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High Court asks West Bengal govt to file affidavit on probe in vaccine fra
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 30 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the West Bengal government to file an affidavit by Friday in the case related to COVID-19 vaccine fraud.
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Jharkhand minister writes to PM Modi, seeks Bharat Ratna for scientists wh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 30 (ANI): Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and requested him to award Bharat Ratna to scientists who helped in developing the indigenous COVID-19 vaccines.
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None of available vaccines affect fertility of either men or women, says M
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Putting concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccination at rest, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a press release on Wednesday stated that none of the available vaccines affects the fertility of either men or women.
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Bharat Biotech denies receiving advance payments, supplying vaccines to Br
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 30 (ANI): Issuing clarification on COVAXIN pricing controversy in Brazil, Bharat Biotech on Tuesday said it followed a step-by-step regulatory approval process during the eight-month period, but the company has neither received any advance payments nor
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South Korea reports 794 more COVID-19 cases, 156,961 in total
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 794 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 156,961.
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Private hospitals can't directly procure COVID vaccines, need to place ord
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Starting July 1, private hospitals in the country will no longer be allowed to directly procure COVID-19 vaccines from manufacturers and have to place orders on the Centre's CoWIN portal.
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World Bank approves 130 million USD to help Kenya fight COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nairobi, June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Bank said it has approved 14 billion shillings (about 130 million U.S. dollars) additional financing to help Kenya facilitate affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.
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Andhra CM urges PM Modi to allow procurement of COVID-19 vaccines not lift
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday requested the Centre to allow the state government to procure COVID-19 vaccines that had not been lifted by private hospitals.
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Brazil reports 1,893 more COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,893 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 515,985, the health ministry said Tuesday.
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Jharkhand facing shortage of COVID vaccines, says state's Health Departmen
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 29 (ANI): Jharkhand is facing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines with a state health department official on Tuesday stating that the state is left with just one day's stock of COVID-19 vaccine.
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Jharkhand requests Centre to reduce share of vaccines to private hospitals
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 29 (ANI): The additional chief secretary of Jharkhand, Arun Kumar Singh wrote to the Health Secretary of India on Monday and requested to reduce the share of vaccines to private hospitals from 25 per cent to 5 per cent for the state.
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International cooperation on vaccines, medicines answer to COVID challenge
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Matera [Itlay], June 29 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday addressed the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting here and said that international cooperation is the answer to the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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