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Ban on freight, travel will not impact COVID-19 vaccination: UK transport
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps said on Monday that the ban on travel and freight from the country imposed by France and other European countries out of fear of a new strain of coronavirus identified in southeast England, would not affect its COVID-
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Greek Prime Minister pledges to receive COVID-19 vaccine on first day of m
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Athens [Greece], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday that he will receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot on Sunday, the day the mass vaccination campaign rolls out in the country.
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Russia working with India to jointly produce Sputnik V vaccine: Russian en
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New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Russia is working with India to jointly produce Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at Dr Reddy's Laboratories for use in India, Russia and other countries, said Nikolay Kudashev, Russian Ambassador to India, on Monday.
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Oman expects to receive first batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesda
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Muscat [Oman], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech will be delivered to Oman on Wednesday, the director of the infectious diseases control department of the country's health ministry, Badr bin Saif Al Rawahi, announced on Monday.
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Sputnik V can be highly effective against new COVID-19 strain: Vaccine cod
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Moscow [Russia], December 21 (ANI): Sputnik V, the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, will be "highly effective" against the new strain of coronavirus found in Europe, said Kirill Dmitriev, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Russian Direct Investment Fund, the company which codeveloped the vaccin
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Scientists say it would take years for virus to evolve enough to render Co
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New York [US], December 21 (ANI):As the new variant has been surfaced that causes COVID-19, experts urged caution, saying it would take years, not months, for the virus to evolve enough to render the current vaccines impotent.
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India's vaccination drive will be the largest in the world: Fitch
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Singapore, December 21 (ANI): India's role in the global Covid-19 vaccine rollout will be significant both as a recipient of the medicine as well as a producer, according to Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research.
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Majority of Australians willing to pay for early COVID-19 vaccine: Survey
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Canberra [Australia], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): A majority of Australians would pay to receive coronavirus vaccine early, a survey has found.
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Regulators looking into emergency use authorization sought by Pfizer for C
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New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that regulators are examining the permission sought by the Indian arm of US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer for emergency authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine.
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Harsh Vardhan says Covid-19 vaccine cannot be forced on anyone, govt will
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New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): The coronavirus vaccine cannot be forced upon anyone but the government will educate and give the right information to people about it, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday.
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Worst is over concerning Covid-19 in India, but precautions still needed:
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New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that the worst is over concerning coronavirus in the country but people still need to follow Covid appropriate behaviour to stay safe.
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Covid-19 positive Anil Vij continues to make steady progress
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Chandigarh/Gurugram (Haryana) [India], December 21 (ANI): Haryana Home and Health Minister, Anil Vij, who is undergoing treatment for Covid-19 continues to make steady progress.
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