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Home Secy writes to states for active support to Health Ministry concernin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written a letter to chief secretaries of all states to instruct the concerned authorities for their active support to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in identification, preparation of database, vaccine deliv
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Eight care home workers in Germany overdosed on Pfizer vaccine
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Berlin [Germany], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Eight elderly workers at a German care home were mistakenly injected with five times the recommended dose of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine, local authorities said Monday.
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SII launches India's first fully indigenously developed pneumococcal vacci
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 28 (ANI): Serum Institute of India, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world by doses, announces the launch of India's first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine - PNEUMOSIL.
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Health Ministry launches India's first fully indigenous pneumococcal vacci
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New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Monday inaugurated India's first Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in a bid to prevent about 67,800 child mortality under 5 years of age in India from pneumococcal diseases every year.
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Pfizer reschedules vaccine deliveries to EU following 'logistical issue'
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London [UK], December 28 (ANI): United States Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Monday that the coronavirus vaccine to countries in the European Union has been delayed due to a "minor logistical issue."
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Latvia begins vaccination of medical workers against COVID-19
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Riga [Latvia], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Latvia began a campaign to vaccinate medical workers against COVID-19 on Monday, the republic's Ministry of Health said.
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2020's parting shot: India to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in January
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 28 (ANI): In what could be termed as New Year gift, Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer, Serum Institute of India on Monday said 40-50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have already been stockpiled, adding that Covishield rollout is expected in Ja
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Kazakhstan inks COVID-19 vaccine deal with Pfizer, says Health Ministry
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Almaty [Kazakhstan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakhstan on Monday signed a deal with US pharmaceutical company Pfizer to begin receiving its vaccine against the coronavirus disease, the health ministry said.
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Germany expects to get 15.5 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, say
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Berlin [Germany], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany plans to receive 15.5 million doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine as soon as it is approved by the European Union's drug regulator, a health ministry spokeswoman said Monday.
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Germany opposes easing COVID-19 restrictions for vaccinated people
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Berlin [Germany], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): German Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn has opposed on Monday the weakening of COVID-19-related restrictions for persons who have already been vaccinated against the virus.
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Indonesia reports 5,854 new COVID-19 cases, 215 deaths
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Jakarta [Indonesia], December 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,854 within one day to 719,219, with the death toll adding by 215 to 21,452, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
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Preparations underway for COVID-19 vaccine dry run in Punjab, AP
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Ludhiana/Vijayawada [India], December 28 (ANI): Preparations are underway in Punjab and Andhra Pradesh for a dry run of the COVID-19 vaccination programme that will be held in four states on Monday.
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