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Mayawati slams Punjab govt over profiteering from Covid-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday said that Punjab government selling Covid vaccines to private hospitals at a premium was "indecent, inhuman, condemnable and very unfortunate."
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J-K: Health workers cross river to conduct COVID-19 vaccination drive in r
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 5 (ANI): Determined to perform their duty, a team of healthcare workers crossed a river on their way to carry out a COVID vaccination drive at a remote area in Kandi block of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
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US contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): US has so far contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Karnataka Congress submits memorandum, seeks one crore COVID-19 jabs daily
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5 (ANI): Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar has urged President Ram Nath Kovind to direct the Central government to ensure administration of one crore COVID-19 vaccines doses per day and universal free vaccination.
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Bharat Biotech promised 5 lakh Covaxin doses in May, supplied 1.5 lakh: De
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Delhi government on Friday told the Delhi High Court that Bharat Biotech supplied only 1.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin' in May against a promise of five lakh doses.
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Cumulative COVID vaccine coverage exceeds 22.75 crore in India
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country exceeded 22.75 crores (22,75,67,873) on Friday till 7 pm, informed the Union Health Ministry on Friday.
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Adar Poonawalla thanks Biden, Jaishankar as US lifts Defence Production Ac
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): After US lifted embargo on the raw materials required to produce COVID-19 vaccine, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla credited US President Joe Biden and Externals Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for the "policy change", stating that this will h
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DCGI grants SII permission to manufacture Sputnik V for specific regulator
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Friday granted the approval to the Serum Institute of India (SII) for the initial manufacture of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V for testing, examination, and analysis purposes with certain conditions at i
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PM Modi reviews progress of India's COVID vaccination drive
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress of India's vaccination drive, where he was briefed about the current availability of vaccines and the roadmap for ramping it up.
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Harsimrat Badal accuses Amarinder Singh government of profiteering from CO
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday lashed out at Congress government in Punjab over its order, which was later withdrawn, for providing one-time limited vaccine doses to 18-44 age group population through private hospitals and questioned "si
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SAD chief demands probe into order to supply vaccines to pvt hospitals; Pu
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Following the withdrawal of the Punjab government order of providing "one-time" limited vaccine doses to the 18-44 age group population through private hospitals on Friday, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal called the matter a scam and said
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Delhi HC anguished over shortage of COVID vaccines in India
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday expressed anguish over COVID-19 vaccine shortage and "the way things have transpired during the second wave".
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