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Is China Restricting Travel Further Amid Covid Surge? China Responds
China on Friday dismissed reports that it has suspended issuing passports to its citizens, or prevented people from leaving the country and stated that "such rumours aim to distort and discredit" Beijing's entry and exit policies.
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Apple Supplier Quanta in Shanghai Faces Chaos Due to COVID-19 Lockdown: Report
As per a report, videos posted online showed more than a hundred Quanta workers physically overwhelming security guards in hazmat suits and vaulting over factory gates to escape being trapped inside the Shanghai factory amid rumours that workers on the floor that day tested positive for COVID.
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China's Shanghai Denies Lockdown Rumours As It Nears 1,000 Covid Cases
Authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai have denied rumours of a city-wide lockdown after a sixth straight increase in daily asymptomatic coronavirus cases pushed its count to record levels despite a campaign of mass testing.
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"My Mother About 100 Years Old, Yet...": PM's Vaccine Hesitancy Message
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today encouraged people to overcome vaccine hesitancy, underlining that even his nonagenarian mother has taken Covid shots as he urged people not to believe rumours relating to the vaccine.
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Don't Fall For Rumours About Vaccines: PM's Mann Ki Baat Highlights
The 76th edition of PM Modi's monthly radio address "Mann Ki Baat" comes at a time when the country is facing a deadly sweep of the second wave of coronavirus - believed to more contagious than the previous ones and an election in West Bengal.
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Coronavirus Pandemic: Tata Running Operations At Pune Plant With Limited Workforce
Tata Motors today released an official statement clarifying that the company is running its production operations at the Pune plant with a limited workforce, in line with the current COVID-19 norms, in Maharashtra.
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Katrina Kaif Tests Negative For COVID-19, Thanks Everyone "Who Checked Up On" Her
Katrina Kaif's rumoured boyfriend, actor Vicky Kaushal, has also recovered from the coronavirus
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How To Register For Covid Vacccine Once Co-WIN Is Launched For Public
The government today dismissed rumours that the Co-WIN app for self-registration of coronavirus vaccine beneficiaries will be made available this month for citizens above 50. The 50-plus category is the third population priority group after healthcare workers and frontline workers who are being administered the vaccines at present. Union Health Min...
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Government Warns Of Action Against Those Spreading Rumours About Vaccines
Coronavirus Vaccine: Penal action should be taken against those spreading "ill-informed rumours about the COVID-19 vaccines", the centre said in a letter written last week to the chief secretaries of all states and union territories
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"Upsetting That Some Healthcare Workers Declining Vaccine," Says Centre
Doctors, nurses and others involved in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic should not hesitate the get themselves vaccinated, the government said today. Top medical experts and members of the government think tank NITI Aayog have requested people eligible for vaccination not to fall for rumours on safety, and that minor adverse effects are common and sh...
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"Vaccines Our Sanjivani In Fight Against Pandemic": Union Health Minister
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today appealed to the masses to not pay attention to any rumours against the two vaccines that have been approved for emergency use. Describing the vaccines as "sanjivani (life-saving drugs)", the leader said the country has entered into the decisive phase of the "war against coronavirus".
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India Launches Vaccination Drive, First Shot At Delhi's AIIMS: 10 Points
The nationwide Covid vaccination drive began a little after 11 am Saturday, with a sanitation worker at Delhi's AIIMS the first person in the country to receive a shot. Earlier Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to frontline workers and healthcare staff playing key roles in the battle to contain the virus. The Prime Minister also cautioned a...
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Dozen Doctors In Assam To Volunteer For Vaccine Shots Today
A dozen doctors in Assam have volunteered to take the first vaccine shots today at the Gauhati Medical College to dispel rumours about the Covid vaccine and encourage their fraternity as the country gears up for the the world's biggest inoculation drive against the deadly coronavirus.
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"Rumours Had Also Floated When...": Health Minister On Covid-19 Vaccine
There should be no misconceptions about the safety of the coronavirus vaccine that India plans to use as "everything has been checked in detail", Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said today even as a dry run was on across all states to figure out the best way for mass inoculation and to plug loopholes in logistics and training.
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Centre Asks States To Form Committees For Smooth COVID-19 Vaccination Drive
The Centre has asked states to constitute committees for coordination and overseeing COVID-19 vaccination drive while ensuring minimal disruptions in other routine healthcare services, and stressed early tracking of social media to dispel rumours which could impact the community acceptance of coronavirus inoculation.
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Is China Restricting Travel Further Amid Covid Surge? China Responds
China on Friday dismissed reports that it has suspended issuing passports to its citizens, or prevented people from leaving the country and stated that "such rumours aim to distort and discredit" Beijing's entry and exit policies.
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Apple Supplier Quanta in Shanghai Faces Chaos Due to COVID-19 Lockdown: Report
As per a report, videos posted online showed more than a hundred Quanta workers physically overwhelming security guards in hazmat suits and vaulting over factory gates to escape being trapped inside the Shanghai factory amid rumours that workers on the floor that day tested positive for COVID.
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China's Shanghai Denies Lockdown Rumours As It Nears 1,000 Covid Cases
Authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai have denied rumours of a city-wide lockdown after a sixth straight increase in daily asymptomatic coronavirus cases pushed its count to record levels despite a campaign of mass testing.
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"My Mother About 100 Years Old, Yet...": PM's Vaccine Hesitancy Message
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today encouraged people to overcome vaccine hesitancy, underlining that even his nonagenarian mother has taken Covid shots as he urged people not to believe rumours relating to the vaccine.
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Don't Fall For Rumours About Vaccines: PM's Mann Ki Baat Highlights
The 76th edition of PM Modi's monthly radio address "Mann Ki Baat" comes at a time when the country is facing a deadly sweep of the second wave of coronavirus - believed to more contagious than the previous ones and an election in West Bengal.
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Coronavirus Pandemic: Tata Running Operations At Pune Plant With Limited Workforce
Tata Motors today released an official statement clarifying that the company is running its production operations at the Pune plant with a limited workforce, in line with the current COVID-19 norms, in Maharashtra.
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Katrina Kaif Tests Negative For COVID-19, Thanks Everyone "Who Checked Up On" Her
Katrina Kaif's rumoured boyfriend, actor Vicky Kaushal, has also recovered from the coronavirus
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How To Register For Covid Vacccine Once Co-WIN Is Launched For Public
The government today dismissed rumours that the Co-WIN app for self-registration of coronavirus vaccine beneficiaries will be made available this month for citizens above 50. The 50-plus category is the third population priority group after healthcare workers and frontline workers who are being administered the vaccines at present. Union Health Min...
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Government Warns Of Action Against Those Spreading Rumours About Vaccines
Coronavirus Vaccine: Penal action should be taken against those spreading "ill-informed rumours about the COVID-19 vaccines", the centre said in a letter written last week to the chief secretaries of all states and union territories
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"Upsetting That Some Healthcare Workers Declining Vaccine," Says Centre
Doctors, nurses and others involved in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic should not hesitate the get themselves vaccinated, the government said today. Top medical experts and members of the government think tank NITI Aayog have requested people eligible for vaccination not to fall for rumours on safety, and that minor adverse effects are common and sh...
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"Vaccines Our Sanjivani In Fight Against Pandemic": Union Health Minister
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today appealed to the masses to not pay attention to any rumours against the two vaccines that have been approved for emergency use. Describing the vaccines as "sanjivani (life-saving drugs)", the leader said the country has entered into the decisive phase of the "war against coronavirus".
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India Launches Vaccination Drive, First Shot At Delhi's AIIMS: 10 Points
The nationwide Covid vaccination drive began a little after 11 am Saturday, with a sanitation worker at Delhi's AIIMS the first person in the country to receive a shot. Earlier Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to frontline workers and healthcare staff playing key roles in the battle to contain the virus. The Prime Minister also cautioned a...
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Dozen Doctors In Assam To Volunteer For Vaccine Shots Today
A dozen doctors in Assam have volunteered to take the first vaccine shots today at the Gauhati Medical College to dispel rumours about the Covid vaccine and encourage their fraternity as the country gears up for the the world's biggest inoculation drive against the deadly coronavirus.
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"Rumours Had Also Floated When...": Health Minister On Covid-19 Vaccine
There should be no misconceptions about the safety of the coronavirus vaccine that India plans to use as "everything has been checked in detail", Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said today even as a dry run was on across all states to figure out the best way for mass inoculation and to plug loopholes in logistics and training.
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Centre Asks States To Form Committees For Smooth COVID-19 Vaccination Drive
The Centre has asked states to constitute committees for coordination and overseeing COVID-19 vaccination drive while ensuring minimal disruptions in other routine healthcare services, and stressed early tracking of social media to dispel rumours which could impact the community acceptance of coronavirus inoculation.
