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Spain, Cyprus, Italy, France to resume use of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
Spain, Cyprus, Italy and France will resume administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was 'safe and effective'
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Mauritius to receive consignment of Indian-made coronavirus vaccine Covaxin
Mauritius will receive a consignment of Covaxin, India's indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine, on Friday, announced the High Commission of India in Port Louis on Thursday
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US to meet goal of injecting 100 mn Covid-19 vaccines on Friday: Joe Biden
With the US closing in on Biden's goal of injecting 100 million vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, the White House announced the nation is now in position to help neighbours
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Nearly 440,000 vaccinated against coronavirus so far in Jammu and Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir administration said nearly 440,000 people have so far been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the Union Territory with no reported case of extreme adverse events
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J-K ramping up capacity to administer 300,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses daily
Jammu and Kashmir is ramping up capacity to administer three lakh Covid vaccine doses per day and store 5 million in cold chain
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Britain to slow coronavirus vaccine rollout due to supply crunch in India
Britain will have to slow its vaccine rollout next month due to a supply crunch caused by a delay in a shipment of AstraZeneca shots from India and the need to test the stability of 1.7 million doses
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Maharashtra ranks second in Covid-19 vaccination in India: State Health min
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said the state is at the second position in Covid-19 vaccination, next only to Rajasthan
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Oil hits skids, drops 7% on worsening outlook for coronavirus in Europe
Several large European economies have had to reimpose lockdowns as caseloads rise, while vaccination programs are slowing due to concerns about side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine
 "Oil hits skids, drops 7% on worsening outlook for coronavirus in Europe")
AstraZeneca shipment from India behind UK vaccine delay, says report
The delay has to do with the Indian government allowing the export of the doses to the UK
Indian middle class shrinks by 32 million due to Covid-19 pandemic: Pew
Report shows the size of global middle class fell for the first time since 1990s
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Night curfew extended by 2 hours in 9 Punjab districts due to Covid-19
Amid rising cases of COVID-19 in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced a two-hour extension in the night curfew in the state's nine worst-affected districts.
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Daily vaccinations in Delhi will be raised from 40,000 to 125,000: Kejriwal
In the last three days, the number of daily Covid-19 cases in Delhi has increased to over 500
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Supreme Court stays hearings in high courts on Covid-19 vaccines
The bench also transferred to itself the vaccine-related case going on in the Delhi High Court.
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Mumbai hospitals stare at bed crunch amid spike in Covid-19 cases
As Covid cases rise, pvt hospitals say situation could get critical in 2 weeks if momentum continues
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UK PM Johnson says Indian government not behind Covid vaccine supply delay
Boris Johnson said on Thursday that a delay in the supply of COVID-19 vaccine from the SII in India to Britain was due to technical issues and not because of any intervention by the Indian government
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India has administered over 38.9 million coronavirus vaccine doses: Govt
In its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, India has administered over 3.89 crore vaccine doses, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday
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Pune district's coronavirus tally up by 4,965, death toll by 31 in 24 hours
Pune district in Maharashtra reported as many as 4,965 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, which pushed its cumulative tally to 4,53,532 so far, a health official said
 "Pune district's coronavirus tally up by 4,965, death toll by 31 in 24 hours")
AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine safe, will add clot warning: EU agency
Germany, France and others had said they wanted to wait for the European Medicines Agency's determination before deciding whether to resume using the vaccine
Delhi reports 607 new Covid-19 cases, highest single-day rise this year
With 607 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the national capital reported the highest number of fresh cases this year, taking the total number of positive cases to 6,45,632
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Madhya Pradesh bans bus services to Maharashtra to check Covid spread
The government has already advised officials in border districts to place the passengers arriving from Maharashtra in week-long quarantine
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