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Madhya Pradesh Teen Dies Days After Stray Dog Bite, Despite Getting Shots
In Madhya Pradesh, a growing wave of stray dog attacks is claiming lives, injuring children, and spreading fear across urban and rural areas alike.
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50 Million Doses Of Covaxin Set To Expire Early 2023: Report
Nearly 50 million doses of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin lying with the firm are set to expire early next year as there are no takers owing to poor demand, company sources said.
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National Auditor Rebukes Jharkhand Over Expired Vaccines For Children
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its latest report on Wednesday, rebuked the Jharkhand Health Department for administering expired and substandard vaccines to children in some district hospitals.
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Blockchain Tech Helping Singapore Pharma Firm Prevent Administration of Expired COVID-19 Vaccines
Singapore’s Zuellig Pharma is using a new “eZTracker” app to filter out improperly stored or expired vaccines from being distributed for administration. The vaccine management system is based on SAP blockchain that enables end-to-end tracking and reporting of multiple business processes and objects.
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Covaxin Shelf-Life Extension Not A Problem: Covid Task Force Chief
It is absolutely safe, underlined the head of the India's vaccine task force chief on the vexing question of extending the shelf life of Covid vaccine, Covaxin, being given to teenagers (15-18) under the national Covid immunisation programme.
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"Reports That Expired Covid Shots Being Given False, Misleading": Centre
Reports claiming that expired vaccines in the 15 to 18 age group are being given under national COVID-19 vaccination programme are false and misleading, the government clarified today, adding that the reports used "incomplete information".
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Senegal Expects 400,000 Covid Vaccine Doses To Be Wasted By End-December
At least 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines have expired in Senegal without being used in the past two months and another 200,000 are set to expire at the end of December because demand is too slow, the head of its immunisation programme said on Monday.
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Up To 1 Million Covid Vaccine Doses Wasted In Nigeria Last Month: Report
Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters, one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty African nations have getting shots in arms.
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Palestinians Cancel Deal For "About To Expire" Covid Vaccines From Israel
The Palestinian Authority (PA) cancelled a deal on Friday to receive soon-to-expire COVID-19 vaccines from Israel after an initial Israeli shipment showed an expiration date sooner than had been agreed, the PA health minister said.
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Israel To Provide 1 Million "About To Expire" Pfizer Vaccine Doses To Palestine
Israel is to provide around one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the Palestinian Authority in a swap as their expiry date looms, the Israeli prime minister's office said Friday.
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Chhattisgarh Asks Centre To Halt Covaxin. Harsh Vardhan's Response
Union minister Dr Harsh Vardhan Thursday wrote to Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singh Deo, who has gone public with his concerns about Bharat Biotech's Covaxin. The primary concerns of the state are the inhibitions regarding the "incomplete third phase trials" of the vaccine and the "absence of expiration date on the vials", Mr Deo had tweeted, e...
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Chinese Children Administered Expired Polio Vaccines In Latest Scare
At least 145 children were administered expired polio vaccines in eastern China, state media reported, despite the government promising to prevent such lapses in the industry following a major scandal last year.
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Congress Demands Probe Into Reports Of 'Nearly Expired' Polio Vaccines In Gujarat
The Congress party today demanded a probe into reports that polio vaccines nearing their expiry were allegedly supplied to district health authorities in Gujarat and said those responsible for it should be punished.
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Madhya Pradesh Teen Dies Days After Stray Dog Bite, Despite Getting Shots
In Madhya Pradesh, a growing wave of stray dog attacks is claiming lives, injuring children, and spreading fear across urban and rural areas alike.
-
50 Million Doses Of Covaxin Set To Expire Early 2023: Report
Nearly 50 million doses of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin lying with the firm are set to expire early next year as there are no takers owing to poor demand, company sources said.
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National Auditor Rebukes Jharkhand Over Expired Vaccines For Children
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its latest report on Wednesday, rebuked the Jharkhand Health Department for administering expired and substandard vaccines to children in some district hospitals.
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Blockchain Tech Helping Singapore Pharma Firm Prevent Administration of Expired COVID-19 Vaccines
Singapore’s Zuellig Pharma is using a new “eZTracker” app to filter out improperly stored or expired vaccines from being distributed for administration. The vaccine management system is based on SAP blockchain that enables end-to-end tracking and reporting of multiple business processes and objects.
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Covaxin Shelf-Life Extension Not A Problem: Covid Task Force Chief
It is absolutely safe, underlined the head of the India's vaccine task force chief on the vexing question of extending the shelf life of Covid vaccine, Covaxin, being given to teenagers (15-18) under the national Covid immunisation programme.
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"Reports That Expired Covid Shots Being Given False, Misleading": Centre
Reports claiming that expired vaccines in the 15 to 18 age group are being given under national COVID-19 vaccination programme are false and misleading, the government clarified today, adding that the reports used "incomplete information".
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Senegal Expects 400,000 Covid Vaccine Doses To Be Wasted By End-December
At least 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines have expired in Senegal without being used in the past two months and another 200,000 are set to expire at the end of December because demand is too slow, the head of its immunisation programme said on Monday.
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Up To 1 Million Covid Vaccine Doses Wasted In Nigeria Last Month: Report
Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters, one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty African nations have getting shots in arms.
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Palestinians Cancel Deal For "About To Expire" Covid Vaccines From Israel
The Palestinian Authority (PA) cancelled a deal on Friday to receive soon-to-expire COVID-19 vaccines from Israel after an initial Israeli shipment showed an expiration date sooner than had been agreed, the PA health minister said.
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Israel To Provide 1 Million "About To Expire" Pfizer Vaccine Doses To Palestine
Israel is to provide around one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the Palestinian Authority in a swap as their expiry date looms, the Israeli prime minister's office said Friday.
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Chhattisgarh Asks Centre To Halt Covaxin. Harsh Vardhan's Response
Union minister Dr Harsh Vardhan Thursday wrote to Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singh Deo, who has gone public with his concerns about Bharat Biotech's Covaxin. The primary concerns of the state are the inhibitions regarding the "incomplete third phase trials" of the vaccine and the "absence of expiration date on the vials", Mr Deo had tweeted, e...
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Chinese Children Administered Expired Polio Vaccines In Latest Scare
At least 145 children were administered expired polio vaccines in eastern China, state media reported, despite the government promising to prevent such lapses in the industry following a major scandal last year.
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Congress Demands Probe Into Reports Of 'Nearly Expired' Polio Vaccines In Gujarat
The Congress party today demanded a probe into reports that polio vaccines nearing their expiry were allegedly supplied to district health authorities in Gujarat and said those responsible for it should be punished.
