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Billboards come up in Canada thanking PM Modi for providing COVID vaccines
World | Mar 11, 2021, 12:14 PM ISTBillboards with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been put up in the Greater Toronto area to thank him after India sent 5,00,000 doses of Covishield.
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Pakistan to get 4.5 crore doses of 'Made In India' Covishield under GAVI alliance
World | Mar 10, 2021, 11:08 AM ISTCovishield is manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India. Pakistan will get 4.5 crore doses of the drug under GAVI alliance.
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No shortage of vaccines in Rajasthan, Centre responds to Gehlot govt
India | Mar 09, 2021, 04:27 PM ISTReacting to reports that the state may run out of vaccines, the union government clarified on Tuesday that there is no shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in Rajasthan.
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India's COVID-19 vaccination drive gathers pace, nearly 11 lakh doses administered on day 4
India | Mar 05, 2021, 09:26 AM ISTCoronavirus vaccination drive: The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from March for those above 60 years of age and for people aged 45 and above with specified comorbid conditions.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal takes first dose of Covid-19 vaccine
India | Mar 04, 2021, 12:40 PM ISTDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at LNJP hospital.
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Nearly 40 lakh signed up on CoWIN day after PM Modi inoculated
India | Mar 02, 2021, 04:11 PM ISTVaccines are being provided free of charge at the government health facilities and on a payment basis in the private health facilities. All private hospitals can charge Rs 150 for vaccines and Rs 100 for service charges fixed by the central government.
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'Coincidence that PM Modi received Covaxin': Owaisi raises questions over Covishield's efficacy
India | Mar 01, 2021, 02:11 PM ISTCovishield and Covaxin are two anti-coronavirus vaccines approved by the DGCI for emergency use in India. PM Modi received a Covaxin jab.
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Vaccine registration app Co-WIN to open for registration on Mar 1, walk-ins to likely supersede
India | Feb 28, 2021, 12:06 AM ISTThe government is upgrading the CoWIN which was being used in the initial two phases of the vaccination for immunisation of healthcare and frontline workers.
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Covid-19 vaccine at private hospitals likely to cost Rs 300-500. Details
India | Feb 27, 2021, 05:08 PM ISTThe NITI Aayog has promulgated a price range of Rs 300-500 for two Covid vaccines that would be available for the priority group at private facilities in the third phase of vaccination set to begin from March 1, sources privy to the development told IANS, adding that the Bharat Biotech's Covaxin would cost a bit higher.
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Vaccine diplomacy: India sent over 3.61 crore anti-coronavirus vaccine doses to 20 countries
India | Feb 26, 2021, 07:16 AM ISTIndia is one of the world's biggest drugmakers, and an increasing number of countries have already approached it for procuring anti-coronavirus vaccines.
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Free COVID-19 vaccination at government centres for 60+, comorbid people from March 1
India | Feb 25, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTIndia launched the world's largest vaccination drive on January 16 for the healthcare and frontline workers. According to government data, over 11 lakh people have been administered two doses of Covid vaccines so far.
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Free Covid-19 vaccine for people above 50? Harsh Vardhan decodes govt's plan
India | Feb 16, 2021, 11:16 AM ISTIndia has approved two vaccines -- Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech and Covishield from the Oxford/AstraZeneca stable being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India -- for emergency use in the country.
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Covishield being procured by govt at Rs 210 per dose: MoS Health
India | Feb 13, 2021, 07:10 AM ISTMinister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey was responding to a question on whether the government is aware that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is being sold to European Union nations at comparatively lower price that to India.
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'India will try its best': PM Modi says as Canada PM Trudeau dials requesting COVID vaccines
India | Feb 10, 2021, 11:48 PM ISTCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and shared Canada's requirements of COVID-19 vaccines from India.
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More than 50 lakh healthcare, frontline workers given COVID-19 vaccine in 21 days: Govt
India | Feb 09, 2021, 02:46 PM ISTDuring the initial phases, the vaccine is being provided to the priority groups of healthcare and frontline workers for free by the central government.
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Third phase of corona vaccination drive to cover those above 50, beginning March
India | Feb 05, 2021, 05:26 PM ISTThe most vulnerable age group of people in the country, those aged above 50 will get the first jab in March second week onwards, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed Parliament on Friday.
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Second dose of corona vaccine to healthcare workers to be administered from Feb 13
India | Feb 04, 2021, 04:29 PM ISTThe second dose of coronavirus vaccine will be administered to healthcare workers from February 13, Dr VK Paul, Member, NITI Aayog informed on Thursday.
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Pune court rejects injunction against SII over 'Covishield' trademark
India | Jan 31, 2021, 08:35 AM ISTA civil court in Pune on Saturday rejected an injunction application filed on behalf of pharmaceutical company Cutis Biotech against the Serum Institute of India, seeking the latter to restrain from using the trademark 'Covishield' for its Covid-19 vaccine.
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Novavax Vaccine: Hope to launch Covovax by June 2021, says Adar Poonawalla
India | Jan 30, 2021, 02:26 PM ISTNovavax, a vaccine undergoing trials for effectiveness against the novel coronavirus, has become the first immune dose to definitively confirm protection against the new variant of the deadly virus which was detected in the UK late last year.
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Initiate covid vaccination of frontline workers from February first week: Centre to states
India | Jan 29, 2021, 10:10 PM ISTThe Union Health Ministry on Friday asked all states and union territories to initiate vaccination of frontline workers against COVID-19 from the first week of February.