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  Jharkhand: Man administered COVID-19 vaccine instead of anti-rabies jab, probe ordered

  India | October 31, 2021 22:37 IST

  Raju Singh, who received dog-bite injuries in Naudiha village on Saturday, had already taken two doses of the Covid vaccine, a senior official said.

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  Nearly 112 crore Covid vaccines given to states, UTs so far: Govt

  India | October 31, 2021 17:00 IST

  More than 13 crore balance and unutilised vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs for inoculation, it said.

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  Zydus Cadila to reduce its 'needle-free' Covid vaccine price to Rs 265/dose: Sources

  India | October 31, 2021 15:01 IST

  The Ahmedabad-based pharma company earlier had proposed a price of Rs 1,900 for its three-dose regimen, a source had said.

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  India achieves 105 crore COVID 19 vaccinations: Union Health Minister

  India | October 29, 2021 19:31 IST

  The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2.

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  Discussions on Zydus Cadila Covid vaccine pricing in last stage: Health Minister Mandaviya

  India | October 26, 2021 21:04 IST

  The RNA-based vaccine, meant for the age group of 12 to 18 besides adults, got the Emergency Use Authorisation from the drug regulator on August 20.

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  BJP's Dilip Ghosh hails Centre for 100-cr inoculation feat, slams WB govt for 'haphazard' drive

  India | October 21, 2021 17:42 IST

  Responding to Ghosh's criticism, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said that the Centre has not cooperated well with the state, and Bengal, despite that, is one of the "frontrunners" in the country's vaccination drive.

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  India doesn't need Covid booster dose immediately: Experts

  India | October 20, 2021 20:25 IST

  Last week, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that over 74 percent of the eligible population in India has received the first dose of the Covid vaccine.

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  Over 102 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre

  India | October 18, 2021 17:28 IST

  Over 10.72 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said.

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  US: States can order COVID shots for younger kids next week

  World | October 16, 2021 8:06 IST

  Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine is currently being given to people as young as 12 in the US. In the next three weeks, federal officials plan to discuss making smaller-dose versions available to the nation's 28 million children between the ages of 5 and 11.

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  Announcements on airplanes, ships, metros, railway stations: Govt plans on 100 cr vaccination mark

  India | October 14, 2021 23:59 IST

  One of the most critical aspects during the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination drive was to provide factual information on a real-time basis to people.

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  US to reopen land borders in November for fully vaccinated

  World | October 13, 2021 16:43 IST

  The vaccination requirement for foreign nationals comes as the White House has moved to impose sweeping vaccination-or-testing requirements.

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  Next on FDA’s agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J&J vaccines

  World | October 12, 2021 20:19 IST

  The FDA meetings come as U.S. vaccinations have climbed back above 1 million per day on average.

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  COVID-19 vaccines effective against most SARS-CoV-2 variants: Study

  World | October 12, 2021 17:13 IST

  The findings, published in the journal Nature on Tuesday, also show that those infected with the virus prior to vaccination exhibit a more robust immune response to all variants than those who were uninfected and fully vaccinated.

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  India exports COVID-19 vaccine doses to Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, Iran

  India | October 10, 2021 13:24 IST

  According to sources, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bangladesh received ten lakh doses of Covishield each, while Iran received three lakh doses of Covaxin.

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  High Covid rate in 0-19 age group in India; frequent post-jab infections with Delta variant: Study

  India | October 08, 2021 12:18 IST

  The COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) this week, said a cross-sectional study, which is not yet peer reviewed, focussed on demographic characteristics, including severity of the illness and mortality rate.

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  India logs 21,257 fresh Covid cases in past 24 hours, active cases at 205-day low of 2.40 lakh

  India | October 08, 2021 9:19 IST

  According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 58,00,43,190 samples have been tested up to October 7th for COVID-19.

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  Final decision on emergency use of Covaxin by next week: WHO

  India | October 05, 2021 21:06 IST

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday informed that the decision on Emergency Use Listing (EUL) authorisation of Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine 'Covaxin' will be finalised next week. 

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  Covid vaccine for children by December: Karnataka Health Minister

  India | October 04, 2021 11:56 IST

  Karnataka is also discussing administering booster shots for those who have taken two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

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  Zydus Cadila proposes price for 3-dose Covid vaccine ZyCov-D. Details

  India | October 03, 2021 18:25 IST

  The government had on Thursday said that the indigenously-developed, world's first DNA-based needle-free COVID-19 vaccine by Zydus Cadila will be introduced in the nationwide anti-coronavirus vaccination drive shortly.

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  BJP to felicitate nationwide hospital staff on achievement of 100 crore COVID vaccine shots

  India | October 03, 2021 13:52 IST

  PM Modi said that the Arogya Setu app has helped a lot in preventing the spread of infection.