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New Zealand secures two new COVID-19 vaccines, enough for every citizen: P
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], December 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The New Zealand government will purchase COVID-19 vaccines from pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novavax, meaning every New Zealander will be able to be vaccinated, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday.
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Chandigarh gears up for COVID-19 vaccination, prepares sites to store vacc
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Chandigarh [India], December 17 (ANI): As the COVID-19 vaccination programme will soon begin in India, the Chandigarh administration has geared itself on how to vaccinate people when it will be available.
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US allocates 2 million doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccines for next week
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Washington [US], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government has allocated 2 million doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine to jurisdictions in the United States and almost 6 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine in case it receives the necessary authorization, Health and Human Se
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India, UK experts to collaborate on new virtual hub to distribute vaccines
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New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Experts from India and the United Kingdom will collaborate via a new virtual hub to distribute vaccines for Covid-19 and other deadly viruses, the visiting foreign secretary of the United Kingdom Dominic Raab said on Wednesday.
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Aussie researchers flag mental illness as top concern with Covid-19 vaccin
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Sydney [Australia], December 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Australian researchers called for people with serious mental illness to be given priority access to Covid-19 vaccines when they become available, according to a statement released Wednesday.
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Six vaccines currently undergoing clinical trials in India
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New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Informing that the Drugs Controller General of India has granted clearance for the clinical trials of one more candidate vaccine from India, NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr VK Paul on Tuesday said six vaccines are currently undergoing clinical trials in
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No indication new COVID-19 variant in UK interferes with vaccine effective
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation is aware of reports that a new variant of COVID-19 has been identified in the United Kingdom, although there is no evidence to suggest that the mutation will impact the effectiveness of vaccines against the diseas
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COVID-19 vaccine preparations at war footing in Uttarakhand
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 14 (ANI): The preparations for COVID-19 vaccination is being undertaken on a war footing in Uttarakhand. The vaccination will start as soon as vaccines are made available by the Centre, said State Health Secretary Amit Negi.
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Malaysian PM instructs officials to buy COVID-19 vaccines for up to 70 pc
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Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Sunday that he instructed officials from the country's health and science ministries to secure deals with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers for enough doses to inoculate up to 70 per cent of th
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UPS, FedEx collaborate to ship Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines in US
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): Rival US companies UPS and FedEx are working side-by-side to ship the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, after it was approved for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday.
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Number of Covid-19 vaccines growing but volume of doses remains concern, s
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) is encouraged by the growth in the number of vaccines against COVID-19 that have performed well in clinical trials, although the organization remains concerned by the limited number of doses currently ava
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$9 billion ADB facility for members to access, distribute Covid-19 vaccine
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Manila [The Philippines], Dec 11 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a 9 billion dollar vaccine initiative -- the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) -- offering rapid and equitable support to its developing members as they procure and deliver effective and safe
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