By: AP | Updated: December 8, 2020 7:57:28 pm Margaret Keenan, 90, was the first UK patient to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, administered by nurse May Parsons at Coventry University Hospital, England. (Jacob King / Pool via AP) The UK health authorities have launched the first doses of a …
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India has recorded more than 96 lakh of coronavirus cases so far. New Delhi: A panel of experts will review tomorrow the request of three pharmaceutical companies, the Serum Institute of India, Pfizer and Bharat Biotech, to approve the emergency use of their coronavirus vaccines in India, sources told NDTV. …
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Prime Minister Modi said that all villages in India would have high-speed fiber optic data network connectivity. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that India will launch the world’s largest Covid vaccination campaign with the help of mobile technology. He also said that the country was becoming the …
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India on Tuesday recorded the lowest number of cases in five months – 26,567 in the past 24 hours, government data shows. The daily case count fell amid preparations to start vaccinating high-risk groups. With new cases, the general coronavirus the tally has crossed 97 lakh-mark- 97,03,770, while the death …
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NEW DELHI: With the chances of a Covid-19 vaccine being available soon increasing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that mobile technology will be used for mass inoculation against the pandemic. Speaking at the Mobile Congress of India, he said that mobile technology has enabled benefits worth billions of …
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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said he understood concerns about the speed of vaccine development. Geneva: Pfizer Chief Executive Albert Bourla said Tuesday that he understood concerns about the speed at which drug companies have produced Covid-19 vaccines, but insisted no corners have been cut. When Britain became the first Western …
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Health workers, front-line workers and those most at risk of dying from coronavirus disease (Covid-19), such as those over 50 years of age or patients with comorbidities, are the three priority groups targeted. They have been recommended to receive the vaccine by the National Group of Experts on the Administration …
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The registration module is for people to register for vaccination (Representational) New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health has developed a digital platform, including a mobile application, to monitor in real time the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine, record data and allow people to register for vaccination. At a press …
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NEW DELHI: Three Covid-19 vaccine candidates, developed by Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute of India and Pfizer, are under active consideration by India’s drug regulator and there is hope that some or all of them may get one Early leave, according to the Union health ministry said Tuesday. Over the past …
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In politics, the most retweeted tweet was from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. New Delhi: 2020 is coming to an end and while this year has been very difficult as the coronavirus pandemic affected millions of people around the world, Twitter has selected some of its most retweeted and liked tweets …
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