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  SC issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt on plea for rehabilitation, vaccination of beggars

  India | July 27, 2021 11:58 IST

  A bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah observed that people are generally compelled to beg on the streets to eke out some elementary livelihood due to the absence of education and employment.

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  As Mumbai face COVID vaccine shortage, long queues spotted outside vaccination centre In Dharavi

  News | July 25, 2021 16:40 IST

  Shortage of vaccines again looms in the city as people form a long queue outside COVID vaccination centres in Mumbai. The BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) vaccination centre in Dharavi on Sunday morning witnessed an abnormal rush as people queued up along the road adjacent to the centre. Mumbai has been facing a shortage of vaccines since the beginning of July.

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  Explained: How antibodies attack spike protein of Covid variants

  Health | July 24, 2021 22:29 IST

  A new study highlights antibodies that are able to neutralise the newer strains, while identifying regions of the spike protein that have become more resistant to attack.

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  Longer gap in Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccines boosts antibody levels: Study

  World | July 24, 2021 21:37 IST

  The study, led by the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Universities of Birmingham, Newcastle, Liverpool, Sheffield, and supported by the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium, is one of the most comprehensive studies into the immune response generated by the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to date.

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  Covid Vaccines for children to be available by September: Dr.Randeep Guleria

  News | July 24, 2021 14:22 IST

  AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria on said that Bharat Biotech's Covaxin trials for children are presently underway and the results are expected to be released by September.

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  Next Covid vaccine in pill form? Israeli company to start clinical trial - Here's the Indian connect

  World | July 23, 2021 18:58 IST

  If turned out to be productive, the Israeli-made oral Covid vaccine will ease out the process of vaccination and would also not be required a cold-storage set-up, manpower efforts that are needed for administering injections.

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  Over 2.75 crore unutilised vaccine doses still available with states, private hospitals: Govt

  India | July 23, 2021 12:17 IST

  The total consumption including wastage is 41,12,30,353 doses.

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  Karnataka to vaccinate school teachers on priority, ahead of resuming classes

  Education | July 23, 2021 8:41 IST

  All teaching and non-teaching staff of state-run, aided and private schools across Karnataka would be vaccinated on priority ahead of resuming classes.

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  AIIMS Delhi to begin Covaxin second dose trial on 2-6 age group next week

  India | July 23, 2021 8:34 IST

  Trials for coronavirus vaccine for children are underway in the country ahead of an anticipated third wave of the pandemic.

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  'Pandemic could have been under control by now, if...': WHO

  World | July 21, 2021 23:29 IST

  The pandemic could have been under control by now, if vaccines that were "meant to douse the flames of the pandemic" were allocated more equitably, Ghebreyesus said in his keynote speech at the 138th International Olympic Committee Session.

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  Over 41 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India so far: Govt

  India | July 23, 2021 12:19 IST

  Achieving a significant milestone on the 185th day of the inoculation drive against COVID-19, the total number vaccine doses administered in the country has gone past the 41-crore mark, the Union Health Ministry said.

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  Over 2.60 crore unutilised Covid vaccine doses available with states, private hospitals: Govt

  India | July 19, 2021 11:30 IST

  More than 2,60,12,352 balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs and private hospitals to be administered.

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  Over 41.69 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far provided to states/UTs: Centre

  India | July 17, 2021 14:49 IST

  Of this, the total consumption, including wastage, is 38,94,87,442 doses, according to data available at 8 am Saturday.

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  Sri Lanka approves Chinese Sinovac vaccine for emergency use

  World | July 17, 2021 7:02 IST

  Sinovac is the second Chinese COVID-19 vaccine approved by Sri Lanka's National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA).

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  Kerala CM Vijayan seeks allocation of additional COVID vaccine doses for state

  India | July 16, 2021 23:58 IST

  Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the steps taken by the state government to mitigate the effects of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and sought allocation of more vaccine doses.

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  AstraZeneca Covid vaccine protection may last a lifetime: Study

  India | July 16, 2021 19:09 IST

  Apart from generating virus-busting antibodies, the vaccine also creates "training camps" in the body for search-and-destroy T-cells which can kill even the new variants, The Sun, UK, reported.

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  Over 41.10 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre

  India | July 16, 2021 12:03 IST

  More than 41.10 crores (41,10,38,530) vaccine doses have been provided to states/UTs (union territories) so far, through all sources.

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  Sri Lanka administers highest number of Covid vaccines in a day

  World | July 16, 2021 11:16 IST

  Sri Lanka's health authorities administered the highest number of Covid-19 vaccines in a single day with nearly 400,000 people inoculated.

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  Useless statements being made to create panic: Mandaviya on vaccine shortage charge

  India | July 14, 2021 16:51 IST

  The Centre had informed the states on June 19 about how many doses of the vaccine would be made available to them in July, the Health Minister said.

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  Immunized but banned: EU says not all COVID vaccines equal

  World | July 13, 2021 17:35 IST

  The couple — and millions of other people who have been vaccinated through a U.N.-backed effort — could find themselves barred from entering many European and other countries because those nations don’t recognize the Indian-made version of the vaccine for travel.