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Russian research center suggests use of Sputnik V to boost efficacy of Ast
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Gamaleya research institute has suggested UK pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca try to boost the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine, combining it with a shot of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V.
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Centre asks states, UTs to form Block level Task Force for Covid-19 vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Thursday asked all states and union territories to form a Block Task Force on a priority basis to prepare for distribution in the country of the vaccine against Covid-19.
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PM Modi to visit Serum Institute of India on November 28
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday visit Serum Institute of India, which has partnered with AstraZeneca and Oxford University for production of vaccine against COVID-19.
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First priority for Covid-19 vaccine will be given to India's closest neigh
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], November 26 (ANI): During his two-day visit to Kathmandu, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Thursday asserted that the first priority for distribution of COVID-19 vaccine would be for India's closest neighbours, like Nepal.
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Philippines logs 1,392 new COVID-19 cases, plans to buy 2 million doses of
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [The Philipines], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Thursday reported 1,392 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number in the country to 424,297.
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Satyendar Jain says COVID-19 positivity rate in Delhi down to 8.5 per cent
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said COVID-19 positivity rate in the national capital has come down to 8.5 per cent in the last three weeks.
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US on track to begin immunisation against COVID-19 by late December-early
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Delaware [US], November 26 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) said the US is on track to begin immunisation against the COVID-19 by late December-early January next year as there have been "significant record-breaking progress" in developing a vaccine.
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Iran expects to get 41 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine via several chann
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran is planning to get 41 million doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease via different channels for about 20 million people, the country's health and medical education minister, Saeed Namaki, said on Wednesday.
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Bangladesh to get 68 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Gavi by 2021
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 25 (ANI): Bangladesh is expected to get 68 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, under the global arrangement called Covax facility within 2021.
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DDMA meeting today to discuss COVID-19 situation, vaccine delivery plan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital, a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is scheduled for 12 noon on Wednesday via video conference.
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Indian equity markets at new high, Sensex crosses 44,800
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 25 (ANI): The Indian equity indices hit a fresh high on Wednesday, in line with the recent progress in developing COVID-19 vaccines even as cases rise around the world.
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Will have to wait for final words in scientific journal: CSIR chief on Cov
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): A day after Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla asserted that its "soon to be widely available COVID-19 vaccine will offer protection up to 90 per cent in one type of dosage regime", Council of Scientific and Industrial
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