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These people will be vaccinated with priority, checklist

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that “experts believe that the wait for the COVID-19 vaccine will not be long, it may be ready in a few weeks.” Prime Minister Modi chaired an all-party meeting with selected ministerial colleagues and opposition leaders on Friday to discuss the situation of …

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PM Modi at the meeting of all parties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a virtually all-party meeting with leaders of various political teams and senior union ministers to discuss the situation of the novel coronavirus pandemic in India. Addressing the meeting, called by Modi, the prime minister said that Indian scientists are very confident of succeeding in …

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Pfizer says ‘committed to working with the Indian government to make the vaccine available in the country’

The US multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer has said it remains “committed to working with the Government of India to explore opportunities” to make the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the novel coronavirus available in the country. In a statement, a Pfizer spokesperson said: “We are currently in discussions with many governments around …

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Jabs for all versus enough shots for herd immunity

The Center says India does not need to administer COVID-19 vaccine injections to the entire population. Rather, inoculating a “critical mass” in priority will help break the chain of transmission. If the previous presumption was that everyone would be released, what does this mean? Mint delves into What does the …

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