Country back to-normal-life after pandemic, COVID-19 positivity rate less than 1%: DG health By: APP on March 17, 2022ISLAMABAD: Director General Health Dr Hassan Urooj Thursday said that the country was making a “rapid recovery” and all indicators returned toward normal life after a long-time of coronavirus restrictions where the number of daily cases stayed below 1%. Talking to PTV news, he lauded the efforts of National Command and Operation Centre’s team for […]
WTO chief hails Covid vaccines IP compromise By: APP on March 17, 2022 Geneva: The World Trade Organization chief on Wednesday hailed a breakthrough between the EU, the United States, India and South Africa on waiving intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the compromise was a big step forward in a bid to end the logjam at the global trade body. However, she cautioned […]
Coffee Wagera of Pakistan Practicing Inclusivity By: Kashaf Alvi on January 30, 2022Disrupting a tea-drinking nation with a good coffee culture backed with a strong vision to practice inclusivity and diversity. Among many stereotypes in Pakistan, one is we are a tea-drinking nation and indeed it is right to a larger extent. But I believe we didn’t come across something more amazing than our regular tea. Mush […]
Omicron spreads faster and weakens jabs: WHO By: AFP on December 13, 2021The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organization said Sunday. The Delta variant, first identified in India earlier this year, is responsible for most of the world’s coronavirus infections. But South Africa’s discovery of Omicron […]
Health Minister inaugurates online drugs sale licensing system By: Web Desk on December 7, 2021Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid inaugurated online system of drug sale licensing at a local hotel here on Monday in Lahore. Additional Secretary Dr Suhail shared the objectives of online system of drug sale licensing. The health minister said, “The government is introducing a system of automation in Punjab to facilitate people as per vision […]
NCOC directs to beef up vaccination outreach measures after MR campaign By: APP on November 17, 2021ISLAMABAD :The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday directed all stakeholders to beef up vaccination outreach measures after Measles Rubella (MR) campaign for maximum inoculation of eligible population. The NCOC session chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar and co-chaired by National Coordinator Major General Zafar Iqbal took […]
Pfizer strikes global licensing deal for Covid pill By: AFP on November 17, 2021US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Tuesday announced a deal to make its prospective antiviral Covid-19 pill available more cheaply in the world’s least-wealthy countries. Pfizer will sub-license production of its promising Paxlovid pill to generic drug manufacturers for supply in 95 low- and middle-income nations covering around 53 percent of the world’s population. Under the deal struck with the global Medicines […]
Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna making $1,000 profit every second: analysis By: AFP on November 16, 2021Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are making combined profits of $65,000 every minute from their highly successful Covid-19 vaccines while the world’s poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated, according to a new analysis. The companies have sold the vast majority of their doses to rich countries, leaving low-income nations in the lurch, said the People’s Vaccine Alliance […]
Immunization drive against measles and rubella launched in Sindh schools today By: Web Desk on November 15, 2021 Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah inaugurated the immunization drive in Sindh at NJV Government Higher Secondary School on Monday. An immunization drive against measles and rubella was launched with an aim to eradicate the life-threatening diseases. CM said on the occasion that the provincial government wants to make the province free […]
9 deaths, 391 new coronavirus cases reported in Pakistan By: Web Desk on November 12, 2021 Pakistan has reported 9 deaths in the last 24 hours by coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,279,142. The nationwide tally of fatalities jumped to 28,584 on Friday. According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), a total of 391 persons tested positive […]