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Japan to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 30 (ANI): Japan health ministry panel has approved expanding the use of the US pharmaceutical-based COVID-19 vaccine - Pfizer - for people aged 12 to 15 in addition to those 16 or older.
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SC to hear PIL seeking to prevent sale of counterfeit COVID vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Monday hear fresh PIL seeking directions under the Disaster Management Act (DMA) to prevent the sale of counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines.
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Taiwanese skeptical over China's offer to provide COVID vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 29 (ANI): As China offered to provide Taiwan with Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, the majority of Taiwanese are skeptical of Beijing's motives and of the vaccines which have lower levels of efficacy than many competitors.
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India's cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 21 cr mark
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): India achieved a significant landmark in its ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive as the cumulative number of coronavirus vaccines administered cross 21 crores on Saturday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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Nepal gives priority to health in annual budget, allocates NPR 122 billion
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 29 (ANI): The caretaker government of Nepal has prioritised the health sector of the nation in the budget of the fiscal year of 2021-22, allocating over NPR (Nepali rupees) 122 billion amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
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Chidambaram seeks CAG-driven audit of vaccine production, says mystery of
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Saturday that the mystery of the "missing vaccines" is deepening every day and a CAG driven full-scope audit of capacity, production, despatch, supply and customers' lists of two domestic manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccin
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Punjab administers over 50 lakh COVID-19 vaccination doses
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 29 (ANI): Punjab Government on Saturday informed that over 50 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the state so far.
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Delhi receives fresh COVID-19 vaccine stock from Centre for 45+
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Delhi received a fresh stock of COVID-19 vaccine that includes 48,890 doses of Covaxin and 83,970 doses of Covishield from the Centre, said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi on Saturday.
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Chinese vaccine to cost Bangladesh double of India's Oxford-AstraZeneca
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 29 (ANI): The Bangladesh government has approved the purchase of 15 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from China.
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Manufacturers want to talk to central govt, says CM Kejriwal as Delhi floa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): As the Delhi government has rolled out global tenders for procuring COVID-19 vaccines, Delhi Chief Minster Arvind Kejriwal has expressed his apprehensions regarding the procurement process, saying that most of the vaccine manufacturers globally prefers to tal
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Dr S Jaisahankar refuses to indulge in 'political politics' of Rahul Gandh
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): Declining to indulge in 'political politics', Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaisahankar refused to respond to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's criticism of India's 'vaccine diplomacy', during his visit to the USA.
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Over 4 lakh vaccine doses to be delivered to States, UTs in next 3 days: H
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): As some states are engaged in floating global tenders for covid-19 vaccine supply, the Central government has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, 22,77,62,450 vaccine doses to the states an
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