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Neena Gupta receives second dose of COVID vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Veteran Bollywood actor Neena Gupta, who took the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine last month, became the latest Indian celebrity on Saturday to receive the second dose of the vaccine.
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Harsh Vardhan chairs review meeting on COVID-19, says no shortage of vacci
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan chaired a high-level meeting with the Health Ministers of 11 states and Union territories (UTs) on Saturday and reviewed the availability of ox
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'From exporter of COVID-19 vaccines to importer': Priyanka Gandhi takes di
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Amid unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday targetted the Centre for exporting vaccine without having sufficient stock for the people of the country. She said the present dispensation has undone 7
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Nearly 12 crores COVID-19 vaccine doses administered so far in India
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has nearly touched 12 crores as part of the world's largest vaccination drive, the Union Health Ministry has informed on Saturday.
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Odisha CM urges PM Modi to allow sale of COVID-19 vaccines in open market
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha), April 17 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged the Centre to ensure an adequate supply of COVID-19 vaccines to states and also requested to allow the sale of COVID-19 vaccines in the open market so that willing citizens who can afford the vaccine can ava
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Merkel got first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 17 (ANI/Sputnik): German Chancellor Angela Merkel got the first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 on Friday, German cabinet spokesman Steffen Seibert announced.
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10 US Senators ask Biden to back India's proposal to get TRIPS waiver to C
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Amid the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic, ten Senators have urged US President Joe Biden to support India and South Africa's proposal to the WTO to temporarily lift certain intellectual property barriers and allow countries to locally manufacture COVID-19
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Prakash Javadekar tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): A month after receiving his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Friday tested positive for COVID-19.
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India reports biggest spike of over 2.17 lakh new COVID-19 cases, 26.14 la
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): India reported its highest-ever single-day spike in COVID-19 cases with over 2.17 lakh new cases and 1,185 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.
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We are in better shape than last year, uncertainty is much lower: CEA
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], 16 April (ANI): Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) KV Subramanian on Friday said that the economy is in a better shape because of roll-out of vaccines and uncertainty is much lower.
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Odisha suspends COVID-19 vaccination in urban areas of 10 districts during
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India] April 16 (ANI): The Odisha government on Friday suspended COVID-19 vaccination in the urban areas of 10 districts bordering Chhattisgarh during the weekend shutdown until further orders.
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Covaxin production capacity to be doubled by May-June: Centre
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): The current production capacity of indigenously developed Covaxin vaccine will be doubled by May-June 2021 and then increased nearly 6-7 fold by July-August 2021, the government announced on Friday as the country is witnessing a record surge in COVID-19 inf
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