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'Vaccination on wheels' to vaccinate 'super spreaders' in Kolkata market a
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 5 (ANI): "Vaccination on wheels" aimed at reaching people in large numbers was at Kolkata's market area on Saturday targeting "super spreaders".
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BJP tears into Punjab govt over 'vaccine scam', demands Balbir Singh Sidhu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 5 (ANI): As opposition has been targeting Punjab government for allegedly diverting its vaccine stocks to private hospitals at a marked-up price, the BJP on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and State Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu fo
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Raghav Chadha asks 5 questions to Punjab CM on committing major vaccine sc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Hitting out at the Punjab government for selling government quota of COVID vaccines to private hospitals, AAP MLA Raghav Chadha said that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh-led government had committed another major vaccine scam and robbed the people of t
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Punjab govt asks private hospitals to return COVID vaccine stock after Cen
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 5 (ANI): Amid severe criticism from the Centre and Shiromani Akali Dal for allegedly selling Covid vaccines to private hospitals at higher prices, the Punjab government on Friday instructed the private hospitals to return the remaining available stock. Read More
Covid-vaccines thrown away in Rajasthan; Punjab profiteering, Union Min hi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday hit out at the Congress government in Punjab, which has come under fire by Opposition on the charge of profiteering by diverting centre-allocated Covid-19 vaccines to private hospitals in the state.
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Telangana IT minister appeals to Centre to procure COVID-19 vaccines from
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 5 (ANI): Amid the acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines across the country, Telangana IT Minister K Taraka Rama Rao has appealed to the Central government to procure COVID-19 vaccines from other countries.
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Mayawati slams Punjab govt over profiteering from Covid-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday said that Punjab government selling Covid vaccines to private hospitals at a premium was "indecent, inhuman, condemnable and very unfortunate."
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US contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): US has so far contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Karnataka Congress submits memorandum, seeks one crore COVID-19 jabs daily
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5 (ANI): Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar has urged President Ram Nath Kovind to direct the Central government to ensure administration of one crore COVID-19 vaccines doses per day and universal free vaccination.
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Adar Poonawalla thanks Biden, Jaishankar as US lifts Defence Production Ac
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): After US lifted embargo on the raw materials required to produce COVID-19 vaccine, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla credited US President Joe Biden and Externals Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for the "policy change", stating that this will h
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PM Modi reviews progress of India's COVID vaccination drive
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress of India's vaccination drive, where he was briefed about the current availability of vaccines and the roadmap for ramping it up.
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Harsimrat Badal accuses Amarinder Singh government of profiteering from CO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday lashed out at Congress government in Punjab over its order, which was later withdrawn, for providing one-time limited vaccine doses to 18-44 age group population through private hospitals and questioned "si
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