Vaccine
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Akhilesh Yadav clarified over his statement on vaccine, says never questioned the experts, researchers or scientists
News | Jan 04, 2021, 04:16 PM ISTI or the Samajwadi party never questioned the experts, researchers or scientists. If there are suspicion or some doubts, it is government's responsibility to clarify: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
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Confident of bringing vaccine around Makar Sankranti to defeat coronavirus: Yogi Adityanath
India | Jan 02, 2021, 06:02 PM ISTAs the nation conducted a dry run of the vaccination process ahead of an expected launch of a vaccine against coronavirus, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Dry said he is confident that they will be able to bring the vaccine around Makar Sankranti and defeat coronavirus.
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Does India have the doses to fulfil Phase-1 Covid vaccine goals?
India | Jan 02, 2021, 05:38 PM ISTGiven that India has set the goal of vaccinating 30 crore people with Covid-19 jabs by July, can the country procure enough doses to fulfil that goal?
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Covid vaccination: Dry run across India, who will get it first, how to register | Key points
India | Jan 02, 2021, 05:06 PM ISTAs India gears up to launch the world's largest immunisation drive, almost all states and Union Territory (UT) governments, including the national capital, conducted a dry run on Saturday to assess their ability and readiness to administer Covid-19 shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country.
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Direction on Covid vaccine after ascertaining facts, says Jamaat
India | Dec 31, 2020, 10:50 PM ISTThe Shariah Council of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Thursday issued guidelines on the permissibility of using Covid-19 vaccines under Islamic law following some reports that pork fat was used in them.
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'Healthcare workers, scientists enthused': CSIR DG on India's vaccination program
News | Dec 31, 2020, 07:47 PM ISTCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar Mande on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on country's COVID vaccine program expressed confidence.
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Exclusive: Vaccine Warriors share experience with India TV
News | Dec 26, 2020, 04:15 PM ISTWatch Exclusive 6 Vaccine Warriors from Ahmedabad share experience with India TV
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Pork gelatin in covid vaccines? Here's what Muslim cleric Mahmood Madni has to say
India | Dec 25, 2020, 10:51 PM ISTThe debate over the use of pork in the Corona vaccine continues among Islamic religious leaders around the world. Muslim cleric Mahmood Madni said in a special conversation with India TV about pork in the corona vaccine that there should be a right to know what is in the vaccine.
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Covid vaccine ready for rollout in India! This state to conduct dry run next week
India | Dec 24, 2020, 09:24 PM ISTThe dry run is aimed at testing the laid out mechanisms for COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in the health system, Punjab's Health Minister Balbir Singh said.
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Bharat Biotech, maker of Covaxin, applies for emergency approval, again
India | Dec 23, 2020, 10:57 PM ISTHyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, which is developing the country's indigenous coronavirus vaccine in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research, on Wednesday again applied to the Drug Controller General of India for the emergency use authorisation.
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Who should take coronavirus vaccine? Bharat Biotech's Chairman answers
India | Dec 23, 2020, 07:54 PM ISTBharat Biotech is developing Indian own vaccine for coronavirus called Covaxin. Its chairman was speaking in a virtual session on 'Sero surveillance significance in immunogenicity and safety in pre and post vaccination era' organised by industry body CII.
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...beginning of end of coronavirus, says US Vice President as he takes COVID-19 vaccine shot
World | Dec 18, 2020, 10:03 PM ISTUS Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence on Friday publicly received Covid-19 vaccine shots. Receiving the vaccine publicly, the move was to promote the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and build confidence among the American people.
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Watch | US head nurse faints after taking coronavirus vaccine shot during press briefing
World | Dec 18, 2020, 09:22 PM ISTTiffany Dover, a head nurse at Chattanooga, Hospital in Tennessee, passed out during a press briefing after taking a Pfizer-BionTech's coronavirus vaccine.
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Covid vaccination to be voluntary, says Govt; issues SOPs
India | Dec 18, 2020, 10:31 PM ISTThe Union Health Ministry has said getting vaccinated for COVID-19 for people in India will be voluntary, underlining that the vaccine introduced in the country will be as effective as any vaccine developed by other countries.
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India to produce over 300 million doses of Sputnik-V vaccine against coronavirus
India | Dec 18, 2020, 04:39 PM ISTIndia may produce around 300 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in 2021, says Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).
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Nurse who got first shot hopes to 'inspire' others
News | Dec 16, 2020, 09:28 PM ISTThe New York nurse who was given the state's first coronavirus vaccine on Monday says she hopes to inspire others to get the shot and to trust science.
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Nitish govt keeps poll promise, approves free Covid vaccine for all
India | Dec 15, 2020, 11:31 PM ISTGiving nod to one of its poll promises, the newly formed JDU-BJP government under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's leadership on Tuesday approved free coronavirus vaccine for the people of the state.
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29,000 cold chain points, 45 K ice-lined & 300 solar refrigerators to be used for vaccination drive
India | Dec 15, 2020, 05:19 PM ISTIndia is currently testing six vaccines against coronavirus including — Covishield by Oxford-AstraZeneca and Covaxin by Bharat Biotech — which are in the final stage of trial.
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Be vigilant against anti-vaccine rumours: Experts
India | Dec 13, 2020, 08:29 PM ISTAs the US gears up for a massive vaccination effort to beat the Covid pandemic, experts have called upon the federal government and the countrymen to be vigilant against anti-vaccination advocates and their "rumours, misinformation, and conspiracy theories in a fractured media universe".
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India's own mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 gets permission for human trials
India | Dec 11, 2020, 08:32 PM ISTThe vaccine, being developed by Pune-based Gennova, has got the nod to initiate phase 1 and 2 clinical trials.