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'Where is the money?': Jharkhand slams Centre for limited vaccine supply a
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 23 (ANI): Criticizing the Central government for giving Jharkhand the 19th rank in the administration of COVID vaccines, health minister Banna Gupta on Tuesday said the state is solely dependent on the Centre for the supply of doses.
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Countries relying on Chinese COVID-19 vaccines reporting surge in infectio
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): Countries like Mongolia, Seychelles and Bahrain had relied on the easily accessible Chinese COVID-19 vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic and bring back normalcy. These countries are now battling a surge in infections.
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Right to life should prevail over rights of patent holders, says NHRC chai
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman Justice (Retired) Arun Mishra on Tuesday said the right to life should prevail over the rights of patent holders to ensure that the scarcity of life-saving drugs, medicines and vaccines relating to COVID-1
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Plea in SC challenge 25 pc reservation for pvt sector in new vaccination p
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala John Brittas and Dr R Ramakumar, professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), knocked the doors of the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the new vaccination policy adopted by the Central government to reserve 25 per ce
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Karnataka: BBMP administers record 1,68,958 COVID-19 vaccine doses on Mond
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 22 (ANI): The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike on Monday achieved a milestone of administrating 1,68,958 COVID-19 vaccinations in 8 zones of the city, BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta informed.
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With 86,16,373 COVID-19 vaccinations, India inoculates more than New Zeala
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): India administered 86,16,373 COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday, the highest-ever single day vaccination in the world so far, the Union Health Ministry informed today.
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Odisha's COVID-19 vaccination coverage crosses one crore mark
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 22 (ANI): With over 3.32 lakh COVID-19 vaccines administered on Monday, the total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Odisha has crossed one crore mark, the state health department informed.
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Over 13.72 lakh people vaccinated against COVID in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): As many as 13,72,481 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Andhra Pradesh on Monday, the first day of the Centre's new centralised vaccination policy.
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COVID-19 vaccines less effective against Delta variant: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Current COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against the Delta coronavirus variant, which was first detected in India, but they still prevent severe disease and death, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for COVID-19
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Anti COVID vaccination propaganda harming poor the most: Harsh Vardhan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Monday said that rumours and fake information against coronavirus vaccines is harming people belonging to the economically weaker section of society the most.
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India keen to resume COVID-19 vaccine export to Bangladesh, says envoy
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 21 (ANI): India's Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami on Sunday said that the country is keen to resume the export of COVID-19 vaccines to Dhaka as soon as possible, but there is no word yet when it will resume the export.
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Shehbaz Sharif calls for Pak govt to change approach in COVID-19 vaccine p
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): As the Pakistan government faces intense criticism over the shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday expressed grave concern over the matter and called for the federal government to change its approach regarding the procur
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