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Proud to say I got vaccinated with Covaxin: Jaishankar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said he was proud to have taken 'Covaxin' and recalled that questions were raised when the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech came to the market earlier this year.
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Five states continue to drive up India's active Covid-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continue to report a high number of daily new Covid-19 cases, collectively accounting for 71.10 per cent of the 28,903 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday
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Javadekar accuses Maharashtra of poor administration of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday accused Maharashtra of "poor administration" of Covid-19 vaccines in the state alleging that MPs from the Shiv Sena were asking the Centre for more vaccines while the state has only utilised 44 per cent of wh
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COVID-19: Gardens, parks in Ahmedabad to be closed from tomorrow
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 17 (ANI): In the wake of increasing cases of COVID-19, all gardens and parks in Gujarat's Ahmedabad including Kankaria Lake and Zoo will be closed from Thursday till further orders.
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Make COVID-19 vaccine free for underprivileged, BSP appeals to Centre, sta
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 17 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo Mayawati on Wednesday appealed to the Centre and state governments to make COVID-19 vaccine free for the underprivileged.
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Australia to ask AstraZeneca, EU for 1 million vaccine doses for Papua New
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Australia will ask AstraZeneca and the European authorities to divert 1 million contracted COVID-19 vaccine doses to Papua New Guinea (PNG) amid worsening epidemiological situation in the southwestern Pacific nation, Prime Minister Scott Morrison
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Moderna starts testing COVID-19 vaccine on young children, infants
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): Moderna has begun testing its COVID-19 vaccine on children and infants between the ages of six months and 12 years old in a study, as the pharmaceutical company seeks to expand approval for its vaccine to children, the company said on Tuesday.
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'It is safe': Trump encourages supporters to get vaccinated against COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) urged his supporters to take the COVID-19 vaccine, as a growing number of Republicans remain opposed to get vaccinated.
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Growing number of US Republicans rejecting COVID-19 vaccines: Report
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): A growing number of Republicans are having second thoughts about the efficacy of taking the COVID-19 vaccine over concerns that the vaccine poses a greater health threat than COVID-19 itself.
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Europe's top drug agency backs use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine followi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 17 (ANI): After several European countries suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine over blood clot concerns, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Tuesday (local time) said regulators remain confident in the safety of the vaccine.
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Tamil Nadu logs 867 fresh COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Tamil Nadu reported 867 fresh COVID-19 cases, 561 discharges, and 5 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the State Health Department on Tuesday.
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China-made Covid-19 vaccine required for getting Chinese visa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The Chinese embassy has announced it will start issuing visas to travellers who have taken a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine and possess the certificates of vaccination.
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