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NEGVAC working on management of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out: Govt
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said that the Centre had in August this year constituted the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC), which is providing guidance on prioritisation of population groups, procur
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Fitch revises India's FY21 GDP contraction forecast to 9.4 pc
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 8 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has revised India's GDP forecast to minus 9.4 per cent in the current fiscal year from a previously projected contraction of 10.5 per cent after the economy staged a sharper rebound in the second quarter.
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S Korea to secure COVID-19 vaccines for 88 pc of population
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea planned to secure COVID-19 vaccines from foreign drugmakers for 44 million people, or 88 per cent of the country's total population, the health ministry said Tuesday.
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Dr Anthony Fauci wants Biden administration to focus on efficient distribu
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 8 (ANI): US' top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci on Monday said that the first thing he wants President-elect Joe Biden's administration to do is to get an efficient and equitable distribution of vaccines to as many people as possible. He also warned tha
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PM Modi talks to Macron, expresses support to France in fight against terr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation on Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron and reiterated India's full support to France in the fight against terrorism, extremism and radicalism.
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Asia Pacific issuers take divergent tracks on recovery path: S&P
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], December 7 (ANI): As borrowers rebuild businesses and finances in 2021, the operating backdrop should improve with economies rebounding and COVID-19 vaccines coming online, S&P Global Ratings said on Monday.
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Trump tells Georgia supporters vaccines against COVID-19 to become availab
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Georgia [US], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Coronavirus vaccines will be made available in the US next week, US President Donald Trump said at the Saturday rally in Valdosta, Georgia.
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WHO chief urges global leaders to invest in COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 4 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday urged global leaders to invest in COVID-19 vaccines as a step to bring an end to the ongoing pandemic.
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Maduro calls on UN, WHO to declare COVID-19 vaccines global public goods
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) should declare COVID-19 vaccines global public goods, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said at the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
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Facebook to remove false claims about COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
California [US], December 4 (ANI): Amid growing misinformation on social media, Facebook plans to remove posts with what they consider to be false information or conspiracy theories about COVID-19 vaccines.
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Interpol issues global alert over organised crime networks targeting COVID
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lyon [France], December 3 (ANI): As the countries gear up to vaccinate the masses against coronavirus, Interpol has issued a global alert for law enforcement across its 194 member countries warning them to prepare for organised crime networks targeting COVID-19 vaccines, both physically a
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UK authorises Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, delivery from next week
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Wednesday became the first country in the world to authorise use of Pfizer-BioNTech for emergency purpose, thus, paving way for the delivery of the vaccines from next week.
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