Only 1 in 10 jabs after four weeks. Only about one in 10, or about 23,628 healthcare workers, were vaccinated with the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on February 13, according to data from the Health Ministry. February 13 was an important day in India’s COVID-19 vaccination schedule marking …
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Maharashtra recorded 20,590 cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) from February 6 to 12, of which 169 people lost their lives and more than 20,200 recovered. The weekly average for the Covid-19 case status stood at 2,941 and there has been a sharp increase in the daily count since Wednesday (February …
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Coronavirus Vaccination: Over 77 lakhs of frontline and healthcare workers took the first dose as of Friday. New Delhi: The second dose of the Covid vaccine will be administered today to those who took the first injection on Day 1 of the nationwide inoculation campaign on January 16. AIIMS chief …
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Rising Sun Holdings, controlled by Adar Poonawalla, will acquire a 60 percent stake in non-bank finance company (NBFC) Magma Fincorp by underwriting a prime issue of Rs 3,456 crore. After the capital infusion, Magma and its subsidiaries will be renamed and renamed Poonawalla Finance. Poonawalla Finance is an existing finance …
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The source of infection among students has not been traced to a common group (file) Thiruvananthapuram: Days after 192 Class 10 students from two schools in Kerala’s Malappuram tested positive for COVID-19, a district education official said 91 attended a common tuition center. “91 students, of the 192 who tested …
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The vaccination program in the country has entered its fourth week. (Archive) New Delhi: Fifteen states and Union territories have not reported any deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the government said today, highlighting the weakening of the virus in the country. While the number of new cases …
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Written by Benjamin Mueller and Rebecca Robbins The good news came first. The European Union authorized a third vaccine. Then the bad news. Regulators in country after country suggested restricting it to the youngest until further testing was done. The decisions ushered in a delicate new phase of vaccination campaigns, …
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India’s Foreign Ministry is working on a plan to supply more than 160 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to 60 countries and to Unicef by the end of March, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The vaccine supplies include around 10 million doses in giveaways, which in the …
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For now, the government has purchased 11 million doses to vaccinate priority groups New Delhi: India has started shipping millions of doses of Covishield at no cost. On the list are 13 nations: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Bahrain, Brazil, Mauritius, Morocco, Oman, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka. But while …
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Prime Minister Modi said that India launched the world’s largest vaccination program. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that there will be more Made in India vaccines soon, as the country continues to save lives by exporting drugs and vaccines. “India, in these times of crisis, has fulfilled …
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