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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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  Vaccinating all citizens before Dec 2021 just a hoax: Mamata Banerjee targets Centre

  India | June 02, 2021 17:05 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has slammed the Centre over its vaccine policy saying inoculating everyone before December 2021 is just a hoax adding the government says baseless things.

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  WHO approves emergency use of China's CoronaVac vaccine

  World | June 02, 2021 6:28 IST

  WHO recommends that countries using the Sinovac vaccine in older age groups conduct safety and effectiveness monitoring to verify the expected impact and contribute to making the recommendation more robust for all countries.

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  PakVac: Pakistan develops homemade anti-Covid vaccine with help of China

  India | June 01, 2021 23:43 IST

  Pakistan on Tuesday launched its homemade Covid-19 vaccine named "PakVac" which it developed with the help of its ally China in order to vaccinate people in the country and bring under control the spread of coronavirus cases in the nation.

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  Special Report | Why people are still resisting to take vaccine in parts of the country

  News | June 01, 2021 22:56 IST

  Getting people to take COVID-19 vaccine shots in some parts of rural areas is proving to be a tough ask for officials allegedly due to a range of misconceptions circulating about their side-effects.

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  Single dose of vaccine enough for Covid recovered? Here's what BHU researchers say

  India | May 31, 2021 21:06 IST

  The BHU research has come amid reports that the government is mulling to tweak its vaccination strategy.

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  'Zero vaccine policy acting like dagger in Mother India's heart', alleges Rahul Gandhi

  India | May 31, 2021 17:28 IST

  "One man and his arrogance + One virus and its mutants," Gandhi said in another tweet

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  Airtel extends free vaccination programme for nearly 80,000 staff of partner, distributor network

  India | May 31, 2021 13:28 IST

  Airtel has partnered with Apollo Hospitals to vaccinate its employees and their dependent family members. The programme is already underway, with camps being set up in 35 cities across India

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  'Can't predict next COVID surge but we can prevent it': WHO South-East Asia

  News | May 30, 2021 20:40 IST

  WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on May 30 said that it's hard to predict the next surge but it can be prevented which is a must.

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  Kurukshetra | Rajasthan, MP minister in war of words over vaccine allocation

  Kurukshetra | May 29, 2021 21:35 IST

  The Centre has allocated vaccine quotas to states for June to bring clarity on how many doses they will get. According to the information big states such as Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal will get at least 40 million doses in June.

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  EAM Jaishankar credits US Ambassador for 'smooth supply chain' of vaccines

  News | May 29, 2021 18:03 IST

  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on May 28 in Washington DC said that supply chain is working more smoothly due to interventions by US Ambassador in last 2-3 weeks. EAM S Jaishankar said, "This was something I'd discussed in some detail with Secretary Blinken when we were in London.

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  Jeetega India | Vaccine production to increase manifold from July

  News | May 28, 2021 21:41 IST

  Both Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech would be ramping up production of Covid vaccines in India from July. SII is manufacturing Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine called Covishield in India, while Bharat Biotech is producing Covaxin.

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  Hyderabad-based Indian Immunological Limited to produce 10-15 million vaccine doses monthly

  India | May 28, 2021 18:52 IST

  In order to ramp up vaccine production as the country battles the second wave of coronavirus, the Centre has decided to support some PSU companies with grants under 'Mission COVID Suraksha'.

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  Uttar Pradesh vaccine goof-up: ANM suspended, medical officer transferred

  India | May 28, 2021 17:35 IST

  The incident took place on May 14 at the primary health centre in Barhni. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Sandeep Chaudhary has admitted departmental negligence on their part and suspended Auxiliary Nursing Midwife (ANM) Kalavati in this regard.

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  Government to give 11 Lakh COVID vaccine doses to states/UTs in next 3 days

  India | May 27, 2021 18:07 IST

  The Govt of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, 22,16,11,940 doses to States/UTs.

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  Our vaccine highly effective against variants prevalent in India, suitable for 12 yrs, above: Pfizer

  India | May 26, 2021 23:17 IST

  Seeking a fast-track approval for its COVID-19 vaccine, US major Pfizer has told Indian authorities that its jab has shown "high effectiveness" against the SARS-CoV-2 variant prevalent in India and on people of Indian ethnicity or nationality, while it is suitable for everyone aged 12 years or above and can be stored for a month at 2-8 degrees, sources said on Wednesday.

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  'Will states be left on their own if Pak attacks India': Kejriwal questions govt on vaccine shortage

  India | May 26, 2021 16:58 IST

  Questioning Centre on shortage of vaccines in the country, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday asked if states will be left on their own if Pakistan attacks India.

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  India becomes second country after US to cross 20 crore cumulative vaccination coverage

  India | May 26, 2021 16:41 IST

  As the country faces the deadly second wave of coronavirus, India has become the second country after the United States to cross 20 crore cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage.

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  COVID-19: US CDC looking into 'mild' heart problem in vaccinated teens

  Health | May 26, 2021 12:05 IST

  After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) vaccine safety group in the US said it was looking into "relatively few reports" of possible link between heart problem and Covid vaccines in young people, doctors suggest people should pay close attention to possible symptoms, such as chest pain and shortness of breath.  

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  Jharkhand wasted 37% of Covid vaccine doses, Chhattisgarh 30%

  India | May 26, 2021 11:44 IST

  According to the Union Health Ministry, over 37 per cent of vaccines go wastage in Jharkhand, while in Chhattisgarh, it is 30.2 per cent. The vaccine wastage in Tamil Nadu is 15.5 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir- 10.8 per cent, Madhya Pradesh- 10.7 per cent