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COVAX targets 70 pc COVID-19 immunization coverage by mid-2022
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 24 (ANI): Amid possible need for variant-specific vaccines, changes to vaccination policies, country preference for some products over others, the programmatic complexity of managing multiple products, and the need for better intelligence on country-level plann
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US to provide additional one million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 23 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday (local time) said that the United States will work with the international community to scale up the level of assistance provided to Afghanistan, adding to provide one million additional COVID-19 vaccine dos
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UK to offer COVID-19 Pfizer shots to at-risk children aged 5-11
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK Health Security Agency allowed on Wednesday the use of smaller doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines in children aged 5 to 11 who are at a higher risk from COVID-19.
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Shringla hands over 1 million doses of made in India COVID-19 vaccines to
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 22 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday handed over 1 million doses of 'Made in India' COVID-19 vaccines to the representatives of the Myanmar Red Cross Society to support efforts in fight against the pandemic.
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COVID vaccine booster doses can't be ticket to go ahead with planned celeb
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 22 (ANI): Blanket booster programmes of COVID-19 vaccines are likely to prolong the pandemic, rather than ending it by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage, giving the virus more opportunity to spread and mutate, s
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Biden unveils plan to deal with Omicron cases; rapid at-home COVID tests,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): With COVID-19 cases again surging in the US because of the omicron variant, President Joe Biden unveiled new plans to increase support for hospitals, improving access to COVID-19 testing through hundreds of millions of rapid at-home tests and expanding
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How was 'Modi 'teeka?': Nadda slams Oppn leaders who 'misled' people over
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
South Goa (Goa) [India], December 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party National President JP Nadda slammed the Opposition leaders, who called COVID-19 vaccine doses "Modi teeka" or "BJP ka teeka" and misled others, have now received the vaccine.
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Research finds vaccines, previous infection might offer stronger than basi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggest that people previously infected with COVID and those vaccinated will have some 'stronger than basic' defence against the Omicron strain of coronavirus.
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India's COVID vaccination coverage crosses 137.46 cr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): In the ongoing nationwide COVID vaccination drive, India has administered 1,37,46,13,252 vaccine doses so far, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
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Here's how immune system builds long-term memory
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 18 (ANI): Scientists from Japan have discovered a fundamental part of the immune system's long-term memory, detailing how to design better vaccines for diseases, ranging from COVID-19 to malaria.
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Sputnik vaccines induce robust neutralizing antibody response to Omicron,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 17 (ANI): Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Friday said that Sputnik V and Sputnik Light vaccines induce robust neutralizing antibody response to COVID-19 variant Omicron.
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Israel to donate one million COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries t
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 17 (ANI): In the coming weeks, the State of Israel will transfer one million Astra Zenica COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries through the International Covax Vaccine Distribution Mechanism.
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