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  What govt said on the pricing of Zydus Cadila's 3-dose upcoming vaccine

  India | October 01, 2021 11:47 IST

  "The call of the hour is to give the two-dose vaccination/full vaccination covering the entire adult population. The talk of booster dose is not pertinent at the moment," said ICMR DG Dr. Balram Bhargava.

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  COVID-19 total vaccine coverage crosses 84 crore mark in India

  India | September 23, 2021 21:52 IST

  The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers (HCWs) getting inoculated in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) started from February 2.  

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  After India's strong protest, UK now qualifies Covishield as approved Covid-vaccine

  India | September 22, 2021 17:40 IST

  India on Tuesday had warned of "reciprocal measures" if the UK does not address its concerns over the new travel rules relating to COVID-19 vaccine certification with Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla describing these norms as "discriminatory".

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  India's decision to resume Covid-19 vaccine shipments important development: WHO chief

  India | September 22, 2021 11:38 IST

  India on Monday said that it will resume export of surplus COVID-19 vaccines in the fourth quarter of 2021 under the "Vaccine Maitri" programme and to meet its commitment to the Covax global pool 

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  Paediatric Covaxin: Bharat Biotech completes phase 2/3 trials

  India | September 21, 2021 14:54 IST

  Covaxin production would touch 55 million doses in October as against 35 million in September.

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  New York City to conduct weekly COVID tests in schools

  India | September 20, 2021 23:19 IST

  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement Monday, a day after the city's teachers' union sent de Blasio a letter calling for weekly testing instead of biweekly testing in the district with about a million students.

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  Goa becomes the second state in India with 100 per cent adults vaccinated

  News | September 18, 2021 7:40 IST

  While on PM Modi's 71st birthday, India set a new record in vaccination, Goa became the second state in the country that claims to have vaccinated all of its adult masses.

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  COVID: Pakistan to vaccinate teens from Monday

  World | September 12, 2021 12:15 IST

  "Pfizer vaccine will be ava­ilable at all major vaccination centres... We have also been making arrangements to send teams to educational institutions to vaccinate children."

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  India reports 33,376 fresh COVID-19 cases, 308 fatalities in last 24 hours

  News | September 11, 2021 13:45 IST

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  India logs 34,973 fresh COVID cases, 260 fatalities

  News | September 10, 2021 14:40 IST

  India reported 34,973 new COVID-19 cases and 260 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The new fatalities pushed the COVID death toll to 4,42,009 in the country. 37,681 got recovered in the same duration. India has 3,90,646 active cases of COVID. Kerala reported 26,200 new COVID cases and 114 deaths in past 24 hours. Under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, 72,37,84,586 vaccine doses have been administered.

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  COVID-19: India administers over 72 crore vaccines so far

  India | September 09, 2021 21:40 IST

  The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of final reports for the day by late night.  

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  Govt develops COVID-19 vaccine tracker to give vaccination-related information

  India | September 09, 2021 21:16 IST

  Speaking at a briefing of the Union health ministry, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said the vaccine tracker has been developed by synergizing data from the COWIN portal, National COVID-19 testing database, and COVID-19 India portal.  

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  More than half of adult population gets at least first dose of Covid vaccine, 18% both: Govt

  India | September 09, 2021 20:49 IST

  Addressing a press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said India is still going through the second wave of COVID-19 and it is not over yet.

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  Over 70.63 crore COVID vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far: Centre

  India | September 09, 2021 12:31 IST

  The ministry said over 5.58 cr balance and unutilised COVID vaccine doses are still available with states, UTs to be administered.

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  India reports 37,875 new COVID-19 cases, 369 fatalities in last 24 hours

  News | September 08, 2021 13:00 IST

  India reported 37,875 new COVID-19 cases and 369 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The new fatalities pushed the COVID death toll in the country to 4,41,411. 39,114 got recovered in the same duration. India has 3,91,256 active cases of COVID as of today.

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  Six districts in Kerala facing severe shortage of Covishield vaccines; only 1.4 lakh doses left

  India | September 03, 2021 15:46 IST

  The districts- Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, and Kannur- are facing a shortage and only 1.4 lakh doses are remaining in the state's reserve, the Health Minister said. 

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  Bizarre: Man gets two vaccine doses within minutes in Dakshina Kannada district

  India | September 03, 2021 15:00 IST

  Health officials have been keeping a check on him at his home since Wednesday and no adverse effect has been reported till late Thursday, Sullia Taluk health officer Dr B Nandakumar said.

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  India reports 47,092 new COVID-19 cases, 509 deaths in last 24 hours

  News | September 02, 2021 11:15 IST

  India reported 47,092 new COVID-19 cases and 509 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The new fatalities pushed the COVID death toll in the country to 4,39,529.

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  Search 'covid vaccine near me' on Google to check availability, slots and more

  India | September 01, 2021 16:34 IST

  The information is powered by real-time data from the CoWIN APIs, and includes details like availability of appointment slots at each centre, vaccines and doses offered (Dose 1 or Dose 2), pricing (paid or free), and link to CoWIN website for booking, a statement said.

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  Out of 65 crore Covid vaccine doses given so far, SII supplied over 60 cr Covishield doses: Sources

  India | August 31, 2021 21:48 IST

  The daily COVID-19 vaccinations crossed the 1 crore mark on Tuesday for the second time in five days, taking the total number of doses administered in the country to over 65 crore.