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COVID-19 VACCINATION CERTIFICATE MANDATORY FOR TRAVEL ON BRT PESHAWAR


September 20, 2021

PESHAWAR: COVID-19 vaccination certificate has been declared mandatory for travel in the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Peshawar vehicles. “No one would be allowed to travel in the BRT vehicles without showing COVID-19 vaccination certificate from today,” the TransPeshawar spokesperson said in a statement. He further said persons who have received a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccination can also travel …

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ANTI-POLIO DRIVE BEGINS ACROSS THE COUNTRY


September 20, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Anti-polio drive has begun across the country with an aim to administer anti-polio and vitamin A drops to more than 40 million children up to the age of five years All arrangement for the anti-polio campaign in the country and training of the polio workers are put in place. The polio workers have been asked to follow COVID-19-related SOPs …

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WHY NICVD HAS PRIVATE CLINICS BEING PUBLIC ENTITY? JUDGE ASKS SINDH GOVT


September 20, 2021

KARACHI: Why does the Jinnah Hospital’s National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) have private clinics being a public entity? A Sindh High Court judge inquired on Monday from the provincial government amid alleged corruption to the tune of billions in the hospital. On the complaint of a terminated NICVD doctor, Dr Tariq Sheikh, the Sindh court asked the Sindh government …

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Slow response among adolescents to Covid vaccination drive


September 20, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Although adolescents in the age group of 15 to 17 years have not responded well to the drive for getting vaccinated against Covid-19, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) believes that true statistics will become evident during the week starting from Monday (today). Moreover, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) and district health authorities of Islamabad nabbed …

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Health ministry notifies five members of Pims BoG


September 19, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) on Saturday appointed five members of the board of governors (BoG) of the Federal Medical Teaching Institution (FMTI) of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims). The BoG will hold a meeting on Monday to elect its chairman. The employees of the hospital have shown their support for the members and hoped that …

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VIETNAM APPROVES CUBA’S ABDALA COVID-19 VACCINE


September 18, 2021

Vietnam has approved Cuba’s Abdala vaccine for use against the new coronavirus, the government said on Saturday, as the Southeast Asian country is battling its worst outbreak. Abdala becomes the eighth COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Vietnam, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the region, with only 6.3% of its 98 million people having received at …

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COVID-19 POSITIVITY RATIO FALLS BELOW 5PC IN PAKISTAN


September 18, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 2,512 new COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours at the positivity rate of 4.4 per cent, ARY News reported on Saturday, quoting National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). According to the latest NCOC figures, COVID-19 has claimed 63 more lives across the country during the said period, pushing the overall death toll to 27,135. The daily …

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ABU DHABI ABOLISHES COVID-19 TESTING REQUIREMENT FOR ENTRY FROM WITHIN UAE


September 18, 2021

After fall in the number of coronavirus cases, Abu Dhabi has abolished a requirement for visitors coming from other parts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to show a negative COVID-19 test report. According to the UAE’s official news agency, the changes, effective from Sunday (September 19), come after the Covid-19 infection rate in the UAE capital fell to 0.2% …

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Unicef urges all states to reopen schools


September 17, 2021

MANILA: The United Nations children’s agency Unicef has urged education authorities to reopen schools as soon as possible in countries where millions of students are still not allowed to return to classrooms 18 months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Schools in around 17 countries remain fully closed, while those in 39 countries remain partially closed, according to a report released by …

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France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers


September 17, 2021

PARIS: Thousands of health workers across France have been suspended without pay for failing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of a deadline this week, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Thursday. France’s national public health agency estimated last week that roughly 12 per cent of hospital staff and around six per cent of doctors in private practices have yet …

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