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Germany agrees to buy 30 million doses of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vacci
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 23 (ANI): Germany on Thursday agreed to buy 30 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19.
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Thief returns COVID-19 vaccines stolen from Jind hospital in Haryana
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Jind (Haryana) [India], April 23 (ANI): In a bizarre turn of events, a thief who had fled with a bag containing over 1,700 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Haryana's Jind, later had a change of heart and returned the doses.
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Production of COVID vaccines is being augmented, won't be difficult to mee
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The production of COVID-19 vaccines approved by the government is getting augmented and there is a promising pipeline of vaccine candidates and it will not be difficult to fulfill the obligation of vaccinating those over 18 years of age, a senior governm
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No shortage of oxygen, beds or ventilators in Tamil Nadu: Madras HC inform
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 23 (ANI): The Madras High Court was on Thursday informed by the Tamil Nadu government that the state has sufficient stocks of oxygen and Remdesivir vaccines and is not facing any shortage of beds or ventilators currently amid the unprecedented rise in COVI
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Govt working arduously for smooth co-ordination between states, hospitals
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the government is working towards smooth coordination between states, hospitals and suppliers of oxygen and vaccines to give relief to people in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SII has not contracted all production to Centre till May 25, states can pr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The government said on Thursday said that media reports suggesting that Serum Institute of India (SII) has contracted all its production till May 25 to the Centre are based "on incorrect facts" and that a key feature of liberalized COVID-19 vaccination str
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Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines 'do not appear to pose serious risk' dur
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The mRNA Covid-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna do not appear to pose any serious risk during pregnancy, according to new data published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Chhattisgarh CM writes to PM Modi, says cost of vaccines should be uniform
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 22 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate information on the availability and cost of vaccines to be provided to the state as part of the third phase of the COVID-19 vaccina
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Denmark loans unwanted 55,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Schleswig-Holstein,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], Apr 22 (ANI): The Danish Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that Denmark will loan unwanted 55,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the neighbouring German border state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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Post-vaccination breakthrough COVID-19 infection rate very small in India:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said that the breakthrough infection rate of COVID-19 after taking the either of the two Made in India vaccines - Covaxin and Covishield vaccines - "is a very small number".
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Chhattisgarh govt to bear cost of COVID-19 vaccination in state, urges cen
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 21 (ANI): Expenses, to vaccinate all aged above 18 years against COVID-19 in Chhattisgarh, will be borne by the state government, said Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday.
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'India may yet be more successful as trustworthy global health partner tha
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI): India may be yet more successful at proving itself a "robust and trustworthy global health partner than China, which was more focused on placing itself as an "alternative" to the West even at the risk of exporting an ineffective vaccine, said Georgia L. Gilho
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