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 […]
WhatsApp introduces personalised stickers on web By: Web Desk on November 26, 2021 Popular messaging app Whatsapp has introduced the “make sticker” feature for it’s web version as part of their most recent version update, WABetainfo reported on Tuesday. The new feature enables the user to send and receive photographs as stickers. A new button with an add sign will show on the panel displaying sticker […]
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 […]
Dr Yasmeen Rashid says medicines for dengue are abundantly available in Punjab government hospitals By: Web Desk on November 11, 2021LAHORE: Health Minister Dr Yasmeen Rashid said that medicines for the patients of dengue are abundantly available in government hospitals of Punjab. The decisions of the 10th meeting in the 11th Syndicate Meeting of Rawalpindi Medical University chaired by Health Minister Yasmeen Rashid were approved. The provincial health minister also sanctioned a budget of Rs7.5 […]
Australian firm recalls over 2 million US Covid tests By: AFP on November 11, 2021An Australian medical tech manufacturer has recalled more than two million at-home Covid-19 tests shipped to the United States after finding an increased chance of false positives. The US Food and Drug Administration issued an alert Wednesday that the company, Ellume, had recalled 2.2 million tests since the issue was detected last month. A false positive test result indicates that a […]
WHO looking forward to second generation Covid vaccines By: Web Desk on November 10, 2021Soumya Swaminathan, the chief scientist of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday that she was looking forward to the “second generation” of Covid-19 vaccines, which includes oral versions and nasal sprays. Second generation vaccination could have advantages over the current crop as they would be self-administered by the person to be vaccinated and could […]