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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines effective against Covid variants found in India:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 18, (ANI): The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines appear to protect against COVID variants B.1.617 and B.1.618 first identified in India, researchers have reported in a new pre-print paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, CNN reported.
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Over 130 people in Switzerland contract COVID-19 after getting both vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland] May 18 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 130 people in Switzerland have contracted the coronavirus after receiving both shots of the vaccine, with 12 cases being fatal, according to the latest data provided by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) on Monday.
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Vaccination affected in rural areas as parties like Congress, RJD kept que
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Patna (Bihar) [India], May 18 (ANI): Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday slammed the opposition parties over their targeting the government on COVID-19 doses and said parties like Congress and RJD kept mocking or raising questions about quality of Indian vaccines
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US pledges to share 80 million COVID-19 vaccine jabs globally
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 18 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Monday (local time) announced that the the United States will share 80 million vaccine doses globally over the next six weeks, five times more than any other country has shared to date which represents 13 percent of vaccines produced i
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Indore police probes possible hacking of COVID vaccine registration sites
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Amid concerns of COVID-19 vaccine registration sites getting hacked, Madhya Pradesh's Indore police is investigating the matter after the district administration was alerted in this regard by District Immunisation Officer (DIO), Praveen Jadiya.
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Centre, Telangana government more interested in polls, did not ensure enou
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 17 (ANI): Senior Telangana Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao on Monday accused the central and state governments of failing to manage COVID-19 situation and alleged that they had not been able to procure vaccines in adequate numbers to provide them to peo
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Over 59 lakh vaccine doses administered to people of 18-44 age group, says
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): As many as 59,32,704 beneficiaries of age group 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine across 36 states and UTs since phase 3 of vaccination began on May 1, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
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Starting COVID vaccination with frontline warriors paid rich dividends in
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New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Noting that the strategy of starting the COVID-19 vaccination programme with frontline warriors has paid rich dividends in the second wave, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the vaccines have ensured the safety of most of the doctors as 90 p
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Kerala to float global tender to procure 3 crore COVID vaccines
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 17 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said that the state government has initiated steps to float a global tender to source three crore COVID vaccine doses.
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WTO chief says world needs to double or even triple vaccine production
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The world needs to boost the production of vaccines, doubling or even tripling it, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organization chief, said at the Paris Peace Forum on Monday.
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Nepal spinner Sandeep Lamichhane, Shoaib Akhtar receive first dose of COVI
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar and Nepal spinner Sandeep Lamichhane received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.
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Petition filed in SC against arrest of people who put up anti-Modi posters
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): A writ petition was filed before the Supreme Court on Monday seeking immediate directions for quashing FIRs registered against at least 25 persons for putting up posters and brochures criticizing the central government's COVID-19 vaccination policy.
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