Health

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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A Covid "tsunami" threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO said Wednesday, as record surges fuelled by the Omicron variant dampened New Year celebrations around the world once again. Governments are walking a tightrope between…
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The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still "very high", the World Health Organization said Wednesday, after Covid-19 case numbers shot up by 11 percent globally last week. Omicron is behind rapid virus spikes in several countries,…
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The United States on Wednesday authorized Pfizer's anti-Covid pill for high-risk people aged 12 and up, as a surge of cases driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant threatened holiday plans and Americans struggled to find tests.…
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday told Americans worried about the rapidly spreading Omicron coronavirus variant that the country was "prepared" to fight it, as Israel -- which pioneered the use of Covid vaccine boosters -- announced fourth…
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The EU's drug regulator was set to decide Monday whether to approve a fifth Covid jab as the US warned of a bleak winter with the Omicron variant spurring new waves of infections globally. Since it was first reported in South Africa in…
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Pfizer said Tuesday that clinical trials confirmed its Covid pill -- a new type of treatment that should withstand the mutations seen with the Omicron variant -- drastically reduced hospitalizations and deaths among at-risk people by almost…
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Pakistan reported its first suspected case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus Thursday, as per the Sindh Health Deparment. A private hospital in Karachi reported the first case of the variant in a 57-year-old female patient who is…
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Early data indicates the Omicron Covid variant may more easily reinfect people who have already had the virus or been vaccinated than previous variants, but could also cause milder disease, the WHO said Wednesday. Advertising "Emerging…
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Nigeria on Monday criticised Britain's decision to tighten travel restrictions over the new Omicron variant, saying the move was "unjust" and "discriminatory". The UK government has added Nigeria to its "red list" countries. Under it,…
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The lead developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine warned the next pandemic could be "more lethal", urging better preparedness in a speech set to be aired Monday. Sarah Gilbert, who is credited with saving millions of lives…
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Belgian police fired water cannon and used tear gas Sunday to disperse protesters opposed to compulsory health measures against the coronavirus pandemic. Around 8,000 people marched through Brussels towards the headquarters of the…
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It is time for the European Union to "think about mandatory vaccination" against Covid, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday, while stressing member state governments would decide. "My personal position is... I…
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The Omicron coronavirus variant was present in Europe before the first cases were reported in South Africa, new data from the Netherlands showed Tuesday, as Latin America reported its first two cases in Brazil. In the week since the new…
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Says overall global risk "assessed as very high" Urges member states to vaccinate, shore up health systems "Uncertainties" on degree of vaccine immunity Tedros: shows how "perilous and precarious" situation is Vaccine inequity has "come…
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