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Malaysia receives 1st batch of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, boosting its capability in the fight against the pandemic.
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SII's Adar Poonawalla asks countries, govts to 'be patient' over COVID vac
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Pune-based Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla requested the countries to 'be patient' as they await the Covishield supplies, adding that SII is trying to maintain a balance between the needs of India and the world.
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Israel to inoculate 100,000 Palestinian workers
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 21 (ANI): Israel on Friday agreed to inoculate 100,000 Palestinians who regularly cross into Israel to work, reported The Washington Post citing Mai al-Kaila, Palestinian Health Minister.
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Australia begins coronavirus vaccinations
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Prime Minister Scott Morrison has become one of the first Australians to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
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UN thanks India for offering 200,000 COVID vaccine doses for UN Peacekeepe
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 21 (ANI): United Nations on Saturday thanked India for offering 200,000 COVID vaccine doses for UN Peacekeepers and appreciated efforts to strengthen COVAX Facility for ensuring equitable access to vaccines for all.
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WHO warns unequal COVID-19 vaccine distribution can lead to global risk
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 20 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday urged countries and drugmakers to help speed up the manufacture and distribution of vaccines across the globe, warning that the world could be "back at square one" if some coun
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Punjab CM requests Centre to consult state in fixing Covid vaccine priorit
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], February 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged the central government to consult with the state before fixing priorities for Covid vaccination, as it is a matter involving the entire population.
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India has administered over 1.08 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to healthcare and frontline workers crossed over 1.08 crore on Saturday in the country, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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India hands over 100,000 additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to Maldives
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], February 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday handed over 100,000 additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Health Minister Kerafa Naseem.
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AstraZeneca to produce coronavirus vaccine doses in Japan for 40 million p
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The AstraZeneca company is going to produce in Japan doses of the coronavirus vaccine enough for 40 million people, the executive director of the Japanese department of the firm said.
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Pfizer to roll out 10 million COVID vaccines per week as Biden assures sho
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the company expects to double its rollout of coronavirus vaccines to 10 million a week over the next two weeks as US President Joe Biden pledged enough supply of doses to immunize all Americans by July.
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Harsh Vardhan appeals to medical community, frontline workers to get vacci
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday appealed to the medical community and the frontline workers through the media to come forward and take the COVID-19 vaccine.
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