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  Lucknow district records 10 lakh vaccine shots

  India | June 04, 2021 22:35 IST

  As India ramps up its vaccination drive against coronavirus, Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow has administered over 10 lakh (1 million) doses of vaccine.

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  MP: Parents of kids below 12 years to get vaccination priority

  India | June 04, 2021 14:40 IST

  The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to prioritise the vaccination of parents having children below 12 years of age.

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  Vaccinating children against COVID not priority from WHO perspective: Vaccines expert

  World | June 04, 2021 14:31 IST

  The World Health Organisation's top vaccines expert says that immunising children against the coronavirus “is not a high priority”

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  US to swiftly boost global vaccine sharing, Biden announces

  World | June 04, 2021 8:29 IST

  President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will swiftly donate an initial allotment of 25 million doses of surplus vaccine overseas through the United Nations-backed COVAX program.

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  AAP student & teacher wings urge Kejriwal to open vaccine centres at govt-run DU colleges

  Education | June 04, 2021 6:54 IST

  AAP student wings and teacher wings have both urged CM Arvind Kejriwal to open COVID-19 vaccination centers at 28 govt-run Delhi University colleges.

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  Increase in manufacturing capacity of Covid vaccines in India may prove game changer: Biden Admin

  World | June 04, 2021 6:20 IST

  "It's important to us because India has suffered immensely from the outbreak", says Biden admin on increasing COVID 19 vaccine capacity in India.

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  Not right time to talk about vaccine supply abroad: India

  India | June 03, 2021 22:46 IST

  As the demand for COVID-19 vaccines rises globally, India on Thursday said it would not be right to talk about the supply of jabs to other countries at the moment as it is currently ramping up domestic production for its own inoculation programme.

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  Deeply appreciate assurance of vaccine supplies: PM Modi after call with Kamala Harris

  India | June 03, 2021 22:50 IST

  US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday dialed PM Modi and discussed India-US partnership and vaccine support. The phone call was at the request of vice president Kamala Harris.

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  Vaccinating 1 crore people a day ambitious, but not impossible: CEA Subramanian

  India | June 03, 2021 18:34 IST

  We can vaccinate one crore people in a day, this is definitely ambitious but not impossible, Chief Economic Advisor KV Subramanian said on Thursday, as country makes contineous efforts to ramp up the inoculation drive.

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  No clinical trials required in India for global Covid vaccines: DCGI

  India | June 02, 2021 17:33 IST

  Globally available Covid 19 vaccines can now be launched in India without the requirement of post approval clinical trials and testing every batch of the vaccine.

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  If vaccine drives can be held in housing societies, why not at homes for senior citizens? Bombay HC

  India | June 02, 2021 16:12 IST

  The court was hearing a PIL filed by lawyers Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari, seeking a direction to Union and state govts to start door-to-door vaccination for senior citizens above the age of 75, specially-abled, bed-ridden and wheelchair-bound people.

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  Over 1.64 crore COVID-19 vaccines still available with states: Centre

  India | June 02, 2021 14:48 IST

  A total of 1,64,42,938 COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the ministry has said.

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  'Vaccine most potent shield', AIIMS chief rubbishes rumours over Covid shots | Exclusive

  India | June 01, 2021 23:25 IST

  I don't think the third wave will be as deadly as the second wave. The need is to follow Covid protocol and vaccinate as many people as we can, said AIIMS chief Dr. Randeep Guleria.

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  By July or early Aug, India will have enough vaccine to inoculate 1 crore people a day: Centre

  India | June 01, 2021 17:41 IST

  The Centre on Tuesday said that by July or early August, there will be enough COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate one crore people a day.

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  Covid: Noida starts special vaccine drive from Jun 1 for parents with kids aged below 12

  India | June 01, 2021 9:45 IST

  A special anti-Covid vaccination campaign will begin from Tuesday in Noida and Greater Noida for inoculating parents or guardians of children aged 12 or below, officials said on Monday.  

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  Mission June: UP govt's massive vaccination drive aims to inoculate 1 cr across 75 districts

  India | June 01, 2021 8:49 IST

  Inoculation of beneficiaries in the said age group began on May 1 in Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, Meerut and Bareilly districts, he said.

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  Supreme Court asks Centre about vaccine-procurement policy

  India | May 31, 2021 12:46 IST

    Earlier, the top court had constituted a 12-member National Task Force to formulate a methodology for the scientific allocation of oxygen to the states and Union territories for saving lives of COVID patients and to facilitate a public health response to the pandemic.

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  Centre asks states to take action against institutions giving Covid vaccination package with hotels

  India | May 30, 2021 6:28 IST

  As per the COVID vaccination guidelines, four options are available for carrying out the vaccination drive. Several posts were floating on social media regarding vaccination package offered by star hotels in collaboration with private hospitals.

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  COVID: 50 lakh vaccine doses administered in Punjab

  India | May 29, 2021 19:49 IST

  He said out of quota received from the government of India for the frontline, healthcare workers and people above 45 years of age, 45,53,187 vaccines have been administered. A total of 452,580 people in the age group of 18-44 have been inoculated.

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  Reliance hospital to give free COVID vaccination to kin of kids being treated for cancer

  India | May 29, 2021 16:33 IST

  For this, the HNRFH has tied up with Access Life Assistance Foundation, an NGO that provides multi-disciplinary supportive care to families of cancer-afflicted children who come to Mumbai for treatment.