechanism "aimed at catalysing countries to build the need
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COVID-19: India has vaccinated close to 98.5 lakh beneficiaries
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): With 3,17,190 vaccine doses administered to healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) on Thursday, the 34th day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, the total number of vaccination reached nearly 98.5 lakh in the country, said Union Ministry
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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines can protect against coronavirus variant: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine can protect people against concerning new coronavirus variants, including one first seen in South Africa called B.1.351, according to report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.
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Hopes of region, world focused on rapid deployment of COVID-19 vaccines: P
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Noting that the spirit of collaboration is a valuable takeaway from COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said hopes of the region and the world are focused on rapid deployment of vaccines and there is need to maintain "the same
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PM Modi to address workshop on Covid-19 Management; 9 countries including
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday will address a workshop on "Covid-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way Forward" where nine neighbouring countries will be participating including Pakistan.
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UN chief Guterres calls for fair distribution of vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised what he calls the "wildly uneven and unfair" global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines amid the pandemic.
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Consignment of Made in India COVID-19 vaccines airlifted for Dominican Rep
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): India on Thursday airlifted consignment of Made in India COVID-19 vaccines for the Dominican Republic under the Vaccine Maitri initiative.
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Widely unfair: UN says 130 countries haven't received single COVID-19 vacc
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (local time) slammed the "wildly uneven and unfair" distribution of coronavirus vaccines and said that only 10 countries have administered 75 per cent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to get
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Taiwan's deal to receive 5 mln Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines foiled by
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 18 (ANI): Taiwan was close to receiving 5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine late last year but the deal was called off due to interferences from outside sources, said Chen Shih-Chung, Taiwan Health Minister.
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India to gift 2,00,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to UN peacekeepers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feburary 17 (ANI): India on Wednesday announced that it will gift 2,00,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to United Nations peacekeepers.
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Stop 'vaccine nationalism', hoarding superfluous doses will defeat efforts
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Noting that there is a "glaring disparity" in the accessibility of coronavirus vaccines globally, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday urged countries to stop "vaccine nationalism", saying "hoarding superfluous" doses will defeat the effor
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COVID-19: India has vaccinated close to 92 lakh beneficiaries
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): With 1,87,527 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) on Wednesday, the thirty-third day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination, the total number of vaccinations across the country is now close to 92 lakh.
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