Health

National Command and Operation Center Chief Asad Umar announced on Wednesday that Pakistan has administered 10 million dosages of vaccinations. Addressing a brief press conference to mark the achievement, Umar said the government's…
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After a sharp decline in Coronavirus cases, Pakistan reports a positivity ratio below 3% for the second consecutive day. Pakistan had to go through a deadly coronavirus third wave starting from February, the country then saw a decline in…
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Amid a constant decline in coronavirus cases, the dengue virus has now taken over Punjab with the case toll rising to 50 and the virus has already claimed three lives. The deaths were reported from Gujranwala, Vehari, and Faislabad,…
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Pakistan has started producing the single dose Chinese CanSinoBio (6185.HK) COVID-19 vaccine to be able to deliver 3 million doses a month, health officials said. Branded PakVac, an initial batch of 118,000 doses of the vaccine is ready…
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Pakistan has launched a vaccination drive for 18 and above as was mentioned earlier this week by Asad Umer, chief NCOC. Last week, registrations of vaccinations for 18 and above had started. With the increasing numbers of vaccinations to…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that it has approved for emergency use the COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech, making it the second shot that was made in China to be used in poor countries. A WHO…
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The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan on Monday approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. The DRAP Registration Board approved the vaccine's use for children above 12 years of age, thus becoming the first vaccine that…
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Covid-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatising nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization announced Monday. The new system applies to variants of concern -- the most…
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Britain on Friday approved the use of a fourth Covid vaccine, hoping to boost a countrywide inoculation drive to allow its economy to reopen fully despite concerns about a new variant. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory…
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Pakistan has reported a coronavirus positivity ratio below 5% for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, revealed data from NCOC. The positivity ratio stands at 4.8% across the country. The number of active cases has bumped to 59,018 with…
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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday issued a new plea for Russians to get vaccinated against the coronavirus but stressed that the jabs would not become compulsory. Russia registered the world's first coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V in…
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The largest real-world study yet of the Pfizer/BioNTec vaccine on Thursday confirmed that the jab provided more than 95 percent protection against Covid-19, but found that the level dropped significantly when people received just one of the…
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One in seven pregnancies worldwide ends in miscarriage, and eleven percent of women endure a failed pregnancy at least once in their lifetime, experts said Tuesday. Some 23 million miscarriages occur every year, according to data pieced…
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England will start using the Moderna vaccine on Tuesday, which will be used at over 20 sites this week as the third shot that is available in Britain for COVID-19. Health officials started using the Moderna jab in Wales last week and had…
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One in three people who overcome Covid-19 suffer from a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis six months on, according to the largest study so far published on the mental toll that long-Covid takes on survivors. Authors said the…
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