Vaccination
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Mandaviya urges states to increase vaccination pace, adherence to COVID protocols during festivities
India | Oct 09, 2021, 06:20 PM ISTReviewing the progress of COVID vaccination with principal secretaries and mission directors of National Health Mission from all major states, Mandaviya underlined that administering 100 cr doses of COVID vaccine is the immediate milestone in India's inoculation journey.
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Maharashtra announces 'Mission Kavach Kundal' scheme to boost up COVID vaccination in state
India | Oct 07, 2021, 08:09 PM ISTAs per provisional reports, till 7:00 am today, 92,63,68,608 vaccine doses have been administered so far through 90,14,182 sessions.
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Hindustan Syringes gets government order for more syringes for COVID jabs
India | Oct 01, 2021, 07:00 PM ISTThe company is not accepting any export orders and has diverted supply of 100 mn pieces from an order for UNICEF order to govt from Sept to December 2021.
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Centre got over 65.25 crore Covishield doses, 9.1 crore Covaxin jabs till September 19
India | Oct 01, 2021, 05:36 PM ISTSII has supplied 20.29 lakh doses of Covishield to Health Ministry in Sept as committed in Aug by Prakash Singh, Director, Govt and Regulatory Affairs at the Pune-based firm.
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India’s COVID vaccination coverage reached nearly 89 crore: Government
India | Sep 30, 2021, 10:56 PM ISTThe daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for day by late night, the ministry said.
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Odisha aims to inoculate all residents with first COVID vaccine jab by year end
India | Sep 29, 2021, 05:16 PM ISTOdisha has about 17 lakh stock of vaccines at present and in the next months, there is an allocation of 70 lakh doses to the state.
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United Kingdom counts on vaccines, ‘common sense’ to keep coronavirus at bay
World | Sep 26, 2021, 02:34 PM ISTAs winter approaches, bringing the threat of a new COVID surge, Britain’s light touch is setting it apart from more cautious nations.
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Covishield row with UK: Both sides engage in talks to clear out differences
India | Sep 23, 2021, 06:02 PM ISTReferring to the latest guidelines issued by the UK government that will come into effect on October 4, another UK officials had said that London does not have any problem with the Covishield vaccine but there are certain issues related to vaccine certification in India.
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How to deal with long-term health issues after Covid? Govt issues comprehensive guideline
India | Sep 23, 2021, 02:11 PM IST"This is the first such series of 7 modules released in India, providing extensive guidelines for the medical fraternity. This includes a module for healthcare providers to deal with mental health, which is of utmost importance," Mansukh Mandaviya added.
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FDA backs Pfizer COVID boosters for seniors, high-risk
World | Sep 23, 2021, 02:39 PM ISTThe FDA authorized booster doses for Americans who are 65 and older, younger adults with underlying health conditions and those in jobs that put them at high risk for COVID.
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Paediatric Covaxin: Bharat Biotech completes phase 2/3 trials
India | Sep 21, 2021, 02:54 PM ISTCovaxin production would touch 55 million doses in October as against 35 million in September.
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US eases COVID restrictions; to allow fully vaccinated Indians from November
World | Sep 21, 2021, 12:39 PM ISTIn addition to requiring for nationals to be fully vaccinated, the new international air travel system will acquire other proven disease mitigation strategies, enhanced testing contact tracing and masking.
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SC seeks Centre’s reply on Covid-19 vaccination of pregnant women plea
India | Sep 20, 2021, 01:59 PM ISTA bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and B V Nagarathna issued notice to the Centre on the plea of Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) and sought its response within two weeks.
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Not vaccinated yet? THIS city won't allow you to board public transport, use other facilities
India | Sep 20, 2021, 01:50 PM ISTFor the first time in the last nine months, the number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat dropped to a single digit in a day on Sunday.
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Around 92 pc eligible population vaccinated with 1st dose: Uttarakhand CM
News | Sep 18, 2021, 11:13 AM ISTAround 92 percent of COVID-19 vaccination eligible beneficiary in Uttarakhand have been inoculated with the first dose, informed state Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on September 17.
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India sets a new record of vaccination on PM Modi's birthday, a total 2.5 crore doses given
News | Sep 18, 2021, 07:20 AM ISTIndia set a new record of vaccination on Friday on the occasion of PM Modi's 71st birthday with a total of 2.5 crore doses of vaccines.
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India to set a new record of vaccination on PM Modi's 71st birthday
News | Sep 17, 2021, 03:20 PM ISTOver one crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far on Friday as the BJP aims to make PM Narendra Modi's birthday historic.
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UP becomes first state to administer over 9 crore COVID vaccines
India | Sep 16, 2021, 10:35 AM ISTUttar Pradesh took almost 100 days to administer the first one crore vaccine doses. It then took another 45 days to cross the 2-crore mark and 59 more days to vaccinate 5 crore people.
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Clinical trial of Umifenovir proves successful in treating COVID
India | Sep 15, 2021, 10:15 AM ISTThe trial of Umifenovir on 132 Covid patients showed that, if proper dose is given twice daily for five days, the drug can effectively reduce viral load to zero in mild or moderate symptomatic and asymptomatic patients by checking multiplication of the virus.
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India logs 27,254 fresh Covid-19 cases, 219 deaths in past 24 hours
India | Sep 13, 2021, 09:49 AM ISTAccording to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Monday, the country saw a total of 37,687 discharges in the last 24 hours.