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Nepal receives 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 2 (ANI): Nepal on Tuesday received a consignment of 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from China on grant basis as per the commitment made during talks between Presidents of the two nations.
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Russia's single-dose Sputnik Light can be new hope to fasten COVID vaccina
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): There is a possibility of a speedy launch of single-dose COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light in India, and an application seeking regulatory approval for the jab is expected to be filed soon, the sources said on Tuesday.
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COVID-19: WHO approves emergency use of China's CoronaVac vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 1 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday approved the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac for emergency use, the second Chinese vaccine to receive the global health body's green light.
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Committed to help India in fighting dangerous virus, sent another shipment
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Continuing its support to India to fight the COVID-19 surge, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday said that another shipment of Sputnik V vaccine has been sent to India as Russia is committed to help Indian friends in these difficult times.
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BRICS backs India-South Africa's COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver proposal
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): BRICS on Tuesday extended their support for a temporary global waiver on patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines and also reiterated the need for sharing of vaccine doses, transfer of technology, development of local production capacities and supply chains fo
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Biological E ties up with Canada's Providence to produce mRNA COVID-19 vac
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 1 (ANI): Biological E. Limited has tied up with Canada's Providence Therapeutics to locally manufacture its mRNA coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, the Hyderabad-based company announced on Tuesday, adding it will run a pivotal trial in India, and seek
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No shortage of vaccine in country, confident to inoculate whole population
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Underlining that there is no shortage of COVID-19 vaccine in the country, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday expressed confidence that India's entire population will be vaccinated by December 2021.
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TRIPS waiver will facilitate wider access to technologies needed for COVID
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): The proposal by South Africa and India for a temporary global waiver on patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines will facilitate wider access to technologies needed to produce vaccines, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor on Tuesday.
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Mixing of COVID-19 vaccines not protocol yet, clarifies Centre
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): The Government of India on Tuesday clarified that mixing of COVID-19 vaccines is not protocol yet and asserted there is no change in the schedule of two-dose vaccines Covishield and Covaxin.
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Haryana CM receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], June 1 (ANI): The Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar has taken his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
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Odisha writes to Centre to intervene in vaccine procurement, says will bea
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 1 (ANI): Odisha on Tuesday wrote to the Centre proposing country-level procurement of global COVID-19 vaccines by the union government stating that it would be "faster and economical". The Odisha government said it will bear the cost of the vaccines for the
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COVID-19: Biggest-ever Sputnik V consignment lands in Hyderabad
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 1 (ANI): The biggest import consignment of COVID-19 vaccines in India till date involving 56.6 tonnes of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines received in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
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