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Mumbai: 63-year-old suffers heart attack while waiting in queue to registe
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 13 (ANI): A 63-year-old man who had gone to register for Covid-19 vaccination at a civic center in Mumbai's Nalasopara West area collapsed after suffering a heart attack and subsequently died.
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$400 million ADB loan to help Philippines purchase Covid-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Mar 13 (ANI): The Philippines has become the first recipient of financing support under the Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) with approval of a 400 million dollar loan that will help the country purchase safe and effec
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With over 20 lakh doses, India records highest single-day COVID-19 vaccina
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): With over 20 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses, India on Friday recorded the highest number of vaccinations administered in a single day, the Union Health Ministry informed on Saturday.
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Ratan Tata gets first shot of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): Tata Group's Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata on Saturday took his first dose of COVID-19 vaccination.
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India's vaccine capacity to be expanded with support from Quad to assist I
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): India's formidable vaccine production capacity will be expanded with support from Japan, the US and Australia to assist countries in the Indo-Pacific region, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, after the 'Quad' leaders' summit.
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'No evidence' of blood clot risk from vaccine: AstraZeneca
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], March 13 (ANI): AstraZeneca on Friday defended its vaccine saying that there was "no evidence of an increased risk" of blood clots, and European and UK medicines regulators have each said the link between the vaccine and blood clots has not been confirmed and that rollouts shoul
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WHO grants emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 13 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday issued emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for the one-shot dose to be used as part of the United Nation's international vaccine distribution effort.
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Quad leaders agree to create working groups on vaccine, critical technolog
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New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): The leaders of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) on Friday agreed to set up three working groups to facilitate vaccine distribution and innovative technologies and to strengthen climate actions globally.
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US COVID-19 vaccines to be manufactured in India
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New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Friday confirmed that US COVID-19 vaccines will be manufactured in India, adding that they would be financed by the US and Japan with logistical support from Australia.
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Vaccine initiative most pressing, valuable takeaway of Quad summit: Foreig
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Noting that the vaccine initiative "is the most pressing and valuable" among the concrete takeaways of the first summit meeting of Quad leaders, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Friday said that the four-member countries of Quadrilateral Secur
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India understands giving vaccines to own population will not solve world p
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bridgetown [Barbados], March 12 (ANI): Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Friday lauded India's efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines worldwide, saying that the country understands that simply giving vaccines to its own population will not solve the world's problems.
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Quad to expand India's manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines, aims to create
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): The United States, along with other "like-minded" democracies, is set to announce a 'historic agreement' to expand COVID-19 vaccine production capacity, which will look at expanding the supply of coronavirus vaccines coming out of India, a senior administrati
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