COVID-19: Will be able to vaccinate entire population soon, says Harsh Vardhan

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said soon it would be a reality to vaccinate the entire population in the country against COVID-19 after prioritising risk groups. The Centre has started a new COVID platform to track particulars of potential vaccine beneficiaries and also issue electronic certificates to them, he told reporters after reviewing the dry run of administering COVID-19 vaccine at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here as part of a state-wide programme.

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82 in India detected with new UK mutant coronavirus strain

The Central government on Friday said that a total of 82 persons have been detected with the new 'more transmissible' UK coronavirus mutant strain. They have been kept in physical isolation in health facilities.

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Bird Flu Scare: 4 crows found dead in Chhattisgarh village; samples sent for test

Amid bird flu outbreak in some states, four crows were found dead in Chhattisgarhs Balod district, officials said on Friday. Samples of three of them were sent for laboratory testing to ascertain the cause of death, they said.

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PM Modi should take first shot of COVID-19 vaccine: Tej Pratap Yadav

As the second nationwide Covid vaccination dry run is underway, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine, following which others will also get it. RJD leader's statement comes when the Center has initiated a nationwide vaccination drive against coronavirus. 

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UP: 5 dead, 7 hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in Bulandshahr

Five persons have died and seven have been hospitalized in critical condition after consuming spurious liquor in Jeet Garhi village under Secunderabad police station limits Bulandshahr on Thursday night.

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Delhi: Illegal arms supplier arrested

The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Friday arrested a man involved in supply of arms in the national capital. The Special Cell said the arrested man was supplying arms illegaly.

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Bharat Biotech to begin Phase-1 trials of its intranasal vaccine for COVID-19 in February-March

Buoyed by the Emergency Use Authorisation approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)for its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, Bharat Biotech has said Phase-1 clinical trials of its new intranasal antidote for the killer virus will begin during February-March this year.

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