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India has administered over 1.04 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to healthcare and frontline workers crossed over 1.04 crore on Friday in the country, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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Priyanka Chaturvedi urges Harsh Vardhan to rope in private hospitals in CO
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday urged Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to rope in private hospitals in the nationwide COVID-19 immunisation drive.
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Dr Reddy's initiates process for emergency use authorisation of Sputnik V
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Dr Reddy's Laboratories said on Friday it has initiated the process with the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use authorisation of human adenoviral vector-based platform vaccine candidate Sputnik V.
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Clinical trials indicate India's vaccines will be effective against COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 19 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday said interim results of the ongoing clinical trials indicated that the indigenous COVID-19 vaccines would be effective against the mutated virus strains reported from the Unit
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COVID-19: Biden to pledge USD 4 billion to global vaccine alliance in G7 m
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will on Friday pledge USD 4 billion to the global COVID-19 vaccine alliance, COVAX, and also call on G7 member countries to prioritise a sustainable health security financing mechanism "aimed at catalysing countries to build the need
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COVID-19: India has vaccinated close to 98.5 lakh beneficiaries
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): With 3,17,190 vaccine doses administered to healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) on Thursday, the 34th day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, the total number of vaccination reached nearly 98.5 lakh in the country, said Union Ministry
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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines can protect against coronavirus variant: Study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine can protect people against concerning new coronavirus variants, including one first seen in South Africa called B.1.351, according to report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.
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Hopes of region, world focused on rapid deployment of COVID-19 vaccines: P
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Noting that the spirit of collaboration is a valuable takeaway from COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said hopes of the region and the world are focused on rapid deployment of vaccines and there is need to maintain "the same
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PM Modi to address workshop on Covid-19 Management; 9 countries including
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday will address a workshop on "Covid-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way Forward" where nine neighbouring countries will be participating including Pakistan.
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UN chief Guterres calls for fair distribution of vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised what he calls the "wildly uneven and unfair" global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines amid the pandemic.
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Consignment of Made in India COVID-19 vaccines airlifted for Dominican Rep
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): India on Thursday airlifted consignment of Made in India COVID-19 vaccines for the Dominican Republic under the Vaccine Maitri initiative.
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Widely unfair: UN says 130 countries haven't received single COVID-19 vacc
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (local time) slammed the "wildly uneven and unfair" distribution of coronavirus vaccines and said that only 10 countries have administered 75 per cent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to
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