Health

England will scrap the legal requirement to self-isolate after testing positive for Covid-19 later this month if infection levels remain stable, Prime Minister Boris Johnson unexpectedly announced Wednesday. The proposed move would be…
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The US Army announced Wednesday it will begin discharging soldiers who refuse to comply with a mandatory Covid-19 vaccination rule. "Unvaccinated Soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness," Secretary of the Army…
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National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Tuesday announced a door-to-door vaccination campaign ‘Har Pakistani Corona say Mehfooz’ from February 1 to 14 to get rid of the Covid-19 epidemic. The campaign has been launched here in…
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Pfizer and BioNTech said Tuesday they are seeking emergency authorization from US health regulators for use of their Covid vaccine for children aged over six months and under five years. If the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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England on Thursday lifted coronavirus restrictions imposed to tackle the Omicron variant, with masks no longer required in enclosed places and vaccine passports shelved. The number of positive Covid-19 cases has fallen sharply over the…
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Bathed in crisp morning light, Sidra Hussain grips a cooler stacked with glistening vials of polio vaccine in northwest Pakistan. Watching over Hussain and her partner, a policeman unslings his rifle and eyes the horizon. In concert…
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The coronavirus positivity ratio in Pakistan remained above 10% for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday morning, the National Command and Operation Centre's (NCOC) data showed. According to official figures, 6,357 tested positive for…
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The Omicron variant has moved the Covid-19 pandemic into a new phase and could bring it to an end in Europe, the WHO Europe director said Sunday. "It's plausible that the region is moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame," Hans Kluge…
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Pakistan registered its highest number of daily COVID-19 cases — 7,678 —, the highest figure since the pandemic started in 2020, official data showed. With the new infections, the overall cases have moved past 1.35 million. Meanwhile,…
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Pakistan registered a positivity ratio at 9.48% as 5,472 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre, the forum leading Pakistan's COVID response, said. As many as 57,669 people underwent tests…
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China's birth rate plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed Monday, as analysts warn that faster-than-expected ageing could deepen economic growth concerns. Beijing has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as…
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The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) in its meeting here Saturday, discussed the epidemic curve chart data, disease prevalence and proposed NPIs in wake of rising disease trends in the country, especially in the urban centers.…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood on Thursday contracted Coronavirus for the second time in less than a year. Taking to Twitter, Mahmood said that he was feeling mild symptoms after being tested positive for the…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday reported over 2,000 new Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours - the first time it has crossed this threshold in over 100 days. According to data shared by the National Command and Control Center, the…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday launched the distribution of Naya Pakistan National Sehat Card in Punjab, a move which would enable every family to avail medical treatment of up to Rs1 million a year at both government and…
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