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India likely to have COVID vaccine for children above 2 years by September
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Noting that children usually have a mild disease but there is a need to develop COVID-19 vaccines for them, AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria has said Bharat Biotech and other companies are doing trials at a very fast pace and hoped that data will l
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'Fake' IAS man held after TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty duped into attending Cov
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 23 (ANI): Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty on Wednesday claimed to have been duped by a man who posed as an IAS officer and requested the actor-turned-politician to be present at a COVID-19 vaccination drive organised by him in West Bengal's capital
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ICMR, NIV to study if vaccines in India can neutralise Delta Plus variant
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Following the detection of 'Delta Plus' variant in COVID patients in some parts of the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV) have decided to conduct a study to see if the new and more potent va
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West Bengal to prioritise COVID-19 jabs for women with children who are 12
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 23 (ANI): West Bengal government will administer COVID-19 vaccines on priority to women whose children are aged between one and 12 years-old, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday.
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Lithuania donates 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan amid strained ti
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Vilnius [Lithuania], June 23 (ANI): Lithuania has donated 20,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Taiwan on Tuesday.
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Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra receives second dose of Covid-19 vaccine
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 23 (ANI): Paddler Manika Batra on Wednesday received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. She received the second dose at the Kamala Nehru Hospital, a dedicated vaccination centre for athletes who are participating in Tokyo Olympics.
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'Every three out of five people in rural areas participated on first day o
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New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Since the introduction of India's new centralised free vaccination policy, out of the over 8.6 million doses Covid-19 vaccines administered in the country, more than half went to innoculate people in rural India.
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Mirae Asset Foundation supports vaccine coverage drive against COVID-19 in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Mirae Asset Foundation (MAF) has initiated a major vaccination drive to facilitate free vaccination to over 15,000 people in Mumbai.
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After Monday's record COVID-19 vaccinations, India witnesses dip in inocul
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New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): A day after achieving a historic milestone of 88.09 lakh COVID-19 vaccinations, a significant dip was recorded in the inoculation numbers as only 54.24 lakh vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, according to an updated data of the Union He
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COVID-19 vaccine shortage delays launch of universal inoculation drive in
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 23 (ANI): The West Bengal government could not start its universal vaccination programme - aimed at inoculating people in the 18-45 age group free of cost - due to paucity of jabs, a health department official said on Tuesday.
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Italian PM receives Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as 2nd dose after AstraZeneca
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Rome [Italy], June 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi received the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as a second shot, Corriere della Sera newspaper reported.
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'Where is the money?': Jharkhand slams Centre for limited vaccine supply a
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Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 23 (ANI): Criticizing the Central government for giving Jharkhand the 19th rank in the administration of COVID vaccines, health minister Banna Gupta on Tuesday said the state is solely dependent on the Centre for the supply of doses.
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