ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Wednesday has announced that the coronavirus vaccination registration for citizens of 19 years and above will open from May 27. In a post on social-networking website Twitter, the minister said that in today’s National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) meeting we […]
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LONDON (Reuters) – Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot outside of a trial as Britain began vaccinating its population. An early riser, Keenan received the vaccine at her local hospital in Coventry, central England, on Tuesday morning at 0631 GMT, […]
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LAHORE – Pakistan has reported 55 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 410,072. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 8,260 on Friday. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 3,262 persons tested positive for COVID-19 […]
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PARIS: More than 20 million newborns in 2015 — one in seven — came into the world weighing too little, according to a global assessment of birthweight, published Thursday. Over 90 percent of babies tipping the scale at less than 2.5 kilos (5.5 pounds) when born were in low- and middle-income countries, researchers reported in […]
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Four Pakistani students in China tested positive for the coronavirus, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, Dr Mirza said that a large proportion of the Pakistanis living in China were students of which over 500 students were based in the central city of Wuhan, […]
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ISLAMABAD: Special Health Advisor Zafar Mirza said on Sunday over 600 people, most of them children, had tested HIV positive in a village in Sindh. Concern grew after hundreds of people were allegedly infected by a doctor using a contaminated syringe in Rato Dero and surrounding villages of Larkana district. “Some 681 people, of which […]
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ISLAMABAD: An international team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to support the response to an outbreak of HIV in Larkana in Sindh province. According to an official of WHO, the team has arrived at the request of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination. He […]
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PARIS: More than 20 million newborns in 2015 — one in seven — came into the world weighing too little, according to a global assessment of birthweight, published Thursday. Over 90 percent of babies tipping the scale at less than 2.5 kilos (5.5 pounds) when born were in low- and middle-income countries, researchers reported in […]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday directed the Capital Administration Authority (CDA) to ensure that people with special needs are provided necessary facilities. A written order from the Prime Minister’s Office stated: “In order to ensure safe and easy access to persons with disabilities, the prime minister has been pleased to desire that Capital […]
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The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) on Friday, with the approval of the federal government, announced up to 15 per cent hike in the prices of medicines, apart from life-saving drugs. Notification for increase in price of medicines. According to a notification by Drap, available with DawnNewsTV, nine per cent hike has been approved in the […]
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