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  COVID-19: Karnataka to resume vaccination of 18-44 age group from Saturday

  India | May 21, 2021 9:44 IST

  The Karnataka government will resume the COVID-19 vaccination drive for people in the 18-44 years age group from Saturday.

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  Pfizer, Moderna vaccines effective against COVID-19 variants found in India: Study

  India | May 18, 2021 7:37 IST

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the coronavirus variant first found in India as a "variant of global concern".It said studies show the B.1.617 mutation spreads more easily than other variants and requires further study.

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  Telangana pauses second dose of Covaxin due to inadequate stock

  India | May 17, 2021 6:51 IST

  Telangana, which claims to have the capacity to give 10 lakh vaccines every day, is administering 30,000 to 40,000 vaccines daily due to the shortage. On May 14, the health authorities administered about 34,000 vaccines.

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  Chhattisgarh CM seeks adequate COVID-19 vaccines from Centre

  India | May 16, 2021 14:25 IST

  Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure sufficient availability of COVID-19 vaccines in the state

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  "Sputnik V is Russian-Indian vaccine", says Russian Ambassador to India

  India | May 16, 2021 9:41 IST

  Russian Ambassador to India, N Kudashev has termed Sputnik V as a "Russian-Indian vaccine"

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  Delhi govt writes to Dr Reddy's for 67 lakh doses of Sputnik V vaccine

  India | May 15, 2021 21:17 IST

  Amid vaccine shortage faced by Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said his government has written to Dr Reddy's Laboratories for supply of around 67 lakh doses of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V.

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  MP: Govt team vaccinates BJP MP's staff, kin at his home, probe ordered

  India | May 15, 2021 14:30 IST

  Government medical team allegedly administered COVID-19 vaccines to Ujjain BJP MP Anil Firojiya's staffers, family members and supporters at his residence.

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  COVID-19: USTR, Piyush Goyal discuss vaccine production and TRIPS waiver

  World | May 15, 2021 6:40 IST

  Piyush Goyal discussed the proposed waiver to provisions of the WTO Agreement on TRIPS for COVID-19-specific items and raising vaccine production with USTR.

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  Salman Khan takes second dose of COVID 19 vaccine

  Entertainment | May 14, 2021 20:13 IST

  Salman Khan on Friday seen arriving at the vaccination centre to take his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai. The actor was snapped outside the centre.

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  Bharat Biotech unit to make Pune plant functional by Aug-end

  India | May 14, 2021 9:49 IST

  Biovet Pvt Ltd, an associate firm of Bharat Biotech, is confident of making a plant at Manjari in Pune "fully functional" for vaccine production by August-end.

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  DCPCR chief advises pregnant women, lactating mothers be brought under COVID-19 vaccination process

  India | May 14, 2021 6:20 IST

  Delhi Commission For Protection Of Child Rights chairman Anurag Kundu has written to the Union Health Secretary urging him to include pregnant women and lactating mothers under the coronavirus vaccination process.

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  'Busy in election': Manish Sisodia accuses Centre of Covid vaccine mismanagement

  India | May 13, 2021 23:27 IST

  Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday targetted the Centre over the availability of vaccine in the country, especially in the national capital.

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  Over 1.39 lakh people vaccinated in Delhi on Monday: Sisodia

  India | May 11, 2021 13:04 IST

  Over 1.39 lakh people were vaccinated in Delhi on Monday, of which nearly 46 per cent belonged to the 18-44 age group, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday.

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  Scientists develop better way to block viruses causing respiratory infections in children

  Science | May 11, 2021 11:50 IST

  Researchers have improved a method in rodent models intended to help keep children healthy by engineering a short chunk of protein, or peptide, that can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells.

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  Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12

  World | May 11, 2021 13:04 IST

  COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as US regulators on Monday expanded the use of Pfizer's shot to those as young as 12

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  Noida: Chaotic start for vaccination for 18-44 yrs; over 2,600 jabs on Day 1

  India | May 11, 2021 8:07 IST

  Over 2,600 people between 18-44 years got vaccinated for COVID-19 in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Monday, as the inoculation for the age category officially began in the western Uttar Pradesh district.

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  India fastest country globally to administer 17 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses

  India | May 10, 2021 12:26 IST

  India is the fastest country globally to administer 17 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.

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  COVID-19: Over 1.8 cr people vaccinated in Maharashtra so far

  India | May 10, 2021 11:28 IST

  A total of 1,80,88,042 people have so far received COVID-19 vaccine doses in Maharashtra, the state government said on Monday.

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  COVID-19 vaccines for those in 18-44 age group in Bengaluru from May 10: health minister

  India | May 09, 2021 14:05 IST

  COVID-19 vaccines for people in the 18-44 age group in Bengaluru, which has almost half the number of cases and deaths in Karnataka, would be available from May10

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  DCGI approves DRDO's anti-COVID drug helpful in faster recovery

  Hakikat Kya Hai | May 08, 2021 21:40 IST

  Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on May 08 approved emergency use DRDO's anti-COVID drug which the agency said will be helpful in faster recovery of hospitalised patients. While speaking to ANI, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS-DRDO) scientists spoken about drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). The drug will be of immense benefit to the people suffering from COVID-19.