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May recommend Russian vaccine for emergency use if criteria met: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) may add Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V to the list of recommended vaccines for emergency use if the candidate meets necessary criteria, it has told Sputnik in a statement.
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WHO chief Tedros thanks PM Modi for strong commitment to Covid vaccine
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New York [US], November 12 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his strong commitment to Covax and making Covid-19 vaccines a global public good.
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Switzerland increases Covid-19 vaccines procurement fund to USD 430 millio
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Bern [Switzerland], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland has allotted additional 100 million Swiss francs (USD 109 million) for its fund earmarked to be spent on the purchase of coronavirus vaccines, the government said in a press release on Wednesday.
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UK govt, social media networks agree measures to tackle COVID-19 vaccine d
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London [UK], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government and leading social media platforms have agreed on a set of new measures to tackle the spread of disinformation and misinformation related to vaccines against COVID-19, according to a joint press release published by the Department for
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Bharat Biotech to manufacture 10 types of vaccines, including COVID-19, in
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 7 (ANI): Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL) is going to manufacture ten types of vaccines including malaria and the novel coronavirus in its upcoming unit here, Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Krishna Ella said while attending a virtual meeti
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WHO chief scientist says early to judge if COVID-19 mutation in minks can
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization Soumya Swaminathan said on Friday it was too early to decide whether the coronavirus mutation found in the farmed mink population in Denmark could impact the efficacy of vaccines.
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India to help countries in enhancing strorage capacities for delivery of C
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New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): India's vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help the humanity in fighting the COVID-19 crisis and New Delhi will also help interested countries in enhancing their cold chain and storage capacities for the delivery of vaccines, Fore
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Australia signs COVID-19 vaccine deals with Novavax, Pfizer
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Canberra [Australia], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The Australian government has signed agreements on Thursday with pharmaceutical company Novavax and a consortium of companies, Pfizer and BioNTech, to supply 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Piyush Goyal calls upon global community to ensure timely, equitable avail
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New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): The Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has called upon the global community to ensure timely and equitable availability of vaccines and medicines for COVID-19, in sufficient quantities and affordable prices.
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Prioritisation has to be done on criteria for COVID-19 vaccination, says
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New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Amid claims of various state governments that it would provide free Covid-19 vaccinations, the Union government's expert group on vaccines on Tuesday said that they should wait for a clearer picture to emerge on vaccine prioritisation.
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Providing free COVID-19 vaccine is state matter: Manoj Tiwari slams Uddhav
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Patna (Bihar) [India], October 26 (ANI): Calling it a 'state matter' Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manoj Tiwari on Monday slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who criticised the BJP for including the promise of free COVID-19 vaccines for people of Bihar in the manifesto
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You talk about giving free vaccines in Bihar, is rest of country Pak, B'de
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 25 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for including the promise of free coronavirus vaccines for all residents of Bihar in manifesto ahead of the Legislative Assembly elections in the sta
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