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    World Immunisation Week | Google Doodle thanks COVID-19 healthcare workers, scientific researchers

    The animated Google doodle shows the letter 'G' sending heart emojis as a token of love and appreciation to the letter 'E' who is acting as a researcher with glasses which is wearing a pair of glasses and is surrounded by books and a globe.

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    April 26, 2021 / 12:43 PM IST

    "This World Immunization Week, we send our thanks to every public health worker and scientific researcher working tirelessly to find ways to defeat COVID-19," Google tweeted. [Source: Google India]

    With the global pandemic still hovering the world, especially India, Google Doodle, on April 26, shared a gif to thank healthcare workers, doctors and researchers, across the world, who are working tirelessly to find ways to defeat COVID-19


    "This World Immunization Week, we send our thanks to every public health worker and scientific researcher working tirelessly to find ways to defeat COVID-19," the world's largest search engine tweeted.

    On its website the search engine wrote, “As COVID-19 continues to impact communities around the world, people are coming together to help each other more than ever. Over the next few weeks, we’re launching a Doodle series to recognize and honor many of those on the front lines. Today we would like to say: to all public health workers and researchers in the scientific community, thank you. ”

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    The animated doodle shows the letter 'G' sending heart emojis as a token of love and appreciation to the letter 'E' who is acting as a researcher with glasses which is wearing a pair of glasses and is surrounded by books and a globe. There are also two graphs, the left graph signifies a surge in cases and the right graph shows that cases plateauing.

    Meanwhile, India is especially struggling with the second wave with shortage of beds, medical oxygen and vaccines. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that he was devastated to see the worsening COVID crisis in India. He said that Google is providing Rs 135 crore to India and UNICEF for medical supplies and grants to help India.

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    first published: Apr 26, 2021 12:43 pm