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Sonia Gandhi urges Centre to re-evaluate COVID-19 vaccination policy
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging the new COVID-19 vaccination policy was not only 'discriminatory but also a complete abandonment of the youth' and urged the government to reverse the i
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Maharahstra Health Minister slams Centre for inadequate remdesivir allocat
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 22 (ANI): Stating that the Centre was earlier providing 35,000 daily doses of Remdesivir injections to Maharashtra, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that the state has now been allocated 26,000 injections for the next 10 days as against t
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India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 13.23 crores
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 13.23 crore, as part of the world's largest vaccination drive, the union health ministry said on Thursday.
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1,710 doses of COVID-19 vaccine stolen from civil hospital in Haryana's Ji
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Jind (Haryana) [India], April 22 (ANI): As many as 1,710 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were stolen from the PPC centre at Civil Hospital in Haryana's Jind district, officials said on Thursday.
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Denmark loans unwanted 55,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Schleswig-Holstein,
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], Apr 22 (ANI): The Danish Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that Denmark will loan unwanted 55,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the neighbouring German border state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccine coverage cross 13.22 cr doses
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The total COVID-19 vaccinations across the country have crossed more than the 13.22 crore mark on Wednesday, said the Union Health Ministry.
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Post-vaccination breakthrough COVID-19 infection rate very small in India:
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said that the breakthrough infection rate of COVID-19 after taking the either of the two Made in India vaccines - Covaxin and Covishield vaccines - "is a very small number".
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Bihar announces free COVID-19 vaccination to all above 18 years
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 21 (ANI): Bihar government will provide the COVID-19 vaccine free of cost to all above 18 years of age, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced on Wednesday.
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Vaccine against COVID-19 helps prevent severe illness: AIIMS Director
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that COVID-19 vaccine prevents people from getting severe illness though it may not prevent their getting infection.
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Madhya Pradesh to provide free COVID-19 vaccination to those above 18
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 21 (ANI): The residents of Madhya Pradesh above 18 years will be given free vaccination for COVID-19, state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday.
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'Covaxin shows overall 78 pc interim efficacy, 100 pc efficacy against sev
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 21 (ANI): Covaxin, India's indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 demonstrated "overall interim clinical efficacy" of 78 per cent and 100 per cent efficacy against "severe COVID-19 disease" in Phase-III trials, informed Bharat Biotech and Indian Council of M
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Kerala to provide COVID-19 vaccine 'free of cost' to all above 18 years: P
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 21 (ANI): Kerala government will provide the COVID-19 vaccine free of cost to all above 18 years of age, announced Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday.
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