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Yavatmal sanitiser incident 'unforgivable mistake', says Maharashtra healt
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 3 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday condemned the "unforgivable mistake" in which 12 children, aged between one and five, were administered hand sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine drops in Yavatmal.
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India key production partner for Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, says RDIF CEO
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 2 (ANI): India is the key production partner for Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, Kirill Dmitriev, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Tuesday.
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UK researchers suggest 1 dose of Pfizer vaccine not enough to kill S Afric
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Not administering the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus on time may result in some elderly people contracting the South African mutated variant, according to lab test results obtained by the Cambridge University research
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Confident to get more COVID-19 vaccine doses from India, says Nepal envoy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Nepal is very grateful to the Indian government for gifting 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the country's envoy Nilamber Acharya said on Tuesday, adding that the Himalayan nation is "confident" of getting more doses of the vaccine.
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High-level committee set up for distribution, administration of COVID-19 v
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): A National Expert Group on vaccine administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) has been established for providing guidance on all aspects of COVID-19 vaccination including prioritisation of population groups, procurement and inventory management, vaccine selecti
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Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine 91.6 per cent effective: Lancet
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 2 (ANI): Russian's Sputnik V is 91.6 per cent effective at protecting people from COVID-19, according to the result of an interim analysis of the phase 3 trials published by the journal Lancet on Tuesday.
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Over 2 mn COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Italy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rome [Italy], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Health professionals in Italy have now administered more than two million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease, Domenico Arcuri, the government's COVID-19 special commissioner, said on Tuesday, as reported by domestic media outlets.
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We hope we will be able to re-open schools in full capacity soon: Delhi CM
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): While interacting with the principals and management authorities of private schools, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday expressed hope that the schools in the national capital will be able to re-open in full capacity soon following the arr
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Special friend, special relationship: Jaishankar after Indian-made vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dubai [UAE], February 2 (ANI): A consignment of Indian-made COVID-19 vaccines reached UAE on Tuesday, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar adding that it denoted a 'special friend and a special relationship' between the two nations.
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BioNTech to produce 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 amid surge
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mainz [Germany], February 2 (ANI): German biotechnology company BioNTech is planning to produce two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 because of the increase in global demand, the company has said in a statement.
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India reports 8,635 new COVID-19 cases, 94 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): With 8,635 new COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's tally has reached 1,07,66,245, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Tuesday.
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12 children in Maharashtra's Yavatmal administered sanitiser drops instead
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Yavatmal (Maharashtra) [India], February 2 (ANI): Twelve children under five years of age were admitted to a hospital after they were administered sanitiser drops instead of polio vaccine in Maharashtra's Yavatmal on Monday, informed Yavatmal District Council Chief Executive Officer Shrikri
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