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'Caution folks': Top WHO scientist flags 'dangerous trend' of mixing COVID
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 12 (ANI): Mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers is a "dangerous trend" and could lead to chaos as there is limited data on it on the practice, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Monday.
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Will receive EUL for Covaxin from WHO at earliest, says Bharat Biotech
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI): With a review process of 'Covaxin', the indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 commencing at the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Monday said it expects to receive emergency use listing (EUL) from the global bod
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EUL to Covaxin from WHO expected in first week of August: Sources
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 10 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) is likely to take a decision on Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and announce it in the first week of August.
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15 EU countries recognise Covishield vaccine, says WHO Chief Scientist
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 10 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said 15 countries in the European Union (EU) now recognise Covishield vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University
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World passes 'tragic milestone' of four million COVID-19 deaths: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizerland], July 8 (ANI): The world passed the "tragic milestone" of four million recorded COVID-19 deaths, said World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that the world is at a perilous point in this pandemic.
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After release of Covaxin's phase 3 efficacy data, NTAGI chief says it will
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], (ANI): Hours after Bharat Biotech announced that its vaccine Covaxin's efficacy against COVID-19 is 77.8 per cent, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) Chief Dr NK Arora said that these results will help the vaccine get recognition from the World Healt
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Doctors' Day: WHO lauds tireless efforts of healthcare workers amid COVID-
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 1 (ANI): On the occasion of Doctors' Day on Thursday, World Health Organisation Regional Director (South-East Asia) Dr Poonal Khetrapal Singh expressed gratitude to health care workers for working tirelessly amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), July 1 (ANI/Xinhua) -- The Delta COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, has already been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its weekly epidemiological update on Wednesday.
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HMD launches Single-Use Dispojekt Safety Needle to prevent injuries
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Faridabad (Haryana) [India], June 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): According to the WHO (World Health Organisation), over 16 billion injections are administered annually in transitional and developing countries the world over.
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Delta variant 'well on its way' to becoming globally dominant, says WHO Ch
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that the Delta variant is "well on its way" to becoming the dominant variant globally because of its significantly increased transmissibility.
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Possible 3rd COVID wave not more likely to affect children, WHO-AIIMS surv
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): A third possible wave in India by the prevailing COVID-19 virus variant is unlikely to disproportionately affect children than adults, a seroprevalence study conducted by the World Health Organisation and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences has re
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Bharat Biotech, WHO pre-submission meeting on June 23: WHO
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's pre-submission meeting has been scheduled on June 23 for evaluation of the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of its indigenous COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin.
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